Glad you were not hurt. Turning him in was the right thing to do.

I turned in some illegal hunters in MO 2 years ago, the game warden called me back and said thanks, they found the camp and will monitor it going forward.

My brother loves to hunt, he is an expert, it's a shame he's not a writer.
He quit Turkey hunting due to several close calls by idiots. One came to Bros hen call and shot a Tom just past the tree my Bro was sitting against. He yelled and the guy ran off. It was private and posted land, the guy had trespassed.

Another trespasser put a tree stand on a tree on my Brothers property next to a fence where that land is privately owned and so marked and only one hunter can hunt it, my brother. So one chain saw on the tree and Bro has a nice tree stand for a tree further in on his farm.

When I bought my KS farm there were 3 illegal tree stands on it. A chain and tractor brought them down.

Poachers, road hunters and trespass hunters plain and simple are outlaws, thieves and dangerous. Book em all Denno.