Not sure if the trespassing was worthy of a black eye but I suspect it would have ended a little differently if he had admitted his mistake and apologized up front.

Passions can run high if you are on a bird and the hunt is ruined by somebody encroaching on your land. I was on a bird last year and two guys came walking down the road cruising timber. They apologized profusely and said they waited until 8:30 in the morning to come in since they thought all the turkeys hunters would be done by then!