Spot on John.

All the pandemonium is coming from this Honest Trymore (What a name?). He's well heeled to have got a stolen ranch. In my opinion, it's current procedure, the so called vets, to share tags whenever one is desired, even if it's again the law.
My second enigma, where is the scout?
My final guess, quite a few Honest Trymore are Park rangers, and now You can imagine the tremendous trafficking between these "honest" people.