I think this is more of a contributing factor then anything else. They deal with a bunch of low life hunters who poach, hunt posted areas, break in to vehicles, litter, leave carcasses by the gates etc. and they meet me and so they just assume I am one of those people doing the bad stuff. I haven't had many interactions with LEOs but the ones I have had made me feel like I did something illegal when I didn't do anything wrong at all.
I had a crappy experience last year hunting a wildlife refuge when I found a pile of corn and decided to report it. I called it in just to see what they would say. The officer called me back and accused me hunting illegally and asking me all these accusatory questions. He then told me that its a waste of time reporting baiting and that he didn't know a warden in the state that would waste their time on it. No good deed goes unpunished kind of thing. That was the first time I ever called to report anything, and likely the last. It seems like our state just doesn't have the bandwidth to enforce the laws, they have no problem creating more laws to be enforced though.