From reading the other thread it would seem processed game shouldn't count. However, from reading books by retired Minnesota DNR officer Tom Chapin, he arrested many folks that had been fishing in Minnesota and had over their possession limit fish that had already been processed and frozen. (Yes, I know Minnesota is a different state so the laws may be different.)
As far as DNR officers knowing or not knowing all the laws, they are like any other profession and some are going to be better at some things than others. No one can know everything about everything in their field. Years ago as a licensed electrician, I knew other electricians that knew very little about the National Electric Code. I knew state and city inspectors that knew almost nothing about the NEC and yet they were enforcing it. They had the job title but lacked in knowledge of their chosen profession. (I am not saying that I know everything about my profession. Far from it and every day I hope my current employer doesn’t figure that out…)
Last winter I argued with an Indiana State biologist who was telling folks in my college class it was perfectly legal to raise crops such as wheat, sunflowers, and corn, mow them down, and hunt over them. I told him and the class I personally knew Indiana Conservation Officers that would arrest them for doing that very thing.
The blurb on page five of the 2009-2010 Hunting and Trapping Guide doesn't differentiate processed game from unprocessed. But, the guide isn't all the laws of the land so it may be spelled out more clearly elsewhere. If it were me, I would seek out someone well versed in state law in the DNR and ask for the definition of possession and how it relates to game being processed.
Then why is it not illegal to hunt a cornfield edge? It is no different hunting the field edge or near an oak tree