Sylvan, I had a big reply ready to post, but I had a power outage and my computer shut down.

Anyway, I guess the official definition of the word "poacher" is different than whatmany, many people use it for. Myself included.

If you shoot more than the legal limit, you may be a game law violator. If you shoot a deer at night with the aid of a spotlight, or if you kill a deer out of season......you are a poacher in my book.

I guess the PA Game Commission did not read the dictionary either.....

http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/pgc/cwp/view.asp?a=483&q=152267