The buck I found last weekend had a rifle shot right thru the rib cage and rifle season isn't for another 2 weeks
The thing that I find the worst is that they're leaving the animal. I can understand poaching for meat, if you're poor. Hell, I have friends who I think should be able to take a deer on their property for food any time they like. But shooting out of season just to cut off a rack? That's really messed up. I have a problem with pure trophy hunting to begin with, if the meat is wasted, but why the hell would you take an animal illegally just for something to hang on the wall?