Originally Posted by
huntr4lfe
I hope all of us on here are ethical hunters that understand and respect the animal and would never resort to such acts.
I'm not trying to defend or condone shooting from a vehicle/roadway, but this is in no manner an issue of respecting an animal. The issue here is safety, and to a lesser extent trespassing.
If these people had walked into the field before firing, would that make it more "respectful" of the animal? Or if they had just shot at a tree instead of a deer or other animal, would that have made this okay? No!
The reasons for these laws is for the safety of humans on the roadways and to keep "hunters" from shooting deer on private property.