Yeah, I was camping in a field at Indian Springs and the night before rifle opened some guy was shooting his mouth off. He shot 9 deer there during early loader season. I asked what he did with them and he donated them to some food bank. "There are plenty of deer", he said. The next year the first day of rifle I heard two quick shots around 12 noon. That was the only shots I heard in the valley all day. That was buck and doe open at the same time. I never went back. Your buddy is probably hunting private property.