RE: Dumping the carcass by the road.
That just makes me sick! To me, it's definitely poaching. Here in Nebraska this last season, I saw where someone had shot a buck, cut off the head and left the body of the deer laying right beside the road. About ten years ago, I had seen someone with just the head in the back of a truck, while he was filling up with gas, then I drove to the WMA and saw the body of a deer decapitated. My guess is that it was the rest of the deer that I saw in the guys truck.
It really makes us honest, hard-working hunters look bad. No wonder why some animal rights activists have a problem with hunters. We all need to appreciate the wildlife that we do hunt and make sure that we don't waste the meat. Isn't that part of the real trohpy anyway...a full freezer? Bare minimum, you could donate the meat to the homeless or to shelters.
Sorry, enough of my soapbox speech.