I can't believe we have people who call temselves hunters defending the indefensible. As far as I'm concerned, anyone who doesnt understand the concept of taking responsibility for where you bullet goes doesn't deserve tio be in the woods with a gun! This isn't a gray area.
I can't believe that you expect hunters to only take shots where there is a solid backstop visible in the immediate area of the deer. Anytime soneone fires at a deer on level groung in the woods , that bullet has the potential to hit some thing other the intended target. If the hunter in question fired into an orchard of trees with no houses visible it would be no different than a hunter two hundred yds into a woodlot shooting toward the edge of the woodlot. Most hunters would consider that to be a safe shot, because they would expect the bullet to hit a tree and there may be only one chance in a thousand where it wouldn't, but it definitely can happen.