Jabba and GSP,
Would your buddies not have shot that buck if it was a real buck? They would have. So, it really isn't baiting. Baiting is getting somebody to do something that they normally wouldn't do. I don't know how the law works where you guys live, but shooting from the truck here in Maryland is illegal and resting a loaded gun on the truck is also illegal. Now, the DNR agent could right me up if I used the hood of the truck as a rest to shoot an animal, but I am sure the judge would throw it out because the law is in place to protect people from being shot by loaded guns resting in or on vehicles while people do not know they are loaded.
We can also get into whether or not the people were hunting with the aid of a vehicle, but I don't think that is illegal here in Maryland. You can pretty much drive a truck or 4 wheeler to your hunting spot, get out of it, and hunt all you want, you just cannot shoot while you are in the truck.
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