Occasionally somebody is discovered cultivating marijuana in the mountains. This is the kind of place where judges generally listen patiently to endlessly creative stories. It's the kind of place where, if your crime isn't too awful and you get sentenced to jail for a weekend or two, you have to call ahead to see if there's room. I've seen some interesting things in court, but none as interesting as today. You're only allowed to hunt deer during certain weeks, and then only from dawn to dusk.
Some hunters take advantage.
So the wildlife officers have created a decoy. They set it up near county roads at night or in the early morning. When hunters see it, some shine their spotlights or headlights at it and shoot. Then the wildlife officers come bounding out of the woods and arrest them. The officers say it's to protect the deer, who become helplessly mesmerized victims in the light.