Thread: Looks like a poacher was shot last night

I find the word poacher gets thrown around all to easily I know it happens all the time and the effect it must have on some land owners.
I hunt in an area that is renowned for spotlighters where some land is private and some is doc which is now getting harder to feel like you have free access because as soon as you walk in in the early or late hours with a head torch and a gun you are automatically classed as a poacher
I see photos on here all the time showing deer that have been shot and the photos have been taken at night time, does that mean they have been poached?
At what stage does walking through doc land at night time with a light and a gun become illegal hunting?
The word poacher to me means people that take, kill, shoot, root other people's stock.
Sorry all, had to get that off my chest, hope it makes some kind of sense