I think the message has been be little'd a bit,
I also recall seeing moose and deer strapped to trailers, hoods etc,
But those were the days when it was socially accepted to call your neighbor stupid. Now if I say someone is stupid my university kids think Im ignorant, how we were lived and were raised is totally different today.
Did it need to be blooded, NO, we clean all our game prior to transport. Did he need to post a sign, absolutely NOT..this alone tells me his character. why draw attention to your self, people are going to complain and in the near future, maybe not in my t ime, it will be an offence to have a harvested animal visible to the general publics eye...
Its all about perception..
Last year we got a nice buc, there just wasn't enough room in the back of the truck bed for the 3 deer and all equipment, we put in trailer and left atv in bush while transporting to butcher. while at Tim's someone was offended by it being visible and they were anti hunters and we got the normal tongue lashing, I who would normally be very quick to rebut and lash out but instead simply said " maam your entitled to your opinion, but we saved this deer from coyotes and we are now talking to butchers and then donating the meat to the food bank so the deer doesnt go to waste...all of a sudden we were heros...PERCEPTION....
Good Luck this week and be safe