No problem, it's not my parade, it's G&F's.;-)
But I can say, as an ex LEO, I don't see that the above scenarios give any real indication of any crime (road hunting) being committed, and thus no reasonable cause to detain anyone, much less begin inspecting firearms to determine if they're loaded or giving verbal warnings (lecturing) about road hunting. I've seen nothing in the regs that says it's illegal to use binoculars from a vehicle, even if it is during a hunting season.
There is also only one instance I know of where you cannot have a loaded firearm in your vehicle (we're talking G&F laws here), and that is when spotlighting animals.
I'd like G&F or anyone to show where driving slow, using binoculars, and/or having a loaded firearm in the vehicle are elements of the crime of road hunting or any other crime in the absence of actually shooting, preparing to shoot (gun out the window) or attempting to shoot at an animal, or pursuing them in the vehicle.
Having said that, I'd like nothing better than to see them really put the hammer down on road hunters by setting up decoys or such or otherwise catching them in the act. I just don't want to be detained and questioned about legally possessed and loaded firearms when I'm busy trying to hunt an animal the legal and ethical way. If that happens, I'm likely going to have a problem, because he's likely going to get not a lot of cooperation or an ear full if he persists.
That shouldn't be a problem for me personally because the little time I might be in my vehicle, I'm usually hauling butt from one location to another at 25 plus, but I find it aggravating that someone glassing from their vehicle gets detained, questioned and lectured. That's not right no matter how you look at it. Now have that same person stick a rifle out the window and we've got a whole different ball game there.