Yes.
Yes also.
The regulatory requirement for VLOS is you can see the drone well enough to discern it's attitude and orientation, so that you know exactly what will happen with any control input.
Honest people will acknowledge that even for...
As far as I'm concerned, he's not endangering anyone on the ground as he's in the woods nor in the air as he's not flying at high altitudes. Yes, he's attempting to break the rules by flying BVLOS but the only casualty is to the drone itself...