We used to do this shit we called skunking. We'd tie a stuffed animal to a fishing line, put it on one side of the road, then hide on the other and reel it in when cars drove by. It probably started with a skunk, but we evolved into using the most ridiculous animals we could find. I remember one night we were using an orange alligator and this guy in a drop top jeep slammed on his breaks, looked at it for a minute and said "what the fuck is that?" We all started cracking up, blowing our cover. He got out and ran towards us, but we all took off in different directions. We left the rig behind, which was one of my dad's poles and the Jeep guy took it. My dad was a bit bummed I lost the rod, but he did even stupider shit as a kid and when I told him what happened, he wasn't even mad.
Thankfully we never caused any accidents, but I still think it was mostly innocent fun. It was hilarious if you'd manage to get the car to hit the animal, then lock up the breaks. Sometimes whatever we were using would get sent flying and we'd have retie it a bunch of times. Getting chased was a big part of it, and we never got caught, just lost the rig that one time.