Smite reward for small camps

I'm not sure if this is a bug or intentional but the buff rewards for the small camps, gift of the toadstool, gift of heavy hands, etc. are rewarded upon smiting the camp rather than killing the camp. Ergo, a player can smite the toad without killing it and run into the lane with the buff it offers. Also, it seems the reset for the buff is tied to the camp respawn so the camp needs to be killed before rewarding the buff a second time. This means that a player can essentially invade the enemy jungle, smite for the buff and rob the enemy jungler of that buff until he kills the camp and it respawns. If this is intentional then it almost makes smite an overpowered spell for laners being able to later build an item that allows smiting of champions.

I have not tested if the rewards from the poachers blade are rewarded similarly. If so, theoretically one could just smite a camp without killing it and be rewarded gold, movement speed, and a buff.

If this is not a bug could a moderator move it to the appropriate discussion board?