I will admit, you've got to read these rules carefully. The rules differ from county to county, and since the county that I hunt in has a doe season for the first four weeks of November, I had to read your county's regs twice to understand it! But it IS our responsibility to know the laws!
Sometimes we make an "honest" mistake, but it still IS a mistake, a broken law! Plead No Contest, pay the fine, and learn from it!

Lastly, I am ashamed at the advice that "if he processed his own deer, he would nothave beeen caught!" Getting caught, or not, it IS breaking the law, and you guys are openly advising another hunter to willingly break the law next time!
That isNOT good for this site, or for the sport of hunting either!