Game fines can be substantial. I friend of mine killed the best buck of his life and forgot to tag it before he dressed it. It was in a ferderal park and a conservation officer walked up to him when he was dressing it. He had the tags in his pocket. They took his animal and the judge fined him $2500.00!

Knowing him, he would have tagged it without a doubt, but he ws made an example of.

IMHO, you did the right thing, stood up for yourself and the animals, and did the right thing.