Well that couldn't be more obvious! The article says that much and as plane as day. We all know that but we also know there is nothing illegal about killing a deer as long as it's done in a manner consistent with law so there was something these guys did or maybe didn't do that made their kills illegal. What was it? We don't know. What were the specific violations? We don't know. Did they have a license? Were they taken out of season? Did they use an illegal weapon? Did they have the right tags? Were they shot after hours? Are they guilty of one of these? All of these? We don't know, we don't know, we don't know. All we know is that they took the deer illegally. We don't know why it was illegal and without that information I couldn't pass reasonable judgement as to how appropriate the fine was. Like I said, the specifics matter!