I should add that to sin (in this case poaching or breaking the law) in ignorance is still poaching but I will not blame, or think less of people for that. Silentassassin I too have commited that same error, I loaned out one of my shotguns Winchester 12gauge model 1300. The next time I was hunting with it was duck hunting with my father, at the time he didn't have a shotgun. So I let him use my prized Browning Gold and I used the 1300. I had no idea that the plug was taken out when it was loaned. I hunted all day with the gun. Comming out after dark We met the fish and game at the boat ramp. The only reason we were not cited was the fact that I owned both shotguns and I was shocked and truly horrified when we all found out that there was no plug in the gun. I was not an archery education instrutor yet, which I am glad because if I had been, they might have said that I should have known better. I now check every time I go into the field with a shotgun to confirm the plug is there.