RE: A friend of mine is in trouble.
Ok so he didn't know a new special season was in effect, maybe that's possible and unfortunate. But he had to know he was in an earn-a-buck area. Now that doesn't mean I favor that type of program but apparently in his area ity's the law. So for that I say he deserves a punishment of a poacher.
My cousin lives in Wisconsin in an earn-a-buck area. He has had 2 bruisers within spitting distance and could do nothing as he hasn't taken his doe yet. You gotta play by the rules.