RE: A friend of mine is in trouble.
What is that saying from that movie???
Oh yeah...."Stupid is as stupid does"
No excuse for what happened here. Read the rules and regs that are published each year. Your friend better find a lawyer that can try and weasel him out of this somehow. If he is lucky they will reduce the fine and perhaps allow him to hunt in 06'.
If he shoots across a road and hits a vehicle will he claim that he didn't read the regs either?