ORIGINAL: BOWFANATIC
Just how many cases do you suppose the DNR see every single year where the person has a clean record and says "they didn't know" about the law. I got a fine years ago and had two tipups and a jig pole confiscated for failing to purchase a fishing license Jan 1st. Yes , thats when they expired on Dec 31st. I was off work for x-mas vacation and decided to go ice fishing on Jan 2nd , completely forgetting my license expired two days ago. Guess what , I went to court to plead my case and ended up leaving without my fishing tackle and $150 poorer.
They've heard it all I'm sure so unless your buddy gets a judge on a REAL good day he should expect the worst.
Bye
There is a perfect example of an A-HOLE Gamewarden. You obviously weren't trying to get away with anything you just made an honest mistake. In his mind, you were a harden criminal. What he should have done was taken your info and told you to correct the situtation just how a Gamewarden who ticketed my brother inlaw. He couldn't get a fishing liscense on the Sunday he came on vacation. He went fishing without it with intentions of renewing his in the morning. Of course we got checked Sunday evening and he was busted. The Gamewarden told him that he shouldn't wait until the last minute to buy one since it was 5 months into the year but let him get his new one and bring it into the station the next morning and all was forgotten.
I know good ones and I have know very bad ones. Like I stated before, they are your best friends until they can get you for something.