Flip, you are right that if it was a "honest" mistake then we should forgive but not knowing the law is no excuse for breaking it and I don't believe that he had both a bow and a gun in the woods with him. I can just picture what happened. First the 5 pt comes out and he says great there is a buck so he shoots it with the gun but then a much nicer deer comes out and he makes a decision to shoot that one with the gun also because of the size. If is what happened, that is not a honest mistake. I also do not believe in tag swapping. Shoot what you have tags to use and then get out the woods and let some one else have a chance to shoot that deer. You never know it might be a kid or first time hunter that you are taking that animal from.