and I didn't feel like paying a club fine.
What is a "club fine"? Just curious ...
Tom
The club/lease to which I belong has fines for voted upon infractions like shooting undersized deer, button bucks, et cetera.
Club? Lease? So ... you have to pay for a place to hunt? Are you in the United States?
Taking a guess that this is Louisiana , 80% of the state is privately owned . With the exception of a few meager refuges , hunting is pay to play and has been for a very long time .