He had an excellent attorney. His attorney, the prosecutor, and the Ranger met before the hearing and all seemed good ... a small fine to make sure he understood the issue and not repeat it. The Magistrate had been on the bench for a total of two weeks. She lectured at length about the possibility of an arrow hitting a person or an animal and how devastating that would be. I wonder what will happen in her courtroom when the next person actually has a bow out of their car? As a veteran LEO friend of mine said - "yeah, those bows don't have safeties on them" (he was disgusted by the size of the fine). OK, I'm whining again. This is my last reply for this post. Thanks to all for their good advice.