I was hunting on state game lands in clarion county. I mistakenly shot what i thought was a legal buck. After realizing my mistake I dressed, tagged and drug the deer from the woods.I encountered 2 game warden on the trail out and told them what happened. They were sympathetic and told me to deliver the deer to a checkpoint later in the day They said i would have to pay a $25.00 fine and could keep the deer. What a surprise I had when I took the deer to the check point. I was treated like a criminal and was told they did not believe my story and was fined$100.00 plus costs and was not allowed to keep the deer. I learned a valuable lesson from this experience. I used to have great respect for what I thought were true sportsmen. I will never try to do the right thing if this should ever happen again. I am ashamed to say I will let the deer rot in the woods rather than trust the game commission again.