Knew a guy once who shot a spike during doe season over 30 years ago. According to him the spike had 2 -3 inch horns about the size of a #2 pencil in diameter and they were dark colored.  He didnt see them at all at about 40 yds in the brush. Deer was standing still looking straight at him  with its ears forward. And this was a guy who passed spikes regularly in buck season.
According to that guy the deer went out of the woods with a doe/button  tag on it. He took his chances- would never leave one lay. Then he went home and tore up his buck tag.
Sometimes despite  best intentions and attempts to be legal all the time- stuff happens

Agree completely-
   Its one thing if you believe its legal and find out otherwise  and do the "right thing" and quite another to intentionally just plain shoot and find out later.
   I know there are those who say a close call shouldnt be made but when you dont see horns at all and shoot a doe that has spiney little spikes you couldnt see ten yards off whos to judge. Its all about intent.
    How many guys thought they killed a legal spike only to find the horns an eighth of an inch too small. You know- that old half an ear thing.  Same thing when a guy in your state sees plenty of legal horn then -when its too late- no base tines.
  If our sport offered ideal conditions with clearly viewed stand still and be counted and measured  deer all the time it wouldnt be Deer hunting it would be target shooting.
   Not much different than a guy accidentally bleeding out  an undersized Trout when trying to get the hook out. Whaddaya  do with the fish?
   I think your fines may have gone up cause SOME folks decided to pay the fine and shoot whatever they wanted. Could have been that far too many "accidents" were occuring.
   That says either the law was too dopy to begin with or some tried to "get over". Fortunately true missteps are rare things and I'm NOT  talking about shooting a cow instead of a deer.

Its only the end of the season, after the first three Saturdays, that is all day... I got no beef with it, like someone else said, PA is just one of many to allow it, I have been waiting for it. What seems odd to me is the season ends on a Tuesday?

Gender (male) your right on the other including orange band on tree!

The PGC wanted to include the holiday as the last day to hunt. Memorial Day

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Its only the end of the season, after the first three Saturdays, that is all day... I got no beef with it, like someone else said, PA is just one of many to allow it, I have been waiting for it. What seems odd to me is the season ends on a Tuesday?

I have to check the book again but I believe here in CT you have to wear orange while on the move during Turkey in the fall ( all day)- guess you can sit on it when sitting.
  That would probably make some sense in an all day Spring season too.