(This article originally appeared on page 4 of the September 21, 1949, publication of the Tampa Times and is reprinted word-for-word below.)

Nimrod Gives Bizarre Excuse

Thurmont, Md., Sept. 21 (AP). Two Baltimore hunters are $300 poorer today because of a slight misunderstanding in the field.

Cecil D, Wiblin paid two $100 fines on charges of shooting a 35-pound (~15.9 kg) fawn and possessing deer meat.

Conrad Roppelt was fined $100 on the possession charge. ($100 = $1,200 today.)

Wiblin explained just how it happened: He mistook the fawn for a groundhog.