Regarding the hunting charges, I would be inclined to contest the charges. I'm not sure you want an illegal hunting misdemeanor charge on your record. I suppose that the officer could argue that he had probable cause for issuing tickets, but there is a big difference between probable cause and beyond a reasonable doubt. I would think that you could hire a lawyer to get a judge to dismiss the charges.

If possession of a rifle means that you were hunting, driving a car would mean that you planned to commit vehicular homicide.

Its also possible that the officers father owns a corn ethanol plant.

True. Robert may wake up with a horse's head in his bed one of these days.

In Iowa that would be a hog's head! ;->