The province is safeguarding people against unsafe hunting by ensuring hunters do not discharge firearms from motorboats.
Frederick Evers of Kingsville pleaded guilty to unlawfully hunting big game and discharging a firearm from a motorboat and was fined a total of $9,000. In addition, his hunting licence was suspended for one year.
Michael Boose of Essex pleaded guilty to unlawfully hunting big game and discharging a firearm from a motorboat and was fined $8,500.
Richard McCarty of Wheatley pleaded guilty to unlawfully invalidating tag with respect to an animal killed by another person and was fined $2,000.
The court heard that on October 14, 2022, conservation officers were conducting a remote moose enforcement flight and stopped on Lac Seul, where a successful moose hunting group was contacted.
Through an investigation it was determined that Evers and Boose shot a cow moose from a motorboat. At the time, they were over 17 kilometres away from the tagholder McCarty, which is contrary to party hunting rules that require them to be within five kilometres of the tag holder.
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