Buck 120 32 Report post Posted June 13, 2012 From the Chronicle JournalNorthwest BureauWednesday, June 13, 2012 - 08:00A Fort Frances man has been fined $40,000 for convictions under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, the Ministry of Natural Resources reports.Grant Gustafson pleaded guilty in provincial court to hunting swimming deer; chasing deer with a motorboat, discharging a firearm from a motorboat, unlawfully hunting wolves, killing moose without a licence, attaching a game seal to a moose that had been killed by another person, using an illegal firearm, and making a false statement to a conservation officer.Gustafson is also banned from hunting for 10 years and from guiding hunters for two years. Three motorboats, a trailer, rifle and hunting equipment were permanently forfeited to the Crown.Two of Gustafson’s employees and five of his clients were fined a combined total of $15,500 and received a combined total of 26 years of hunting suspensions.Court heard that between 2007 and 2009, conservation officers, assisted by the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department, conducted a covert investigation of Gustafson’s commercial deer outfitting business on Lake of the Woods near Kenora and on Rainy Lake near Fort Frances.Catering primarily to U.S. clients, Gustafson used dogs to drive deer from islands into open water. He and his employees then used their motorboats to push the swimming deer toward clients waiting with rifles on shore.Gustafson also took hunters by boat to get close to swimming deer. If the deer were judged to have large enough antlers to be deemed trophy deer, he directed clients to shoot them from the boats.He also directed his clients to shoot wolves although he knew they were not licensed to do so, court was told. Quote Not just a 3 month season but a 12 month obsession!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brookiebuster 117 Report post Posted June 14, 2012 Should have been thrown in jail. Quote "Whack em' and stack em',kill em' and grill em'" Ted Nugent Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Castnblast 86 Report post Posted June 20, 2012 Should have been thrown in jail.agreed....along with any a-hole US client that purchased his services Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Some Old Guy 968 Report post Posted August 8, 2012 Wow.All of this for the money. Authorities should also go through all of his reciepts over the years and took those earnings and then slapped him with a fine.Very brutal.Roger Quote R.T.R. Respect the resource! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites