$1,000 FINE FOR TRESPASSING TO HUNT DEER

[Some Old Guy 968]

Two North Carolina men have been fined $1,000 for trespassing on private property to hunt deer.

A man from Wilkesboro, and a man from Piney Creek, were fined $500 each after pleading guilty under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act. They forfeited the remains of the deer to the Crown.

On October 27, 2007, the two men went onto private property in Kirkup Township that was clearly marked with “no hunting” signs. They shot a deer and removed it even when a neighbour confronted them and told them they weren’t allowed to hunt there. A Ministry of Natural Resources Kenora District conservation officer talked with the men who said they thought the property that was under hydro lines, was public and open to legal hunting.

The case was heard in Ontario Court of Justice, Kenora on February 28, 2008.