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Some Old Guy

$7,500 In Illegal Deer Hunting Fines

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Some Old Guy

Two Ontario hunters have been fined a total of $7,500 for offences related to illegal deer hunting.

Michael Wendel, of Opasatika, and Michel Isabelle, of North Bay, were charged under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act.

Wendel was fined $500 for transporting unlawfully killed and possessed wildlife, $2,000 for making a false statement to a conservation officer, $1,000 for failing to attach a valid game seal to a deer and $500 for trespassing for the purpose of hunting. His firearm was forfeited to the Crown. He is prohibited from hunting in Ontario for two years and must complete a hunter education course before he can obtain a hunting licence in the future.

Isabelle was fined $500 for transporting unlawfully killed and possessed wildlife, $1,250 for making a false statement to a conservation officer, $1,250 for failing to attach a valid game seal to a deer and $500 for discharging his firearm from a road. He is prohibited from hunting in Ontario for one year, and must complete a hunter education course if he wishes to obtain a hunting licence in the future.

Court heard that on November 1, 2008, Wendel and Isabelle unlawfully harvested three white-tailed deer while with a hunting party west of Fort Frances. Both men made a number of false statements to conservation officers who contacted them at their hunt camp. The canine services unit helped the officers locate and collect evidence from a number of sites.

Justice of the Peace James Bubba heard Wendel’s case in the Ontario Court of Justice, Kapuskasing, on April 8, 2009, and Isabelle’s case in the Ontario Court of Justice, North Bay, on April 16, 2009.

The ministry reminds hunters that it is illegal to shoot from, down or across a public road when hunting. Hunters must have permission to enter private land, even if the intent is just to cross the private land to reach public land.


R.T.R. Respect the resource!

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