Man fined for hunting bear with spear
By THE CHRONICLE-JOURNAL
Friday, March 20, 2009
http://www.chroniclejournal.com/stories_local.php?id=173276
What do you get when you mix an armchair hunter with a spear and a dead Ontario black bear?
About $1,000 in fines for hunting big game with a weapon other than a firearm.
The Ministry of Natural Resources reported Thursday that a 44-year-old Chesterfield, Mich., man was found guilty of hunting with a spear under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act.
Court heard that a conservation officer found a spear head with dried blood on it during a search last fall of the man‘s vehicle at the Sault Ste. Marie border crossing.
The man admitted to using the spear in Ontario in 2007 to hunt and kill a black bear near Dubreuilville, court was told.
The spear was forfeited to the Crown, the ministry said.
Five Northwestern Ontario residents have been fined more than $10,000 for illegally killing, tagging and possessing a cow moose, the Ministry of Natural Resources reported Thursday.
Accidental shootingproves costly
Three Ear Falls residents, aged 74, 31 and 35, and two Perrault Falls men, aged 37 and 39, were convicted of the illegal hunting activities following a lengthy investigation by Red Lake conservation officers and the Centre of Forensic Sciences in Sault Ste. Marie.
Court heard that the 74-year-old man shot a cow moose in the Windfall Road area in Wildlife Management Unit 5 on Dec. 11, 2007.
When he discovered it was not a bull moose, he left the injured animal in the bush for three days and did not report the accidental shooting to the ministry. He returned to the dying animal with a group of hunters he had assembled.
One of the Perrault Falls men attached his cow moose tag to the animal and all five hunters dressed and extracted it from the kill site and brought the carcass to one of the Ear Falls residents‘ garage, court was told.
The 74-year-old man was fined $4,000 for illegally hunting a cow moose and is prohibited from hunting in Ontario for two years. The 31-year-old was fined $2,500 for illegal possession of a cow moose. He can‘t hunt in Ontario for one year.
The 35-year-old man whose garage was used to hang the moose was fined $750 for illegal possession of a cow moose.
The two Perrault Falls men were each fined $1,500 for assisting in the tagging and removal of the moose, and one of them can‘t hunt in Ontario for one year.
The ministry reminds hunters to immediately report animals shot accidentally.
Sloppy huntersfined $1,800
Three southern Ontario residents have been fined $1,800 for leaving building materials and litter at their moose hunt camp in a conservation reserve north of Sioux Lookout.
The Ministry of Natural Resources said Thursday that the men, aged 42, 72, and 74, from Leamington, Comber and Wheatley were each fined $600 for leaving garbage at a campsite on the Lac Seul Islands Conservation Reserve east of Ear Falls.
Court heard that the men had left building materials and litter at their campsite in Bannatyne Bay following an October 2007 moose hunting trip.
The men had previously been warned by a conservation officer to clean up their campsite, court was told.
The ministry reminds hunters that it is illegal to leave hunt camp materials and garbage at a campsite.
By THE CHRONICLE-JOURNAL
Friday, March 20, 2009
http://www.chroniclejournal.com/stories_local.php?id=173276
What do you get when you mix an armchair hunter with a spear and a dead Ontario black bear?
About $1,000 in fines for hunting big game with a weapon other than a firearm.
The Ministry of Natural Resources reported Thursday that a 44-year-old Chesterfield, Mich., man was found guilty of hunting with a spear under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act.
Court heard that a conservation officer found a spear head with dried blood on it during a search last fall of the man‘s vehicle at the Sault Ste. Marie border crossing.
The man admitted to using the spear in Ontario in 2007 to hunt and kill a black bear near Dubreuilville, court was told.
The spear was forfeited to the Crown, the ministry said.
Five Northwestern Ontario residents have been fined more than $10,000 for illegally killing, tagging and possessing a cow moose, the Ministry of Natural Resources reported Thursday.
Accidental shootingproves costly
Three Ear Falls residents, aged 74, 31 and 35, and two Perrault Falls men, aged 37 and 39, were convicted of the illegal hunting activities following a lengthy investigation by Red Lake conservation officers and the Centre of Forensic Sciences in Sault Ste. Marie.
Court heard that the 74-year-old man shot a cow moose in the Windfall Road area in Wildlife Management Unit 5 on Dec. 11, 2007.
When he discovered it was not a bull moose, he left the injured animal in the bush for three days and did not report the accidental shooting to the ministry. He returned to the dying animal with a group of hunters he had assembled.
One of the Perrault Falls men attached his cow moose tag to the animal and all five hunters dressed and extracted it from the kill site and brought the carcass to one of the Ear Falls residents‘ garage, court was told.
The 74-year-old man was fined $4,000 for illegally hunting a cow moose and is prohibited from hunting in Ontario for two years. The 31-year-old was fined $2,500 for illegal possession of a cow moose. He can‘t hunt in Ontario for one year.
The 35-year-old man whose garage was used to hang the moose was fined $750 for illegal possession of a cow moose.
The two Perrault Falls men were each fined $1,500 for assisting in the tagging and removal of the moose, and one of them can‘t hunt in Ontario for one year.
The ministry reminds hunters to immediately report animals shot accidentally.
Sloppy huntersfined $1,800
Three southern Ontario residents have been fined $1,800 for leaving building materials and litter at their moose hunt camp in a conservation reserve north of Sioux Lookout.
The Ministry of Natural Resources said Thursday that the men, aged 42, 72, and 74, from Leamington, Comber and Wheatley were each fined $600 for leaving garbage at a campsite on the Lac Seul Islands Conservation Reserve east of Ear Falls.
Court heard that the men had left building materials and litter at their campsite in Bannatyne Bay following an October 2007 moose hunting trip.
The men had previously been warned by a conservation officer to clean up their campsite, court was told.
The ministry reminds hunters that it is illegal to leave hunt camp materials and garbage at a campsite.
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