Guilty pleas for Marten River moose hunting violations

[nowarningshot]

Some years ago in our local court house I witnessed a convicted drug dealer fined 150.00 for possession for the purpose. Later that day in Provincial offense court I witnessed an individual with no record fined 1500.00 for having two walleyes over limit. I don't condone drug dealing or poaching but something is out of balance here.

Darryl

Cops super mad when judge gave a repeat car thief probation. Followed him out to the parking lot. You guessed it, he.drove to court in a stolen car. Trotted him back in front of.the same judge. Got another appointment to hear it. No idea what happened, but probably not much.

 

[Jon.]

Some years ago in our local court house I witnessed a convicted drug dealer fined 150.00 for possession for the purpose. Later that day in Provincial offense court I witnessed an individual with no record fined 1500.00 for having two walleyes over limit. I don't condone drug dealing or poaching but something is out of balance here.

Darryl

We had some guys stealing trees from the provincial park, granted they were repeat offenders, but it was likea 50000$ fine they got.

Had a just over the border that we had dealt with once, blatantly cut off a guy on a motorcycle, who wound up squished under his truck and died, he got a 16000$ fine on a provincial ticket.

It's a wacky system for sure.

 

[billbmcleod]

But nothing happens to those natives selling moose meat in Edmonton! Poaching is poaching!

It is a tradition!

 

[RiMP9]

Kind of reminds of the 1%'ers in the motorcycle world. It is these people that give the other 99%'ers a bad name!

 

[brybenn]

Funny the mnr told me i can shoot moose and bear from a motor vehicle as long as the motor was off with no forward motion same as duck hunting
I asked because i had a small motor that could be attached to my kayak which changes its classification.
In the end ill just stick with my paddle


I read a headline recently someone got $20000 fine for poaching a cow and calf moose though

 

[Super Mario]

Ive always been really disappointed in the mnr with how they treat what I consider to be serious hunting violations. A couple grand out of the pocket book for an illegally taken moose is disgusting as far as I’m concerned.

Meanwhile there are people who don’t need ANY licenses etc etc etc and the world is still turning.

 

[canadian hunter312]

It would appear that the MNRF doesn’t value a cow moose much more than a few big mac meals...What a joke. $500 for killing a moose without a tag. Cheaper than an outfitter.

The article says he was fined $2000 for hunting without a tag, $1500 for shooting from a boat and $500 for being in possession of unlawfully taken game. $4000 for an illegally taken moose seems like a harsh enough penalty to me considering natives poach as many as they please with zero penalty.

 

[blargon]

The article says he was fined $2000 for hunting without a tag, $1500 for shooting from a boat and $500 for being in possession of unlawfully taken game. $4000 for an illegally taken moose seems like a harsh enough penalty to me considering natives poach as many as they please with zero penalty.

Misread that. Still cheaper than an outfitter though. Native issue aside, there needs to be an incentive not to poach animals.