Group that shot two moose from motorboat in northern Ont. fined $27K
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Three people from Kapuskasing and Val Rita in northern Ontario have been fined and banned from hunting for 26 years for moose hunting violations in 2023.
Three people from Kapuskasing and Val Rita in northern Ontario have been fined and banned from hunting for 26 years for moose hunting violations in 2023.
James Bay enforcement unit conservation officers fined them a total of $27,300 for hunting moose without licences, tagging violations and for discharging firearms from a motorboat.
A news release Friday from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry said all three pled guilty in March 5 when the case was heard remotely by Justice of the Peace Jean-Marie Blier in the Ontario Court of Justice in Cochrane.
Robert Lepage of Kapuskasing pleaded guilty to unlawfully discharging a firearm from a motorboat, possessing wildlife that was unlawfully killed, failing to immediately invalidate his moose tag and hunting moose without a licence.
In addition to the hunting related offences, Lepage was convicted for not having enough lifejackets onboard his pontoon boat. He was fined a total of $15,600 and is prohibited from possessing, applying for, or obtaining a licence to hunt all game species for one year and is prohibited from hunting moose for an additional seven years.
Steven Lambert of Val Rita pleaded guilty to unlawfully discharging a firearm from a motorboat, possessing wildlife that was unlawfully killed, hunting moose without a licence and failing to carry required documentation while hunting.
He was fined a total of $9,700 and is prohibited from possessing, applying for, or obtaining a licence to hunt all game species for two years and is prohibited from hunting moose for an additional seven years.
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