THUNDER BAY -- A Thunder Bay court has handed down a significant fine to a Nolalu-area man and suspended his hunting privileges for five years.
He was fined a total of $6,500 for careless hunting, shooting from a vehicle and hunting deer without a licence.
Court was told that on November 5, 2017, Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry conservation officers conducted a deer decoy operation on private property in O'Connor Township, after complaints about trespassing and unsafe hunting practices in that area.
Officers observed a vehicle arrive at the scene, and a man climbing from the front passenger seat into the back seat from which he fired five shots out the side window at the fake animals.
Further investigation revealed that the same man had hunted a deer earlier in the day without a licence, and that he had previously been convicted of a safety-related hunting offence.
