A pair of Ontario men will have to pay $6,000 after shooting a deer on a private property.
One hunter was fined $3,500 and given a three-year hunting suspension for trespassing for the purpose of hunting, possession of illegally killed wildlife and failing to immediately attach a game seal to the deer.
Because of a previous charge, the hunter cannot hunt in Ontario for four years now.
Another hunter was fined $2,500 and given a two-year hunting suspension for trespassing for the purpose of hunting and possessing illegally killed wildlife. That hunter also had a hunting suspension from a previous case, and as a result will be banned from hunting in Ontario for three years.
Justice of the Peace Pat Clysdale-Cornell heard the case in the Ontario Court of Justice in Fort Frances on Oct. 12.
A provincial court heard that on Nov. 13, 2010 a witness heard a vehicle travelling west on Highway 600 in Richardson Township, which is located in the Rainy River district. The vehicle slowed and the witness heard three rapid gunshots.
When the witness went to investigate, he saw one of the hunters walking on private property toward a creek.
Another shot was fired as the witness approached the creek, where he found the hunter with a dead deer.
Four days later, an Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources conservation officer found the two hunters at a nearby hunt camp.
