A North Bay man has been fined a total of $1,500 for deer hunting offences.
According to the MNRF, David Munro pleaded guilty to charges under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act and associated regulations.
He was fined $500 for unlawfully attaching a game seal to a deer killed by another person, $500 for attaching the wrong seal to an antlerless white-tailed deer and $500 for failing to provide required information on a deer seal.
Court heard that on November 9, 2013, Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry conservation officers conducted a hunting camp check at 211 Dowdall Road in Nipissing Township.
They saw three harvested deer hanging from a meat pole in front of the camp. They inspected the three deer and game seals.
An investigation revealed that Munro attached another person’s antlered deer seal to an antlerless deer. An antlerless deer can be harvested only if the hunter or hunting party holds an antlerless deer validation tag.
Munro also tagged another deer he had harvested with his own seal, but failed to notch out the required date and time of the kill on the seal.
Justice of the Peace Michael Kitlar heard the case in the Ontario Court of Justice, North Bay, on July 16.
