$8,390 in fines imposed on nine individuals for moose hunting violations in the vicinity of Chapleau.
Nine individuals hailing from various locations in northeastern Ontario have collectively received fines amounting to $8,390 for violating tagging requirements while engaging in party hunting during the 2022 open moose season.
According to court records, on October 19, 2022, a conservation officer conducted an inspection of a hunting group situated on an old logging road near Chapleau, off Highway 129.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry revealed in a news release, “(Daniel Gabcan of Blind River) presented a valid cow/calf moose tag that was unnotched during the inspection, and there was no indication of a moose being shot at the time.
“The officer continued down the road and discovered a cow moose gutted and covered in brush in one of the logging cuts with no tag attached. Conservation officers attended the scene the next day and found the same hunting party retrieving the moose that was left overnight. The cow moose and tag were seized.”
On September 21, Justice of the Peace Wade Cachagee presided over the case in the Ontario Court of Justice, Chapleau.
Gabcan admitted guilt to three charges: failing to promptly invalidate a tag following a harvest, neglecting to affix an invalidated tag to the harvested animal, and unlawfully possessing an animal that mandated a tag. He incurred a total fine of $1,800.
Brett Millroy and William Millroy from Sault Ste. Marie pleaded guilty to jointly committing the offense of neglecting to attach an invalidated tag to the harvested animal, resulting in individual fines of $870 each.
David Phillips, Martin Thistel, and Harry Van Amelsfoort from Blind River, along with James Phillips and Robert Comtois from Sudbury, pleaded guilty to unlawfully possessing an animal that required a tag. Each of them received fines amounting to $870
Marc Dupras from Sudbury admitted guilt to unlawfully possessing an animal that necessitated a tag. He received a $500 fine and is barred from holding an Ontario hunting license and participating in any hunting activities for a duration of one year.
