A Thamesville man has been fined $2,700 for hunting offences.
Fred Squire pleaded guilty and was fined $2,500 for having a loaded firearm in a vehicle and $200 for failing to wear a hunter orange garment.
The Ministry of Natural Resources says conservation officers were conducting compliance inspections of deer hunters in the Chatham-Kent area December 5 when they saw Squire, who had been deer hunting, leave the area in his vehicle and drive to a nearby home.
Ministry officials say an officer found a rifle and muzzle-loader gun, both loaded, in the vehicle.
Squire was also not wearing a hunter orange garment, required while deer hunting during the open gun season.
