An Amherstburg man has an $8,000 fine to pay and can't legally hunt for a year after pleading guilty to charges laid by conservation officers north of Thunder Bay.
The man pleaded guilty to possessing illegally killed wildlife, making a false statement to a conservation officer, and unlawfully using a vehicle to pursue wildlife.
Another man from Guelph also pled guilty to making a false statement to a conservation officer and was fined $2,500.
Last September, conservation officers near Armstrong, north of Thunder Bay, got a tip about a moose shot early that morning before first light.
They and the Ontario Provincial Police investigated and determined someone shot the moose from a moving vehicle and moved it to a nearby hunting camp.
Police determined the Amherstburg man was driving and fired the shot.
A judge in Thunder Bay presided over the case.
