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| Release Date: |
January 29, 2008 |
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| Offence Date: |
October 27, 2007 |
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| Item: |
Hunt within 300 metres of a build up area in a Provincial Park. |
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| Description: |
A Boissevain District Natural Resource
Officer was conducting a patrol in the
Turtle Mountain Provincial Park. Three
treaty hunters were found to be in
possession of a dead calf moose on the
side of the West Main Road.
It is illegal to hunt or possess a
loaded firearm within 300 meters of the
public roads in the park. The internal
remains (gut sack) of the moose were
located approximately 42 meters from the
road.
The accused, Mathew Traverse, claimed
responsibility for killing the moose
within the restricted area. He was
subsequently charged for Hunting within
300 meters of an improvement in a
provincial park and possessing an
illegally taken animal. The moose was
seized.
All three men were aware of the 300
meter hunting restriction and all the
roads into the park are clearly posted
with this information.
Traverse was fined a total of $1321 for
the two offences.
Mathew Traverse was issued a written
warning for the same offence in 1999.
He also has a record of previous
Wildlife Act offences. It reads as follow;
- 98/10/15; WLA 12(1); Hunt vertebrate
animal at night with lights-Convicted
- 98/10/15; WLR 351/87 sec2(a); Hunt
from provincial road/highway-Convicted
- 99/11/11; WLA 34(1)(a); Loaded firearm
in a vehicle-Default Conviction
- another wildlife related charge was
stayed.
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