COCHRANE - Two southern Ontario residents pleaded guilty to charges after a bull moose was shot north of Cochrane last year.
Spencer Palmer of Stevensville, near Niagara Falls, and Logan Bauer of Fort Erie, pleaded guilty to unlawfully discharging a firearm from a motorboat and possessing illegally killed wildlife. Both were fined $3,700 and received a one-year hunting licence suspension for all species.
The incident happened on Patten River, north of Cochrane, says the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF).
The court heard that on Oct. 9, 2023, conservation officers were conducting aerial moose hunting enforcement patrols and found Palmer and Bauer in possession of a bull moose. The investigation revealed the bull moose had been shot from a motorboat by Palmer while Bauer operated the motorboat.
The bull moose was subsequently seized by the officers.
Justice of the Peace Jean-Marie Blier heard the case remotely in the Ontario Court of Justice, Cochrane, on June 4, 2024.
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