KENORA — A man has been banned from hunting in Ontario for five years, and an outfitting business based in Kenora has been fined following an investigation into bear-hunting infractions.
The Ministry of Natural Resources reported the results of a court case stemming from an incident that occurred in August 2022.
Halley's Camps pleaded guilty to abandoning black bear flesh suitable for food, and to hunting black bear within 400 metres of a waste disposal site.
The corporation was fined a total of $2,500, while an employee who pleaded guilty to abandoning black bear flesh suitable for food was fined $1,500.
A hunter from Ottawa was fined $5,500 and prohibited from hunting in Ontario for five years.
According to the ministry, he pleaded guilty to hunting bears without a licence, abandoning bear flesh suitable for food, hunting within 400 metres of a waste disposal site, and failing to immediately invalidate a tag.
Court was told the man used Halley's Camps to hunt bear, that he harvested an animal, and that he and the employee of the outfitting business took the meat from the bear and disposed of it at a baited tree stand in order to bait a second bear.
He continued to hunt, intending to harvest a second bear for which he did not possess a tag.
It was also determined the man hunted in a tree stand provided by Halley's Camps that was closer than legally permitted to a waste disposal site registered to the outfitter.
