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HUNTER ABANDONED KILL AND FLED CANADA
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October 22, 2004
HUNTER ABANDONED KILL AND FLED CANADA
DRYDEN - A Louisiana man who fled Canada after his son illegally killed a trophy deer has himself been fined $1,000 for abandoning a legally killed animal.
Samuel Stroughter, 74, of Baton Rouge, who was not in court, killed a deer November 8 last year near Hendersoon Loop Road, 10 kilometres north of Dryden.
Stroughter abandoned the animal at a tourist outfitter's home two days later when he and his son fled the country because his son had illegally killed a trophy deer at night in the same area.
The son was subsequently convicted and fined in the spring of this year after an investigation by Ministry of Natural Resources Dryden District conservation officers.
The trophy deer, which has been the subject of considerable publicity, will be made available for public display once it has been mounted and officially scored.
The legally killed and abandoned deer was forfeited to the Crown and donated to charity.
Justice of the Peace Edith Baas heard the case in the Ontario Court of Justice, Dryden on October 19, 2004.
The public is asked to protect its natural resources by reporting violations to the local ministry office or by anonymously calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
www.ocoa.ca
HUNTER ABANDONED KILL AND FLED CANADA
DRYDEN - A Louisiana man who fled Canada after his son illegally killed a trophy deer has himself been fined $1,000 for abandoning a legally killed animal.
Samuel Stroughter, 74, of Baton Rouge, who was not in court, killed a deer November 8 last year near Hendersoon Loop Road, 10 kilometres north of Dryden.
Stroughter abandoned the animal at a tourist outfitter's home two days later when he and his son fled the country because his son had illegally killed a trophy deer at night in the same area.
The son was subsequently convicted and fined in the spring of this year after an investigation by Ministry of Natural Resources Dryden District conservation officers.
The trophy deer, which has been the subject of considerable publicity, will be made available for public display once it has been mounted and officially scored.
The legally killed and abandoned deer was forfeited to the Crown and donated to charity.
Justice of the Peace Edith Baas heard the case in the Ontario Court of Justice, Dryden on October 19, 2004.
The public is asked to protect its natural resources by reporting violations to the local ministry office or by anonymously calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
www.ocoa.ca
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HUNTER FINED $4,000 FOR KILLING TROPHY DEER
DRYDEN - A Louisiana man has been fined $4,000 and banned from hunting for two years after pleading guilty to killing a trophy deer north of Dryden in 2003.
Gary Stroughter, 54, of Baton Rouge, has been fined $2,000 for night hunting, $1,000 for trespassing to hunt and $1,000 for abandoning game. The deer has been forfeited to the Crown.
Court heard that on November 10, 2003, Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) conservation officers received a complaint about a deer being shot about 16 kilometres north of Dryden. The investigation, helped by conservation officers in Louisiana and Mississippi and police in Baton Rouge, led to two U.S. residents being charged.
A second man will go to trial in Dryden on October 19 this year.
Justice of the Peace Robert Michels heard the case in the Ontario Court of Justice, Dryden on July 20, 2004.
The public is encouraged to help protect its natural resources by reporting violations to the local MNR office or anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
www.ocoa.ca