Selling Moose Antlers Proves Costly For Hunting Guide
February 1st, 2011
A Dryden-area man has been fined $2,100 unlawfully selling moose antlers.
Clifford Wise of Eagle River was convicted under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act and charged $1,500 for unlawfully selling moose antlers and $600 for providing false information to a Ministry of Natural Resources conservation officer.
Court heard that during the fall of 2008, Wise was acting as a hunting guide for a Wisconsin hunter who shot and wounded a bull moose, which was not harvested. Wise found the carcass two weeks later and removed and took home its antlers. He later offered to sell the antlers for $500 US. In the fall of 2009, Wise sold the antlers to a plainclothes conservation officer in Vermilion Bay.
Justice of the Peace Daisy Hoppe heard the case on August 12 and November 16, 2010, and handed down the verdict in the Ontario Court of Justice, Dryden, on January 25, 2011.
To report a natural resources violation, call 1-877-TIPS-MNR (847-7667) toll-free any time or contact your local ministry officer during regular business hours. You can also call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
