Two men have been sentenced for unlawful possession of live wildlife and discharging a firearm in a no-shooting area near Quesnel.
The BC Conservation Officer Service says 24 year old Michael Loring and 30-year old Levi Cahoose unlawfully shot a rifle at a mule deer buck in the West Fraser Road single projectile hunting closure back in November of 2024 and subsequently loaded it into a truck.
It says a conservation officer conducting a hunting compliance check then determined that the animal was unlawfully harvested and needed to be properly dispatched.
Loring pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of wildlife and to section 10 (1) (a) of the Wildlife Act and was ordered to pay $2,300 to the Habitat Conservation Trust Fund, as well as an $805 Victim Surcharge.
Cahoose pleaded guilty to section 10 (1) (a) of the Wildlife Act and had to pay $900 to the Habitat Conservation Trust Fund, as well as a $115 Victim Surcharge.
