Moose hunting party fined

Three Kenora residents have pleaded guilty and been fined a total of $4,750 for illegal moose hunting.
Diane Neniska was fined $2,000 for discharging a firearm from a roadway and $750 for making a false statement to a conservation officer.

Stuart Neniska was fined $1,000 for unlawfully hunting big game and is not allowed to hunt in Ontario for the next year.
Stuart Neniska and Mark Carlson were also fined $500 each for making a false statement to a conservation officer.
Court heard that on December 10, 2011, Diane Neniska and Stuart Neniska came upon a bull moose while driving on Glider Road, north of Dryden.
Hunting under the authority of a Métis Nation of Ontario harvesters card in her designated harvest area, Diane Neniska got out and shot, but did not kill, a bull moose, as she stood on the road in front of her vehicle.
Stuart Neniska then took her gun and tracked the moose in the bush for about three hours, but could not find it.
When questioned by officers, the pair and Carlson denied knowing that anyone in their hunting party of four had shot at a moose.
No one in their group had a valid bull moose game seal. Officers seized a firearm during their investigation which will be returned once all of the fines are paid.
Justice of the Peace Daisy Hoppe heard the case in the Ontario Court of Justice, Dryden, on August 28, 2012.
The public is reminded that it is illegal and unsafe to shoot from, down or across a road while hunting.
The person who harvests wildlife while hunting in a party must immediately notify all other members of the party, and the game seal holder must immediately affix the game seal to the wildlife.