A Windsor man has been fined $10,000 and his hunting licence is suspended after an incident at Griffith Island in Georgian Bay.
A release from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) says Justice of the Peace Angela Renaud heard the case in the Ontario Court of Justice, Owen Sound, on April 14, 2023.
The court heard that on September 28, 2022, a conservation officer responded to a hunting-related shooting incident at Griffith Island Hunt Club, a private hunting club located on Griffith Island in Georgian Bay, northeast of Wiarton.
The MNRF says, the investigation found that while hunting pheasant from a stationary line, the man discharged his firearm, striking another member of his hunting party in the lower extremities.
The MNRF says the Windsor man failed to take reasonable consideration for the proximity and position of the other hunter when discharging his firearm. The injured hunter was transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The Windsor man pleaded guilty to careless use of a firearm while hunting and was fined $10,000. He also had his hunting licence suspended for five years and is required to retake the hunter education course.
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