Eight Americans pay hefty price for illegal moose hunting in northern Ontario

An Ontario court has fined 20 defendants, including eight Americans, a total of $178,400 and ordered them to pay $44,525 in surcharges for a variety of moose-hunting violations.Court heard that Robert A. Green, Robert W. Green, Bob Green’s Fly-in Camps and Green Airways Ltd. operate a fly-in-only tourist outfitting business, with a main lodge on Mamakwash Lake, northeast of Red Lake.

Bob Green’s Fly-in Camps. of Red Lake pleaded guilty to hunting moose without a licence, discharging a firearm from a motorboat, possessing wildlife illegally killed, making a false statement in a document, and obstructing a conservation officer. The business was fined a total of $32,500. Matt and Janelle’s Nungesser Lake Lodge, Matt Kehoe, and Janelle Kehoe pleaded guilty to unlawfully buying a licence and hunting a bull and cow moose without a licence. The corporation was fined $20,000 and received a two-year prohibition on guiding or providing services to big game hunters.

Richard Brassard of Thunder Bay pleaded guilty to hunting two bull moose without a licence. He was fined $10,000 and received a five-year hunting licence suspension. Jeff Imrie of Red Lake pleaded guilty to hunting a bull moose without a licence. He was fined $5,000.

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