A man from Southend in northern Saskatchewan has been fined $2,800 dollars after pleading guilty to unlawful hunting and using a searchlight to hunt in the fall of 2022.
42-year-old Tyson Jobb also forfeited a rifle seized during a stop by conservation officers and two searchlights.
The case was heard by Judge Lloyd Stang in Melfort Provincial Court on Monday.
The court was told it happened during the evening of Oct. 7th, southwest of McKague, which is about 190 km southeast of Prince Albert.
Conservation officers observed a set of headlights moving slowly down a rural road, and believed they were being used to scan a field. The court was also told officers then saw the flash of a spotlight, and one of them heard a gunshot.
The conservation officers initiated a traffic stop of a GMC pickup. Court heard the driver say there was a rifle in the back seat.
The driver reportedly told the officer he had fired into the air to try to scare an animal up.
A court worker told Judge Stang that Jobb takes full responsibility, but was asking for six months to pay the fine.
Judge Stang imposed fines and surcharges totaling $2,800 and gave Jobb until July to pay the fines.
The charges are under the province’s Wildlife Act and its regulations.
