A Saskatchewan man who admitted to illegally shooting a bull moose and leaving it to rot has been fined thousands of dollars and suspended from hunting for three years.
Carter Pratchler, a 20-year-old St. Brieux resident, entered a guilty plea in Melfort provincial court to several charges under provincial wildlife legislation.
Court heard that in January of this year, conservation officers got word about a moose that had been shot about three kilometres north of St. Brieux.
They later determined the animal had been killed before sunrise.
Information weeks later from a tip line led to Pratchler being charged with hunting out of season, waste of game and discharging a firearm from a road at night for the purpose of hunting.
He was fined $4,680 after admitting to shooting the moose in the early morning hours with the use of his vehicle's headlights and leaving it to waste.
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