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The Ontario government is cracking down on those who use unsafe and illegal hunting practices.

A 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.

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, Ont.

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 injured hunter was transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The victim was killed by a homemade shotgun.

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A 39-year-old Malaysian accidentally killed his nephew with a homemade shotgun after mistaking him for an animal while hunting in Machang, Kelantan

According toKosmo!, the incident happened around 2am last Friday, 12 May, when the suspect was with his26-year-old nephew, Muhamad Hasnizi Che Hasmi,in the forest reserve area in Ulu Sat, Bukit Pelanduk.

Machang district police chief Supt Mohd Adli Mat Daud said a team rushed to the scene after the suspect notified the police about the incident at around 9.50am.

The officers found the victim’s body behind the Bukit Batu Tapong forestry…

While hunting pheasant from a stationary line, the hunter discharged his firearm, striking another member of his hunting party in the lower extremities

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Hunting can be a dangerous past-time.

Just ask the friends of Donald Rodzik of Windsor. He 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.

The court heard that on September 28, 2022, a conservation officer responded to a hunting-related shooting incident atGriffith Island Hunt Club, a private hunting club located on Griffith Island in Georgian Bay, northeast of Wiarton.

The investigation found that while hunting pheasant from a stationary line, Rodzik discharged his firearm, striking another member of his hunting party in the lower…

• Updated:May. 15, 2023, 9:43 a.m.|
• Published:May. 15, 2023, 6:05 a.m.

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LANSING, MI — Beavers, muskrats, rabbits, opossums, weasels and several types of squirrel, including chipmunks, are now legal to trap and kill in Michigan without a permit under recent nuisance wildlife regulation changes.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) expanded the list of critter species that landowners can kill to prevent property damage during the state Natural Resources Commission meeting on Thursday, May 11 in Lansing.

Acting DNR Director Shannon Lott approved the change under her office’s authority. The commission did not vote or discuss the matter in detail last week.

The goal is to reduce conflicts between humans and animals as more Michigan farm and forestlands fall to development,DNR says…

A 530-pound boar grizzly bear was found dead near Newton Creek Picnic Site on the morning of May 1. A Cody hunter has been charged with killing the animal.

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By Mark Davis and CJ Baker

The grizzly bear found dead along the North Fork Highway last week was killed by a Cody area hunter who said he mistook the animal for a black bear, according to court documents.

The hunter, Patrick M. Gogerty, reportedly came forward on May 2 — the day after he reportedly shot the bear, and after the bear’s carcass drew widespread public attention.

“Gogerty should have turned himself in immediately,” North Cody Game Warden Travis Crane wrote in an affidavit included in court records.

Park County Prosecuting Attorney Bryan Skoric charged Gogerty on Thursday with a misdemeanor count of taking a trophy game animal without the proper license or…

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The Ontario government is cracking down on those who use unsafe and illegal hunting practices.

A 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.

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, Ont.

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Photo courtesy of John Holyoke Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor Pete Warner (right) and his son William scan an area for moose during a recent hunting trip with friends in the Jackman area.

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Four bills rejected that would have allowed Sunday hunting in Maine

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff

Mainers who want to hunt on Sundays have been dealt another blow.

The Legislature’s Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife on May 10 voted to reject four bills presented this session that would have afforded some hunters the opportunity to pursue game on Sundays.

“I feel that if we opened up any hunting on Sunday, as well intentioned as Sunday hunting may be, then the deluge next year of Sunday hunting bills will be overwhelming,” said committee chair David LaFountain, D-Winslow. “I just have, I think, more consideration for the landowners.”

It’s the latest setback for…

The man received $5,500 in fines and a five-year licence suspension. He must also complete a hunter education course

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The Ministry of Natural Resources says that a Lakefield man pleaded guilty to carelessly shooting a gun while hunting and trespassing on Crown Land near Peterborough.

The man received $5,500 in fines and a five-year licence suspension. He must also complete a hunter education course.

According to MNR, a Peterborough court heard that an argumenttook place between the man and another group of hunters on October 1st.

He then fired a 12-gauge shotgun across a pond, hitting one hunter and damaging the group’s decoys. He also claimed to be on private property, when he was, in fact, on Crown land.

MNR says if you experience a similar problem while you’re hunting, you can report it to…

Nature and Park Authority volunteers arrive to guard rare Mediterranean Monk Seal, urge public to keep distance until she returns to sea

By MICHAEL HOROVITZ13 May 2023, 4:43 pm  

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A rare Mediterranean Monk Seal resting on a beach in central Israel, May 13, 2023. (Guy Levian/Nature and Parks Authority)

A rare seal turned up to rest on a beach in central Israel, in an unprecedented sighting on Friday.

The threatened Mediterranean Monk Seal was estimated to be a female, around three or five years old, the Nature and Parks Authority said in a statement. As of Saturday, she remained on the beach.

The mammal did not appear to be in distress, the authority said. They deployed volunteers to ensure she was not disturbed while she rested and urged the public to maintain their distance.

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FILE – This July 19, 2016 file photo a feral cat lays in the reeds next to a body of water in Hart Park out of the direct sun, in Bakersfield, Calif. (Casey Christie/The Bakersfield Californian via AP,File)

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NEW ZEALAND (TND) —A competition for kids in New Zealand which offered a cash prize to whoever could bag the most feral cat kills has been canceled following fierce backlash.

The North Canterbury Hunting Competitionis an annual event that is held to fundraise money for a local school. Feral cats are considered pests in the area and competitors are encouraged to quell the wild feline population.

A new category was offered in the competition this year for kids under the age of 14. It promised a prize of $250 New Zealand dollars ($154 in U.S. currency) to…