Three people have been fined after pleading guilty to hunting violations near Marathon.
On Oct. 12, 2024, conservation officers attended a hunting camp in the Cache Lake Road area, where Todd Cameron and Amanda Travis, both of Levack, Ontario “were actively hunting moose together and had never purchased a licence to hunt moose,” the Ministry of Natural Resources stated in a news release.
Officers learned Cameron had shot a bull moose on Cache Lake Road. Cameron and Travis then called Michael Celi, of Stoney Creek, who was hunting in the area. Celi showed up and tagged the illegal moose.
Cameron pleaded guilty to hunting moose without a licence and careless hunting. He was fined $9,000 and received a one-year hunting licence suspension. He must also retake the Canadian Firearms Safety Course and the Hunter Safety Education Course before applying for or obtaining a new licence.
Travis pleaded guilty to hunting moose without a licence and was fined $1,000.
Celi pleaded guilty to unlawfully invalidating his hunting tag for an animal that was killed by another person. He was fined $2,500.
The moose was seized and donated to members of the public.
Justice of the Peace Tobey Meyer heard the case in the Ontario Court of Justice in Thunder Bay on June 17.