Shooting Canada Goose With A Rifle On Stony Lake Proves Costly
A Stony Lake resident pleaded guilty to charges under the Fish and Wildlife
Conservation Act and Migratory Birds Regulations and was fined a total of $4500.
Allan Chapman was fined $3500 for discharging a firearm without reasonable
consideration for people or property; $500 for hunting a migratory bird during the closed season; and $500 for hunting a migratory bird with a rifle. The rifle was ordered forfeited to the Crown.
Court heard that on August 16, 2009, Chapman fired a .22 caliber rifle at a group of swimming Canada geese on Stony Lake in Douro – Dummer Township. The bullet killed one of the geese. The shot was fired in the direction of cottages on an island only 365 metres away. A bullet fired from a .22 rifle can be dangerous for up to a mile.
Justice of the Peace Stephen Lancaster heard the case in the Ontario Court of Justice, Peterborough, on October 8, 2009.
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Derrick Humber, Peterborough District, 705-755-3364
Ken Snowden, Peterborough District, 705-755-3367
