The Whitehorse Daily Star just reported a couple of high profile hunting convictions involving Albertan and BC guides.

http://www.whitehorsestar.com/News/hunt-a-trainwreck-waiting-to-happen-crown
This one involved the wasting of game meat and aircraft related charges.
The guide was fined $15,000 and the client $11,500. 20 years of suspensions were also handed out.

http://whitehorsestar.com/News/fined-guide-truly-embarrassed-and-ashamed
This one involved an Alberta guide with a very recognizable name and a TV hunting celebrity status.
A dead grizzly bear and a caribou hunt resulted in convictions of illegal hunting and the guide plead guilty and was levied a fine of $10,000 and a 7 year guiding prohibition in the Yukon.

We can all form our own opinions on these convictions.  It is what it is and to me the wasting of meat is a huge one and I am glad these guys got slapped with big fines.  Any excuses about not being familiar with the hunting regulations by the outfitter, guides, or clients is really weak sauce. Hunting for profit is their job and with that comes some obvious responsibilities. The client who is spending $20K plus and is the one ultimately pulling the trigger should bare the same responsibility.

I have been to the Yukon a few times and the residents and the territorial government take conservation very seriously, more so than here.  Tourism, fishing, and hunting are their resource.

I wonder if he'll brag about this one. I hope they watch him close in Alberta, bout time some of these types are caught.

              I don't know him personally whatsoever so can only gauge him by what he has posted on the interweb and some tv stuff.  I guess as well a couple guys I know have worked with him and never said anything bad only that the mention of hunting will guarantee a pretty involved conversation. 

              I really don't feel like he's the type of guy that would blatantly try and break the rules, but maybe more the type that could really get a bit to fired up and maybe a bit to caught up in the moment. 

              He's going to pay his fine (without to much fuss it seems) and learn a pretty valuable lesson.  I don't think that he is one of the "bad guys."

             

Hey walleyes, hittin the bottle again?? Scroll up and read your first take on this, then your second one..Your typical fashion once again. Too funny. There is more than one side to a story folks. But carry on just like on AO.

I wonder if he'll brag about this one. I hope they watch him close in Alberta, bout time some of these types are caught.

And this from a global moderator... Hey Tuc.. retirement getting that bad that your on your ass all the time, you know monitoring the globe??
I sense a little bit of JEALOUSY here, LOL... too funny.

Stay cleaning toilets in the retirement home little fella.

I read and then re read walleyes posts that's not what he said forgot some words.  And yes I am drinking right now...


  This pat fella impresses me that he has sacrificed his family in a way completing the 29 it's a huge commitment he completed.

 
 


 

I tend to wonder if any regulations were compromised with these 29 animals?

  Which Of them do you suspect?

I tend to wonder if any regulations were compromised with these 29 animals?

Makes one wonder doesn't it.

  Which Of them do you suspect?

None in particular.

LOL Good stuff walleyes, don't forget to take those salt blocks out from under your tree stand pal.