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An Elbow man faces charges and fines totalling more than $36,000 in connection with illegal outfitting activities for possessing wild game on a game farm near Briercrest.
According to a statement from the community safety ministry, in December 2023, Moose Jaw Conservation Officers received “information that a wild moose had been harvested inside the Hartland Whitetails Ltd. Game farm enclosure and that wild deer were being baited into the fenced area.”
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Officers identified the owner as a man from Elbow.
“The year-and-a-half long investigation determined that three European clients attended the Hartland Whitetails Ltd. game farm from September 25, 2023 to September 30, 2023,” noted the statement from the ministry.
The ministry noted the Elbow man was found to be outfitting one client without the required licence, which lead to the unlawful harvest of a wild moose on Sept. 27 and a wild mule deer on Sept. 28.
“Both animals were later taken to a taxidermist, where investigators found a Saskatchewan resident moose licence seal had been improperly supplied by an employee of Hartland Whitetails Ltd.,” said the government statement.
Based on an agreed statement of facts by the accused and Crown, the government said it was confirmed that “deer were being baited into the enclosure and that a wild moose had entered the fence in the winter of 2022 which was never reported to the appropriate ministry.”
The captured wild mule deer was found inside a second Hartland Whitetails Ltd. enclosure. It was euthanized and tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease, noted the government.
The elbow man pleaded guilty to unlawfully acting as an outfitter (moose) – $12,800, unlawfully acting as an outfitter (mule deer) – $16,000, allowing his licence to be used by another person $250, and unlawful possession of six wild mule deer $5,600.
The total penalties the man received was $36,400.
He was also handed a five-year hunting licence suspicion.
On Oct. 20, an Austrian hunt broker, also connected to the offences, was convicted of aiding and abetting unlawful hunting and outfitting without a licence.
He received $6,760 in fines and was given a one-year hunting licence suspension.
To report wildlife, fisheries, forestry or environmental violations, contact Saskatchewan’s Turn in Poaches and Polluters (TIPP) line at 1-800-667-7561 or report it online.
Callers may remain anonymous and may be eligible for a cash reward through the SaskTIP Reward Program.
