Hunters Charged

Two Ontario hunters have been fined a total of $7,500 for illegally hunting deer in the Fort Frances area.

The men from the North Bay area were charged following an investigation by M-N-R Conservation officers last fall into the illegal shooting of three deer.

One man was fined four-thousand dollars for various offences, including trespassing on private land. He was prohibited from hunting in Ontario for one year.

The other man was found guilty on several hunting offences, including discharging a firearm down a road. He's forced to pay $3,500 in fines and banned from hunting for two years.

Both men were also ordered to complete hunter education courses