A southern Ontario man has learned the hard way about illegal hunting in the north.
He was charged $6,500 for illegally shooting at a decoy moose on Black Sturgeon Road northwest of Nipigon.
Javid Laghai Bonabi of Waterloo was convicted on several charges related to the incident.
He was fined $4,500 for careless use of a firearm for the purpose of hunting, $1,500 for hunting at night, and $500 for having a loaded firearm in a vehicle.
Bonabi also received a six-month hunting licence suspension and is required to retake the Ontario hunter education program and pass the test before being eligible to buy another hunting licence.
