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Man banned from hunting after shooting fake moose

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Man banned from hunting after shooting fake moose

Canadian Press
Mar. 28, 2006 10:50 AM

AMHERST, N.S. - A Nova Scotia man has been banned from hunting for 20 years after shooting a robotic moose.

Robert Lee McLaren, 49, of Pugwash Junction pleaded guilty yesterday to attempting to kill an endangered species.

He is the first person in Nova Scotia to be found guilty of the crime after shooting Bullwinkle, a full-sized moose decoy used by the Natural Resources Department to help combat the poaching of mainland moose. advertisement

The animals became an endangered species in 2003.

McLaren shot the decoy near Thomson Station, N.S., on Nov. 2.

He had been driving with his wife and child when he stopped his car, jumped out, levelled a rifle over the roof, and fired at the fake moose.

Conservation officers were just metres away and arrested him.

In addition to the hunting ban, McLaren must also pay a $4,025 fine, and forfeit his car and rifle.

Similar charges against McLaren's wife, Lorelei Anne, were dropped once her husband pleaded guilty.

Eight Guysborough County residents also charged with shooting the decoy will go to court later this spring.
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He had been driving with his wife and child when he stopped his car, jumped out, levelled a rifle over the roof, and fired at the fake moose.

Conservation officers were just metres away and arrested him.

In addition to the hunting ban, McLaren must also pay a $4,025 fine, and forfeit his car and rifle.
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That is awesome.
 
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Lazlo said:
Why his car?
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'cause fuck him! That's why!

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You laugh, but I know of a small town cop who was cited by the ODNR for shooting a decoy deer out of deer season, with his service pistol, while in uniform and on patrol in his cruiser. Yes, he's a cop here in Ohio...... These are the people who are there to protect and serve us.....
 
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AJHawkfan said:
You laugh, but I know of a small town cop who was cited by the ODNR for shooting a decoy deer out of deer season, with his service pistol, while in uniform and on patrol in his cruiser. Yes, he's a cop here in Ohio...... These are the people who are there to protect and serve us.....
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tons of stories like this. mech deers are used all the time to catch guys.
 
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MililaniBuckeye said:
I can see confiscating his rifle, but his car? Fuck, why not take his house and family? Totally overblown...
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well, we ARE referring to Canada, which a couple years back, removed the word "Armed" from "Canadian Armed Forces," so i guess you can draw your own conclusions... evidently the Canadian Forces are resentful of the fact that a civilian was better equiped than them...
 
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