Trophy bear was shot near Longlac in 2014.
The shooting three years ago of one of the largest black bears ever
harvested in Ontario has led to a stiff fine and the loss of hunting
privileges for a Longlac man.
Michael A. Gauthier was convicted after a trial in Geraldton this week and
fined $5,000 for hunting black bear within 400 metres of a waste disposal
site.
He was also fined $1,000 for possessing wildlife illegally, and received a
four-year hunting suspension. The bear was forfeited to the Crown.
According to a news release from the Ministry of Natural Resources and
Forestry, court was told that on September 13, 2014, Gauthier shot and
wounded a 760-pound bear within the Longlac waste disposal site. Several
hours later, he returned to the site where he dispatched the injured bear.
The MNRF news release refers to the animal as a trophy bear.
Skull size is the usual measurement for determining bear records.
The weight listed in the news release was the “dressed” weight, measured
after the internal organs were removed.
Ontarioblackbears.com lists the largest recorded weight for a black bear as
816 pounds.
However, the Federation for the Recognition of Ontario Wildlife says its
records show the heaviest bear ever harvested in the province was 780
pounds. It was shot by a hunter using a cross-bow in the Nipissing area in
2007.
https://www.tbnewswatch.com/local-news/longlac-man-fined-after-shooting-trop
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Exposing the Big Game 
Reblogged this on The Extinction Chronicles.
That piece of shit deserve death, no less. I am waiting for the pandemic to cleanse the earth from the filth called hunter.
So a bear who made it that far in his life had to be killed by some pathetic hominid. Fighting human nature is a losing battle.