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It’s unfortunate that you both got the ticket, I’m sure I would have said the same thing if I ever did that. I get nervous and my brain shuts down when law enforcement confront me, I just answer yes and no mostly and don’t elaborate. I see it as you had a license on you for upland game bird, you’re legal. Your friend had a white tail tag, he’s legal. I hope this gets thrown out, but just have to watch that. Lots of families go push bush for a family member and not all of them have a hunting license, and that’s illegal if your above the legal age. |
Never cooperate with wildlife officers.
I was in your shoes last year, although, my mistakes was different then yours. I thought I would get only a warning as well but I ended up with a court date and being classified as a poacher. My mistake was to let my dad dropping me off on a land I have permission on and to let him walk to his blind by himself. My dad is not from Alberta. I was 1.6 km away from where my dad’s stand was .It is an illegal act to let someone from another province walk to his stand by himslef in Alberta as we are responsible for their security. They seized my dad’s weapon and gave me a court date. They ruined our hunt and the result of that is my dad don’t even want to hunt here in Alberta anymore. I was trying to be cooperative like you but in the end, these wildlife officers have quotas to fill overt year so can justify their jobs. Ask me if I’ll ever cooperate with one of these guys in the futur. They were trying to remove my hunting rights for 2 years and give me a 3000$ fine. I got away with 500$ fine and I kept my hunting rights.
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If I've understood your post, you and your friend were both hunting deer (and birds) in an area where you need a special license for WT deer. Since neither of you had the required license, you were both charged for hunting without a license. If this is the case, then the charges seem fair, regardless of whether or not you were successful. If you had said you were 'bird' hunting, then maybe you wouldn't have been charged (depends if there were any reason to doubt this, I would think). Hopefully the judge believes that this was an issue with not knowing\understanding the regs (as opposed to intentionally breaking the law), and the penalty reflects that.
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You guys are so perfect
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What does stating bird heads don’t have a minimize size have to do with being perfect?
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F&W don’t make the rules nor do they set the fine ,the court did that. You say you will never cooperate with them again but think what would have happened if you had not and you father hadshot an animal while they were talking to you with them knowing full well where he was. It is not a good idea to be so cavalier about the law Cat |
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Just because some others break the law does not mean it’s okay .
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Lots of sour grapes, and peeing and moaning, from individuals who can’t understand nor comprehend the regulations.
It’s written in legalese because that’s how laws are written, learn legalese or reap the whirlwind, I’m afraid. |
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If you wanted to enjoy a day out in the woods with your father than all that was required of you was to sit in the same blind as him. |
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Just remember that in any law enforcement system in this country what you tell them will or maybe used against you in a court of law.So if you told them whatever you get written up and that isn't the FW officers who made these rules or laws.
He is just paid to make sure there not broken and he writes you up and then court decides how to go about it and the correct fine ,you didn't lie about it so that is one thing in your favor which the courts will look hard at,if you did lie in any way and they decide you did then you pay for your lies and the offence. Lets just say it's like you said and you will get some sort of fine and if you were not rude to the officer and they have some pull with the crown and so on. We all learn by our mistakes and your not the only one in alberta,but without laws for wildlife there wouldn't be anything to hunt.Look it as a long term donation for future wildlife that you will hunt no matter the amount and it sure as hell isn't going to be 50 grand. |
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