Three Plead Guilty After Heron Shooting

[RobbyBob]

From the May 7, 2021 edition of the Strathmore TIMES:

Three Calgary men were fined and their hunting privileges suspended after pleading guilty to shooting a great blue heron in Rocky View County last summer.
It is illegal to hunt or possess great blue heron, as they are a protected species.
On Aug. 10, 2020, two birders at the Rocky View County administrative building heard a gunshot from around Highway 566 to the south. They saw a male subject, later identified as Benny Yee, walk into a pond on the property and pick up a great blue heron from the middle of the pond. Yee then passed the heron to another person, Jia Wei Liang, who took the bird and put it into a vehicle, driven by a third male, Jia You Liang.
The two birders were able to film the individuals and called the Report-A-Poacher line. Provincial Fish and Wildlife officers were able to identify the suspects from images of their vehicle license plate.
The three pled guilty to the unlawful possession of a great blue heron on March 30, according to Alberta Fish and Wildlife Enforcement. Yee was issued a $2,500 fine and had his recreation hunting privileges suspended for two years. The other two suspects were issued $1,500 fines and received two-year hunting suspensions.
The three individuals were already in the middle of a three-year recreational fishing suspension from an event in 2019. They are now ineligible to hunt or fish until 2023.

[elkhunter11]

Repeat offenders that don't care about our hunting and fishing regulations, the fines and prohibitions won't stop them.

[JDK71]

you have that right elk. Can you imagen with else they have shot and got away with when they shot a blue heron no respect . I have seen this type of people teaching there kids bad habits out at burnt stick lake when fishing

[Grizzly Adams]

Originally Posted by elkhunter11

Repeat offenders that don't care about our hunting and fishing regulations, the fines and prohibitions won't stop them.

I saw that, my conclusion being, these are the people stocking our waters with Asian Carp.

Grizz

[elkhunter11]

Originally Posted by JDK71

you have that right elk. Can you imagen with else they have shot and got away with when they shot a blue heron no respect . I have seen this type of people teaching there kids bad habits out at burnt stick lake when fishing

And that is the scary part, if they have been caught twice, what have they done that they haven't been caught for?

[Sakoman]

Repeat offenders should just lose their privilege's period. The fines need to be bigger also.

[rugerfan]

Repeat offenders doing things like that should be deported.

[Ackleyman]

repeat Fish & Wildlife offenders should get banned for 10 years. Or better yet horsewhip the bastids.

[Dewey Cox]

They weren't buying licenses anyway.

[CranePete]

Total lack of respect. Maybe a significant fine, loss of privilege, and a week in the hoosegow would educate them.

[Dewey Cox]

But how many fish did they save?

[Grizzly Adams]

Originally Posted by Dewey Cox

But how many fish did they save?

That's not the point and from the video I saw, they were shooting close to some buildings as well. Firearms charges might have hurt a lot more.

Grizz

[esher]

Why are herons protected, they are not welcome to fish ponds and 40 landed beside me once so not scarce.

[ZJHoban]

Seems to me that these jokers should have their firearms licenses revoked. I think poaching should be a lifetime ban on firearms privileges.
Its people like these guys that litter, tear up the land and generally give hunters and firearm owners a bad name.

[Grizzly Adams]

Originally Posted by esher

Why are herons protected, they are not welcome to fish ponds and 40 landed beside me once so not scarce.

Just like Sea Gulls.

Grizz

[Battle Rat]

Can't have those herons eating their favorite fish, carp,that they stocked.

[Battle Rat]

Originally Posted by esher

Why are herons protected, they are not welcome to fish ponds and 40 landed beside me once so not scarce.

Never seen more than a few together.
Are you sure they weren't cranes

[Bigwoodsman]

First offence a fine and suspension.

Second offence a public caning should be given.

BW

[Ryanpktaxiderm]

Originally Posted by Bigwoodsman

First offence a fine and suspension.

Second offence a public caning should be given.

BW

im good with this idea!