A 17-year-old was arrested by Manitoba Conservation and Climate officers for illegal night hunting Friday.
Just before midnight on Nov. 27, officers, with support from an aerial patrol, noticed a vehicle shining its headlights across a field in the Mars Hills area northwest of Beausejour.
They watched as it repeated its tactic and were able to intercept on Provincial Trunk Highway 11.
A GMC truck, two rifles, ammunition and a whitetail deer head were seized.
The teen was given an appearance notice and released to a parent.
Since Oct. 10, conservation officers have conducted patrols to enforce Manitoba’s new Wildlife Amendment Act (Safe Hunting and Shared Management), resulting in:
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• charges or appearance notices to 45 individuals for serious wildlife offences;
• warnings to 19 individuals for night hunting without a permit or for hunting in a moose conservation closure;
• charges to 11 individuals for possessing illegally taken wildlife;
• seizures of nine vehicles;
• seizures of 18 firearms, and;
• restitution orders totaling $20,500.
The act took effect on Oct. 10 with the goal of ensuring a safe hunting environment.
The act also allows the creation of shared management committees, which is an important tool for improved wildlife conservation, including for moose.
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In Manitoba, night hunting is now illegal on all private land.
The province has also imposed a permit system allowing opportunities for rights-based hunting on some Crown land, with different requirements for northern and southern Manitoba based on extensive Crown-Indigenous consultations that contributed to the development of the legislation.
Indigenous hunters can hunt at night on Crown land in northern Manitoba.
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Night hunting is prohibited in southern Manitoba as well, except with a permit that allows rights-based hunting on Crown land, subject to terms and conditions establishing where it can be done safely.
While Indigenous hunters don’t need to apply for a permit, it’s subject to a three-kilometre safety buffer around occupied sites and provincial roadways.
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