Yukon judge orders hunting guide to forfeit payment
Guide must give up a riverboat, motor and trailer after complaint from visiting moose hunters
A Yukon territorial judge has ordered a Yukon woman to give up a riverboat, motor and trailer she received in exchange for guiding visitors on a moose hunt.
Madeleine Caissy arranged to take some Quebec residents hunting under the special guiding provisions of the Wildlife Act.
The provisions allow Yukoners to take out-of-territory friends and relatives hunting. However asking for compensation is illegal.
Conservation Officer Ken Knutson says Caissy's clients were not aware of the rule at first, but filed a formal complaint after being informed.
"The people who were guided realized what was happening. They came in and made a formal complaint to us," he says.
Knutson says hunters harvested two moose legally during the hunt.
However, a boat, motor and trailer, valued at about $9,500 are forfeited to the government.