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An Aylmer man has been fined $3,000 for deer hunting and firearm violations.
Last December, Ryan Nancekivell encountered a conservation officer at a controlled deer hunt in Bayham, 20 minutes after legal hunting had ended.
His firearm was still loaded, not encased and he did not possess a valid controlled deer hunt validation for 2025.
It was determined that his deer tag was at camp and used the previous day by another individual on a deer taken during the controlled hunt.
The animal and his firearm were seized during the inspection.
Nancekivell pleaded guilty to unlawfully hunting deer during a controlled deer hunt, unlawfully possessing a firearm at night and enabling another individual to unlawfully use his deer tag.
The case was heard this past May in St. Thomas.
Written by Ian McCallum
