The Ministry of Natural Resources & Forestry have fined a Windsor resident $10,000 for careless use of a firearm while hunting, and also suspended their hunting license for 5 years.
This comes after a September 2022 incident of a hunting-related shooting at Griffith Island Hunt Club in Georgian Bay, northeast of Wiarton.
While hunting pheasant from a stationary line, the person discharged their firearm, striking another member of the hunting party in their lower extremities.
The injured hunter was transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The case was heard at an Owen Sound Court on April 14th.