{"id":233342,"date":"2026-04-06T12:44:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T17:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=233342"},"modified":"2026-04-06T13:08:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T18:08:07","slug":"hunt365-ontario-moose-hunt-went-very-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/hunt365-ontario-moose-hunt-went-very-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"$28K Fine and 10-Year Ban: Moose Hunt Went Very Wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Every hunter has heard it before: Know your regs. Tag your animal. Do it right. Because when you don\u2019t\u2026 it can get expensive. Real expensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to reporting from CTV News<\/em><\/a>, one U.S. hunter just learned that lesson the hard way after a moose hunt in Ontario went completely off the rails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cA male individual from New Auburn, Wis., was found guilty of discharging a firearm down the traveled portion of a roadway, hunting moose without a license and possessing illegally killed wildlife. He was fined $28,750 and received a 10-year hunting license suspension,\u201d said Ontario conservation officer Ron Arnold. (Photo: Ontario Fish and Wildlife\/Facebook<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Larry Szura of Wisconsin was hit with a $28,750 fine and a 10-year hunting ban<\/a> in Ontario after being found guilty of multiple violations tied to an illegal moose harvest near Pickle Lake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And this wasn\u2019t just a paperwork issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Ontario\u2019s Ministry of Natural Resources, conservation officers found a cow moose carcass along a remote road and evidence suggested it had been shot while standing directly on the roadway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s a problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Investigators say Szura fired a high-powered rifle down the traveled portion of the road, which is illegal on its own. But it didn\u2019t stop there. He also didn\u2019t have a valid cow tag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Instead of walking away, authorities say he traveled more than 13 kilometers to find his hunting<\/a> partner (who reportedly didn\u2019t even know Szura had gone out hunting) and convinced them to use their tag to cover the animal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s where things really went sideways. After that, Szura reportedly left the area and crossed back into the U.S. the next morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The case eventually caught up with him. In court, he was found guilty of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n