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Five Albertans guilty of killing, leaving four trophy bighorn rams to spoil
HINTON, Alta. – Five Alberta men have been found guilty of illegally hunting, killing and leaving four trophy bighorn rams to spoil.
The five pleaded guilty this week in provincial court in Hinton, about 285 kilometres west of Edmonton.
The investigation began in August 2013 after a complaint alleging trespassing and hunting in the boundaries of a reclaimed mine site that has been closed to hunting and entering for the past 30 years.
A Fish and Wildlife officer found a vehicle with five men inside.
The five denied hunting or shooting anything on the mine site, but DNA samples were recovered and subsequent investigation found the they all killed the bighorn rams within the reclaimed site.
Timothy Yach, Anthony Yach, Tyler Yach, Matthew Lecerf, and Seth Gould, all of Sylvan Lake, were fined a total of $24,500.
Seven thousand, five hundred dollars of the total fine will go to the Alberta Fish and Wildlife enforcement branch forensic and DNA research program and $6,000 will go to the provincial aerial ungulate survey program.
All five men have had their hunting licences suspended for one year.
"All four trophy rams, including the head and meat, were left to spoil," Alberta Fish and Wildlife said in a post on its Facebook site.
Alberta Fish and Wildlife also thanked those who called in with information.
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9 responses
The courts are so easy on these guys, and anyone else that do things like this, sure hate to see this happening.
May father is a fisherman, he says if your caught poaching fish,mother take your fishing license,boat, and truck. It’s a huge penalty in B.C. Maybe that’s wrong info, but I’m shocked that after killing 5, not 1 but 5 Big Horn Sheep, they where allowed to hunt again? I mean if Thease guys killed one and actually used the meat and had not trophy hunted the animals,I’m could see a 1 year suspension being reasonable. But after this slaughter and senseless killing and waste of 5 animals, they should be lose their privledge to hunt for life. Yes I agree no firearms or permission to own or use one again.
That fine was not nearly high enough. They should be sentenced and their hunting licenses revoked forever.
Fucking assholes. Why would they do thisAlberta Fish and Wildlife should put them to the task. Never own a gun in there lives , never hunt again ,lose their jobs,.Why would u assholes shoot beautiful animals and leave them. Please answer. Please post your names so we know who you assholes R
Should have thrown the book at the creeps.
What a joke they should lose everything.
Not a large enough fine, but good result!
Stick them in jail, take rifles truck away from them that’s no good!
$25k apiece and banned from firearms for life