Released on April 16, 2018
Two Melfort men recently pleaded guilty in Humboldt provincial court to a pair of charges under The Wildlife Act and received a total of $10,500 in fines.
While inspecting a meat processor in November of 2017, Ministry of Environment conservation officers discovered that the two men had each shot a deer in early November and had lawfully tagged them. However, later that month, each man shot another deer and used the same tags from the previous deer.![](https://www.saskatchewan.ca/-/media/images/news-release-images/2018/apr/melfort-case-apri-2018.jpg?la=en&hash=BE3E5B1EA0B1CBBE556EC5E5089FA971)
Conservation officers concluded that all four white-tailed deer had been shot by the two men and charges were laid.
Melfort residents Nathan Cherkowski and Wyatt Martin, both 21, pleaded guilty to the unlawful possession of white-tailed deer, as well as unlawful hunting. Cherkowski was fined $5,600 and Martin received $4,900 in fines.
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In addition, two other Melfort residents voluntarily paid fines totalling $500 for unlawfully allowing a licence to be used by another person, and each received a one-year hunting and trapping suspension.
If you suspect wildlife, fisheries, forestry or environmental violations, please call your local Ministry of Environment office, Saskatchewan’s toll-free Turn In Poachers line at 1-800-667-7561, call #5555 for Sasktel cellular subscribers, or report a violation online at www.saskatchewan.ca/tip. You may be eligible for cash rewards from the SaskTip Reward Program.-30-
For more information, contact:
Jamie Gibson
Environment
Regina
Phone: 306-798-3900
Email: jamie.gibson@gov.sk.ca