Man banned from hunting after shooting fake moose.

[edbermac]

AMHERST, N.S. - A Nova Scotia man has been banned from hunting for 20 years after shooting a robotic moose. Robert Lee McLaren, 49, of Pugwash Junction pleaded guilty yesterday to attempting to kill an endangered species. He is the first person in Nova Scotia to be found guilty of the crime after shooting Bullwinkle, a full-sized moose decoy used by the Natural Resources Department to help combat the poaching of mainland moose. The animals became an endangered species in 2003.

McLaren shot the decoy near Thomson Station, N.S., on Nov. 2. He had been driving with his wife and child when he stopped his car, jumped out, levelled a rifle over the roof, and fired at the fake moose. Conservation officers were just metres away and arrested him.

In addition to the hunting ban, McLaren must also pay a $4,025 fine, and forfeit his car and rifle. Similar charges against McLaren's wife, Lorelei Anne, were dropped once her husband pleaded guilty. Eight Guysborough County residents also charged with shooting the decoy will go to court later this spring.

http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/0328robot-moose28-ON.html

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

1. thats awesome!

i saw a special on the robot moose...its a really interesting thing! glad to see its working

[Richard Steele]

2. Good. FUCK this little poacher; FUCK him in the WALLET where it hurts!

[RebelOne]

3. Good. Serves him right. He got what was coming to him.

I hate hunting and poaching I hate even more.

[Fleshdancer]

4. what a great idea

we should send a robot lawyer next time Cheney goes hunting.

[StaggerLee]

5. bwahahahhahaha

:rofl:

[ThomCat]

6. Wow! I'm impressed.

Go get 'em!

[madinmaryland]

7. What a Moran!!!

If they are an endangered species then he should never hunt again. What a moran!!1!!

[skygazer]

8. At least he shot at something that resembles an animal

I'm always amazed at the stories you read in which people are shot by hunters who thought they were a deer. I was always taught that you do not take a shot unless you can be reasonably certain it will be a killing shot - if you can't see your target well enough to see it's a human being, you must not be following THAT basic rule (and yes, it's a rule and NOT a guideline).

[Sannum]

11. Hey, Mistakes Happen

the resemblance is uncanny

[AllegroRondo]

9. They use robotic deer in Wisconsin

to catch people who try to shoot them from their vehicles.

[BikeWriter]

10. Silly bastard!

[petronius]

12. There's something wrong here...

This guy deserves to be punished, but taking the car seems extreme. Ans what's up with charging the wife, then dropping the charges when he plead guilty - it makes me think they charged the wife just to pressure him into his plea...