Hunting a moose without the proper license has cost an Atikokan man.

Court was told Ministry of Natural Resources conservation officers came across two hunters in the area of Ann Bay Road, north of Atikokan, in October 2022 with a cow moose in the back of a truck.

The animal was tagged using a calf tag.

The Ministry says instead of admitting to the mistake, the hunter invalidated his tag with the intent of taking the animal.

Instead, conservation officers seized it and donated the meat to families in need.

The hunter was fined $5,500 after pleading guilty to hunting a cow moose without a licence.

An Atikokan man has been fined 55 hundred dollars for hunting a moose without a proper licence.

The incident happened in the Ann Bay Road area north of Atikokan in October 2022.

Court was told Ministry of Natural Resources conservations officers came across two hunters with a cow moose that was attached with a calf tag.

The animal was seized and its meat donated to families in need.