Poachers sought in deer deaths near Dorintosh
Two different deer were left for dead near Dorintosh outside of Meadow Lake, and local conservation officers are investigating and looking for public assistance to solve the poaching cases.
Both incidents happened in November, the first taking place around Nov. 10. On this date, a buck was found on grid road 622, approximately 25 kilometres west of Dorintosh, shot and left to waste. Exactly a week later, another white-tail buck was found suffering from gunshot wounds on Tower Road northeast of the village.
Rich Hildebrand, Conservation Officer with the Compliance and Education Unit of the Ministry of Environment said these types incidents are unfortunately very common among poachers.
“It’s something we get too many [cases] of,” he said. “Somebody didn’t take the time to do the proper hunting practices. These are not practices that law-abiding hunters do.”