Manitoba is clamping down on illegal night hunting and dangerous hunting and the numbers show enforcement operations are catching more hunters who are breaking the law.  2016 saw 44 cases of night hunting and 5 cases of dangerous hunting across the province. That is almost double the number of cases prosecuted in 2015. Manitoba Conservation officers also confiscated 14 vehicles and 44 long-barrel rifles and shotguns

“Reports of incidences of night hunting and dangerous hunting have increased, along with public complaints of hunting on private land without permission and hunting from the road,” said Sustainable Development Minister Cathy Cox.  “Our enforcement efforts, including blitzes, air surveillance and decoy operations, have also increased as we aim to protect the safety of the public, increase vulnerable wildlife populations and educate Manitobans of the dangers of unsafe hunting.”

Conservation officers received 245 reports of night hunting or dangerous hunting in 2016 and a further 164 reports of hunting on private land without permission and nine reports of hunting in a conservation closure area.  

-News4 Staff-