Public Advisory: Resource Enforcement Division Seeking Public Assistance on Illegal Big Game Hunting on Northern Peninsula

  • Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture

October 23, 2025

The Resource Enforcement Division of the Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture is seeking information related to a possible incident of a moose being shot on Route 430-32, approximately 35 kilometres east of the Plum Point intersection, known locally as the Godfrey Pond area.

Officers discovered a large blood stain on the road and fresh moose remains adjacent to the road in the ditch. A shell casing from a hunting rifle was located across the road from the kill site.

The incident is believed to have taken place during the morning hours of Thanksgiving Day (Monday, October 13, 2025). Officers are interested in speaking with a male and female who were seen in the area and believed to have been operating a red car.

It is an offence under provincial Wildlife Regulations to discharge a firearm from a highway, which includes the shoulder portion of the road or within 1,000 metres of an athletic field, playground or school, or 300 metres from a dwelling.

Resource Enforcement Division is asking anyone with information that may assist the investigation to call 709-637-2971 or make an anonymous report via the 24/7 Poaching Line at 1-877-820-0999. Reports can also be submitted online anonymously at stoppoaching.ca.

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