Hunters Fined for Shooting at Decoy

Three men from Minnesota have been fined a total of $10,000 for shooting at a moose decoy from a motorboat on Cooper Lake, about 160-kilometres north of Red Lake.
Geary Padden, Timothy Peterson and Christopher Freeman pleaded guilty to unlawfully hunting moose and have been banned from hunting for 2-years.
The men were caught taking shots at the fake moose last October.
Court heard that once the trio realized they were shooting at a decoy, they attempted to flee.
They were arrested by conservation officers.