B.C. guide gets $30,000 penalty for leading client on hunt outside licence area

MCBRIDE — A British Columbia hunting guide has been ordered to pay more than $30,000 in penalties after admitting to taking a client outside of his designated hunt area.

The B.C. Conservation Officer Service says in a social media post that the offence took place in September 2022 near McBride, when the assistant hunting guide led a hunter to an area not authorized by the licence of his employer.

Authorities began their investigation after a complaint was made to the provincial poachers hotline.

The guide was charged with several violations, and he pleaded guilty last Wednesday in B.C. provincial court.