By Carl Clutchey, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Chronicle-Journal Three Wisconsin men have collectively been fined more than $27,000 and banned from hunting in Ontario for several years after a bull moose was shot while it was swimming in a remote area north of Pickle Lake. A provincial investigation determined that in late September of 2023, the trio were out hunting on Skinner Lake. Conservation officers had flown into the area at the time “in response to unlawful hunting practices documented in remote outpost camps,” a Ministry of Natural Resources news release said on Friday. According to the news release, on Sept. 25, 2023 Ben Droessler and fellow hunter Jeffery Gassman “shot and killed a . . . bull moose from a motorboat while it was swimming.” Gassman did not…
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