A Grand Forks man has been sentenced in Steele County for a hunting violation that occurred during North Dakota's 2010 firearms deer season.
Daniel Johnson, 59, pleaded guilty in Steele County court to failing to tag a deer and was ordered to pay $550 in fines and court costs.
According to court records, Johnson was cited Nov. 6 after Gary Rankin, district game warden for the Game and Fish Department in Larimore, N.D., encountered the hunter with an untagged deer southwest of Northwood, N.D. North Dakota law requires that hunters tag their deer immediately after killing the animal.
The charge is a Class A misdemeanor.
Portland man convicted for deer out of season
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A Portland, N.D., man has been convicted for shooting a deer out of season this past October.
Christopher Grandalen, 20, pleaded guilty in Steele County to unlawful taking of a big game animal. He was ordered to pay $550 in fines and court costs, which must be paid by April 5. Grandalen also was sentenced to 30 days in the Traill County jail, which was suspended.
According to court records, Grandalen was charged after game wardens Jason Scott and Gary Rankin received reports of deer being shot near Portland. The investigation eventually led Scott to interview Grandalen, who admitted he had shot a deer in Primrose Township. Another person admitted to shooting a second deer but was a minor at the time and can't be named. Both were cited for taking a deer during a closed season, and the second shooter was referred to juvenile authorities, court records show.
Unlawfully taking a big game animal is a Class A misdemeanor.
