Mr. Haines appealed a decision of the Deputy Director on the basis that the penalty imposed was too harsh. The Deputy Director agreed with reducing the penalty slightly to account for the time that Mr. Haines voluntarily refrained from hunting between the time of the incident and the date of the decision. The Board ordered, with the consent of the parties, that the Deputy Director’s decision be amended to reduce Mr. Haines’ hunting prohibition by two years, from December 31, 2016 to December 31, 2014.
