GORE BAY—A tentative trial date has been set for Paul Skippen vs. the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry in the case of the dead goose.
Last July, Green Bay farmer Paul Skippen was charged with four counts after shooting a Canada goose without a permit and leaving it in his field—unlawfully hunting a migratory bird outside the open season, failing to immediately make every reasonable effort to retrieve a migratory bird, unlawfully discharging a firearm in the travelled portion of a right of way for public vehicular traffic and knowingly making a false statement to a conservation officer—and plans to appeal all of them in Gore Bay court.
Mr. Skippen told The Expositor that a trial date has been tentatively scheduled for July 25 to 28, but will attend another court date on June 9 to firm up those dates.
