A Saskatchewan man has pleaded guilty after he was charged with illegally shooting a moose and leaving it to waste.

The incident happened&nbsp;in April, on private land near the village of Alvena,&nbsp;northeast of Saskatoon.

Conservation officers got a tip about a moose that had been shot, with only the hindquarters removed. Beside the pregnant cow was her dead calf.

Conservation officers asks for help locating poachers near Alvena, Sask.

A cow moose and her unborn calf were found shot and left to waste on private land just outside of Alvena, Sask., about 65 kilometres northeast of Saskatoon.

Brian Tucker captured this photo of a cow moose and her calf while out on a walk at 6:30 a.m. Friday near the Salmonier Line in Holyrood. Brian wrote, "No wind, with the early morning sun shining on the moose and the surrounding vegetation. Absolutely beautiful!!"

Mama and her calf 

A cow moose and her unborn calf were found shot and left to waste on private land just outside of Alvena, Sask.

Officers also noticed a car had been stuck in the field nearby at some point. After talking with landowners, conservation officers were able to get a description of a green car and the people who had asked for help getting it out of the field.

With that information, officers got a search warrant and collected evidence from the trunk of a car.

Glen Paintednose&nbsp;of the One Arrow First Nation has pleaded guilty to unlawful hunting and waste of edible game under the Saskatchewan Wildlife Act.

He was fined $4,998 and his gun was forfeited&nbsp;to the Crown.

According to Sasktip, only the hind quarters and the fleshy part of the nose were taken off the cow moose.

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