Three men from British Columbia’s Lower Mainland have been fined and banned from hunting for 10 years each for “unlawfully killing wildlife,” including a deer pregnant with two fawns, in an area near Kamloops, B.C.

Kyaw Aue Thah, Boe Boe Gyi and Ywa Baw Mu appeared before a provincial court judge on Thursday and were sentenced to violations under the Wildlife Act, according to the B.C. Conservation Officer Service (BCCOS).

In a social media post, the service wrote that one man was fined $8,000 and had his rifle and spotlights seized. The two other men received $5,000 in penalties. All three men have also been banned from hunting for 10 years.

The decision stems from a nighttime hunting trip in May 2020 near Darfield, around 70 kilometres north of Kamloops.

The men, who had killed two deer despite the hunting season being closed, were stopped by a conservation officer conducting hunting compliance checks in the area.