An Alberta hunter who violated a hunting ban was fined $3,000 in Yukon territorial court Tuesday.

Patrick Garrett, 40, claimed he wasn’t aware that a 2014 hunting ban prohibited him from even accompanying guide and hunters on the field.

He pled guilty to failing to comply to an order made under the Wildlife Act on Tuesday.

A territorial judge sentenced him two years ago to a $10,000-fine. He was also barred from working as a hunting guide for seven years.

At the time, he was convicted of hunting a grizzly and a caribou while not permitted to do so.

On Aug. 8, 2015, conservation officer Dave Bakica began an investigation after an outfitter mentioned Garrett had taken part in a hunting party.

Bakica took a statement from the man, who expressed surprise that his prohibition included even accompanying guides and hunters.

Crown Lee Kirkpatrick and defence lawyer Mike Reynolds told the court they had come to an agreement on a proposed sentence.

There would be no additional hunting prohibition to the seven-year ban. As well, the man would have to make a $3,000-contribution to the Turn in Poachers & Polluters (TIPP) fund.

Garrett had worked in Alberta’s oil industry until he lost his job last year.

But “extreme boredom came soon after,” his lawyer told the court, and he was offered some work in the territory.

An outfitter asked him to bring horses to a hunting zone.

But after some “industrious” beavers caused a flood, he had to bring the horses back.

As a replacement, the outfitter offered him work as a packer for a sheep hunt.

At no time did Garrett carry a weapon and hunt himself, Reynolds said.

“He is aware he should have taken more care reviewing his order,” the lawyer added.

A TV crew was filming the hunt, which was to be telecast on the Outdoors network.

“He knew his picture and name was going to appear,” said Reynolds.

The Crown and defence see the offence the same way, he added.

Justice of the Peace Sharman Morrison-Harvey accepted the joint submission.

“Mr. Garrett, I think the Crown has been more than fair in their submission,” she told the man.

She added she was puzzled at how both he and the outfitter who hired him “overlooked” the part of his ban that forbade him from accompanying a hunting party.

Garrett’s lawyer told the court he had no intention of returning to the territory in the foreseeable future.

His hunting and guiding prohibition will continue until 2021.