A pair of Yukoners have been fined thousands of dollars for a second time after being convicted again for illegal hunting.

Father and son Alan and John Robinson pleaded guilty in Yukon territorial court Monday to multiple wildlife charges.

John Robinson was fined $9,600 and his father, Alan, has been fined $12,600.

The charges stem from a 2009 hunting trip in the Mink Creek area near Ross River.

The Robinsons obtained special licences which permitted them to take two Alberta men they met online out on a hunt.

The father-and-son team allowed the Albertans, Jay Dutton and Drew Chalifoux, to hunt

unaccompanied and kill two moose.

Later, while together as a group, the Albertans killed two caribou in a restricted area near the Hoole River.

The Robinsons coached the two Albertans and videotaped the caribou hunt, said prosecutor Lee Kirkpatrick.

Under territorial law, a Yukoner guiding others under a special licence has the responsibility to stay with the person he or she is guiding and report any violations of the Wildlife Act which occur while on the hunt.

Instead, Al Robinson instructed the Albertans to lie about where they killed the animals.

"Being a special guide is a privilege above and beyond a regular hunting licence,” Kirkpatrick said.

When conservation officers confronted the Alberta hunters, they eventually admitted what happened. They have each been fined $7,600.

Dutton and Chalifoux have been co-operative and remorseful, and were willing to testify in court if necessary, Kirkpatrick said.

After the caribou were shot, neither were gutted or field dressed, the court heard. The meat was wasted.

After these charges were laid, further investigation into the Robinsons found they had held another illegal hunt in the same area two years earlier.

They were convicted last April for those charges and ordered to pay $5,000 to the Turn in Poachers fund.

They have yet to pay, Kirkpatrick said Monday.

In announcing his sentence, Judge Mike Cozens repeated much of what the earlier judge said. He pointed out there are only 15 conservation officers in the territory responsible for covering a vast area.

"It is of critical importance that those responsible for hunting and guiding obey the rules,” Cozens said.

The Robinsons now have 18 months to pay all their fines. They have also been prohibited from hunting for the next 14 1/2 years.

The Alberta men were given a six-year ban and have three months to pay their fines.