I have been involved with the boys’ camping movement for fifteen years beginning as a camper and working my way up the ladder of staff personnel. I have come to focus my philosophy upon the canoe trip. All that is important, not only to the camping movement but to life as well, which rotates about […]
Muskoka, the Kawarthas and other areas such as the Haliburton Highlands are suffering the growing pains of affluence and overpopulated cities. Man is beginning to realize that the natural environment is there for the enjoyment. No longer is it the dedicated hunter or fisherman who braves the weather and insects to reach the interior of […]
The following story was told to me by Don Curtis of History moments.com. According to Don, this is a true story. I leave it to you, the reader, to decide for yourself. “40 years ago I entered a room and the television was on. The program featured an interview with an elderly gentleman with a […]
Ralph Bice was a legendary trapper, lay minister, Mayor, teacher (trapping), columnist. Along the Trail in Algonquin Park has delighted thousands of readers across Canada and the United States from the time of its first publication in the summer of 1980. This is the fourth reprint of the classic work by the late legendary outdoorsman, […]
WELCOME to the OUTDOOR DIGEST that will include articles from my OUT of DOORS with BARNEY MOORHOUSE columns published in THE BANCROFT TIMES. For Reproduction Rights Call Access 1.800.893.5777. DRAW DEADLINES TO REMEMBER Moose – May 31; Elk – June 11; Antlerless deer – July 3; Controlled deer – August 31, 2018. CHANGES Some significant […]
ELK ECO TOURS As of February 24, 2008, the Quinte Elk Restoration Committee had organized 5 bus tours dating to 2003. Originally, the price of the fare included a bar-b-que but considering this was a winter outing the bar-b-que was exchanged for a Chinese dinner in nearby Bancroft. Mostly, people discover the Elkman’s by word […]
Collaring an elk Dr. Rick Rosatte, head research scientist for the MNR elk re-introduction project in North Hastings, had picked the perfect day. With a high of -2 degrees C it was downright balmy following an old time frigid February deep-freeze featuring temperatures dipping to -30C and colder. There are many reasons for wishing, actually […]
Birth of an Elk Time travellers have recorded the presence of elk on earth over 120,000 years ago. During the glacial age there weren’t a lot of elk in North America. However as the glaciers absorbed water from the oceans of the world a land bridge emerged between Siberia and Alaska providing a passage from […]
The Next Chapter? During the winter of 2001/02 the MNR studied the Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) situation. The MNR commissioned the Cooperative Wildlife Disease Centre (CWDC) in Saskatoon to assess the risk of CWD transmission. The CWDC stated that there was a very low risk of importing CWD into Ontario through the shipment of elk […]
The Last Elk hunt Or, perhaps more correctly, the last documented legal elk hunt in Ontario. In fact a core group of elk in the Nipissing-French River area, numbering between 50-60 animals in 1996, survived the Ontario government’s purge of the 20th century due to an unfounded concern that they were infecting domestic cattle with […]
