1974                       Windy, Wet and Cold Couple of times I have set myself up as a weather prophet and tried to forecast the conditions for a few days or weeks ahead. Mostly I was wrong. That should set me up as an expert, for the weather we are told we are going to get by the […]

1974              The Things People do Soon another Hallowe’en will be gone, and the talk will be about the things the youngsters have done in the name of Trick or Treat. At times the kids do get a bit rough, and we read of very real damage being done in some places, but in the main […]

1974                It Was Good Venison In one of the recent magazines that I have read, there was quite an article on archery hunting. Over the years I have met a number of men who like to hunt with a bow and arrow, and it is surprising just how much game is killed in this way. […]

1974 Ontario fur harvest returns Anyone who takes an interest in wild life and reads the various news media that carry articles along those lines has many times read where groups who consider themselves naturalists and are making certain that our wild life is not entirely wiped out, are widely circulating stories that fur bearing […]

1974 THEY HAD A GOOD MEAL Wolf lovers can be a bit happier this week. Last Saturday two or three wolves caught a big deer on Ryan’s Lake and by all that is left had a few good squares. Ryan’s Lake is about three miles east of Kearney (Car-knee) on the road going to Rain […]

1974 A CHANGE OF HEART? Over the years I have mentioned a magazine printed in Thornhill called Fisherman and Hunter. It is really the mouthpiece of the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters. Members of that association write most of the articles. That group should be the one that could help ensure fishing and hunting […]

1974 A GOOD BREAKFAST Many times when I have been having breakfast at a restaurant I have noticed that there are a great number of men who eat very little for the first meal of the day. Listening to them talk and discuss their ailments make me wonder what has happened to appetites. Then, so […]

MERCY FLIGHT, CIRCA 1918 July 4, 1973 This can hardly be called a mercy flight, as there were no planes around, but a well managed train and canoe trip no doubt saved two lives. It was 1918. Nominigan Camp on Smoke Lake was full of guests and as most of them were yearly visitors, everyone […]

A TRAPPER’S TRAIL, THANKSGIVING and more A Trapper’s Trail. Through his eyes.   Ralph Bice originally penned the following in his column “Along the Trail”. In some manner a lot has changed with the passing years while much, as “they” say, hasn’t changed at all. CHAPTER 1 The Spring of 1973 Seldom now is there […]