OUT of DOORS with BARNEY MOORHOUSE For Reproduction Rights Call Access 1.800.893.5777 F&W REGS Kudos to the MNRF for the 2019 Fishing and Hunting regulations. As advertised the layouts are new and improved with more accurate locational information, more detailed maps, improved photos and a larger font size to aid tired eyes while honing up […]
OUT of DOORS with BARNEY MOORHOUSE For Reproduction Rights Call Access 1.800.893.5777 ABOUT FLOODS Last week I introduced Les Stanfield and his informed opinion regarding flooding and a possible solution. The creation of Conservation authorities was inspired by Hurricane Hazel. Their reactive approach was to build dams and plan to avoid similar future tragedies. But […]
THE CANADIAN CANOE MUSEUM A LITTLE HISTORY “Canoa, or canoe,” was adapted from the Arawak language of native Caribbean’s. Originally referring to a boat it evolved to the canoe we know to-day. Birch bark canoes were well suited to inland exploration as the material was at hand plus the craft was relatively light for portaging […]
LAST FLIGHT OF THE BOENG 720 Serendipity The Resident Wife (TRW) and I were in Trenton early May 9, 2012 on business and stopped in at a restaurant for breakfast. As I was about to order, a Hercules aircraft flew low overhead startling me. Almost spilled my coffee. “Say, if you’re interested, there’s a plane […]
THE REAL MANTRACKER The format for Mantracker, the Canadian reality television series, follows the KISS system of “Keep It Simply Successful.” In each episode, Terry Grant, aka The Real Mantracker, attempts to track and capture two “prey” who have 36 hours to escape capture and to cross the finish line. Neither Grant nor his “Sidekick”, […]
Managing Wildlife Hunting regulations in British North America date to 1762 when General Thomas Gage, military governor of Montreal, proclaimed a closed season on “partridges” (as ruffed grouse were commonly called) at that time, and to-day for that matter, from March 15 to July 15, “during which time they were not to be hunted, taken […]
RANDY BIRD – Equine Educator 2011 Randy Bird can’t remember a time when he wasn’t passionate about horses. He entered his first pony race at the Roseneath Fair when he was 10. He was barrel racing at 13 in the Western Games and a bull rider for 5 years on the Ontario rodeo circuit. By […]
DUCK BANDING on the CONROY MARSH A Scotch mist descended as I pulled out of the driveway at 5 p.m. to join an MNR crew for some nighttime duck banding on the Conroy Marsh. On the way to meet the team at Palmer Rapids torrential rains began to dampen my enthusiasm. Over supper at Our […]
