WOLF BOUNTIES by RALPH BICE From Wednesday, October 8, 1975 Thought I’d mention about the bounties that were paid for many years to anyone who had managed to capture, shoot or kill a wolf. Several people have written about when the bounties started but there are differences in the dates so I am not even […]
FROGS and THINGS by Ralph Bice From July 23, 1975 There are a number of signs that people look for after the warm days come in April (?) and we are looking ahead to summer. The first crows that are heard are always mentioned, the first Robins, and I believe next would be the first […]
ABOUT LOONS by Ralph Bice From Wednesday, June 4, 1975 Couple of issues back I entitled a column Geese and Loons, and then found out I had a lot to say about geese and never did get around to saying anything about loons. So this will make up for what I missed in that story. […]
GEESE and LOONS by Ralph Bice From May 14, 1975 I do not suppose there is anything that is more widely watched and talked about in the spring and fall than the migration flights of wild geese. The fall flights, while we are pleased to see them, have a bit of a sad tone for […]
ABOUT OSPREYS by Ralph Bice From November 1975 One of my earliest memories is of a tall dead pine tree that stood perhaps five hundred yards from our house. That was when we lived near Haliburton. But the interesting part of this particular dead tree was that there was an osprey’s nest on the very […]
BIG TROUT LAKE by Ralph Bice From February 1975 The first time I can remember talking about Big Trout Lake was perhaps 20 years ago when the late Dr. Harkness was Chief of the Wildlife Branch. An argument developed about where ‘north’ in Ontario was. Some believe that when they get to Muskoka or […]
CONTROLLED HUNTING? By Ralph Bice From Wednesday, February 16, 1977 Anyone who reads outdoor magazines or even the local weekly papers must know that many hunters are very much worried about the very poor deer hunting that there has been the last few years. Then there is the increasing demands of the antihunting groups to […]
OF SUCKERS and DEER by Ralph Bice From Wednesday, January 5, 1977 Last week I passed along methods for preserving suckers. After I had the column finished I was told of another used by an old resident, Larry Brooks. Like all the rest, the first job is to catch the suckers. This man, I believe […]
DEER by Ralph Bice From Wednesday, March 2, 1977 I had not intended to write about deer but on the late news last night my old friend Leo Bernier, formerly Minister of Natural Resources, made a statement that the deer situation in central Ontario was in bad shape. I do not know who the information […]
ABOUT LICENCES by Ralph Bice From January 12, 1977 Everyone knows about licenses. So many of them. Most of the ones we think about most are those concerning the outdoors. We must have a licence to trap, a license for each of big game, and an overall license for upland birds and migratory birds, mostly […]
