LAC LA BICHE – A SHORT HISTORY by Ralph Bice December 3, 1973 I managed to borrow from the Centre Libary a very fine history of the little town of Lac La Biche. That name was given to the lake by the early French trappers and means, I believe, ‘Lake of the Little Deer’. The […]
WEATHER DÉJÀ VU by Ralph Bice December 12, 1973 Note: Although written in 1973 readers may wish to compare to 2024. Y.T. This fall, 1973, will be remembered as one of the very mild falls we have had. Listening to the weather reports on the radio or T.V. we heard several times that old records […]
THE SECOND WEEK (of the deer season) by Ralph Bice November 28, 1973 There were still, in spite of the very poor hunting the first week, quite a number of hunters around for the second week. The weather was a bit on the cool side but there was snow and not a day where weather […]
AFTER THE FIRST WEEK (of deer season) by Ralph Bice November 21, 1973 This is not to be, “Well, I told you so”, but just a short summary of the first week of deer season. We will start with partridge. Last spring I made a rather long range forecast that the partridge hunting would not […]
ABOUT LOONS by Ralph Bice November 7, 1973 Recently I remarked about young loons being around after the parent birds had headed south. I do know there have been some reports of these juvenile loons being caught in an early freeze up but they are rare. The eggs are usually hatched by the first week […]
THANKSGIVING WEEKEND by Ralph Bice October 16, 1973 The last weekend, besides being about the last holiday weekend of the summer season, will be remembered as just about the nicest one we have had. The fact that it was Thanksgiving weekend made it even better as a great many people made their last trip to […]
Deer hunting … 1973 by Ralph Bice October 3, 1973 An Historical Insight This last week I talked to a number of deer hunters and the topic of conversation always turns to the prospects for the deer hunting season this fall. That last several falls have not been too encouraging. Deer have declined steadily the […]
JUST DEER by Ralph Bice August 8, 1973 In spite of the fact that a few places have deer, not many but some, they are still very scarce back in the woods. Have been told of several areas close to settlements where there are a few. Some have been seen back in the woods but […]
ANOTHER FISHING TRIP by Ralph Bice August 1973 Since I started writing these columns I have several times written about an old party, I mean they are old in point of making yearly or twice yearly trips, and this will be about another such trip. This is the second time they have been along for […]
ODDS & ENDS by Ralph Bice October 31, 1973 At least once a year, sometimes oftener, I receive copies of the pamphlets that are sent out by the Jack Miner Foundation. I imagine the main reason is to raise funds though from what I hear they are doing very well as financing goes. They […]
