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 […]
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 […]
The Flies are Not Too Bad (1973) I was on a guiding trip last week. Seldom now is there a party in the woods that is using guides, where forty years ago nearly all parties were in charge of guides. Being in the woods then meant using canoes, and people could not fish and paddle […]
PROJECT FEEDER WATCH T’is that time of year once again when you can enjoy watching the birds at your feeders while remaining in the warmth of your home; perhaps with a cup of hot cocoa? By joining Project Feeder Watch you can assist the folks at Birds Canada and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology […]
RABID DEER? American articles about deer suffering from rabies inspired a query to the MNRF concerning deer in Ontario. Here is what I learned. The most common rabies vector species in Ontario are raccoons, skunks, foxes and bats. Although rabies in white-tailed deer is rare, any mammal can be infected with the disease, including humans, […]
MOOSE and CWD Recently I read that many moose die from Chronic Wasting Disease which countered what I recently had written based upon information received from the MNRF. So, I contacted Jolanta Kowalski of the ministry for verification. Here is her response: “While CWD affects all members of the deer family (white-tailed deer, American elk, […]
