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 […]
ISLE ROYALE In 2018 the last remaining wolves on Isle Royale received an infusion of new blood and new DNA courtesy of a U.S. National Park Service airlift. Perhaps the oldest wolf/moose study in North America, since 1958, the new wave of wolves was being recruited to bolster the last remaining population which consisted of […]
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 […]
NEW MOOSE DETAILS A new point-based system will be implemented and replace the former draw system for the 2021 moose hunt. The MNRF will look at a hunter’s data as far back as 1993. A point will be awarded for each year that a hunter applied, unsuccessfully, for an adult moose tag. The points will […]
SPRING ON TAP Furry rodents and shadows aside what more exemplifies Spring than a visit to the sugar bush? On the Ides of February Frank and Karen Haveman hosted the Ontario Maple Producers’ Association (OMPA) to their Bata Maples Sugarbush for the annual ceremonial first tapping of the 2020 maple syrup season. Joining friends and […]
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, […]
