Lezlie Goodwin is out there
Welcome to Ontario OUT of DOORS’ newest offering – blogs. I took up hunting in my late 40s and my blog, “She’s out there,” reflects the kinds of experiences I’m having as editor-in-chief of one of...
View ArticleSpending Sunday at the range
I recently spent a really enjoyable day with my friend Colleen MacLeod, a Range Burlington firearms instructor, 22 ladies, and several male volunteers, for Ladies’ Day at the Range. With a steaming...
View ArticleDuck, duck, geese
When I moved to the river last summer, my duck identification skills were pretty much nil. Duck hunting with my buddies meant getting the go-ahead from them to shoot. It wasn’t that I wasn’t...
View ArticleRediscovering the cool in carp
Are you too cool for carp? The other day I was leafing through the May 1982 issue of The Angler and Hunter magazine and Vince Vella’s article “In Defence of the Lowly Carp” caught my eye. Accompanying...
View ArticlePersistence pays off for spring bear hunters
I wasn’t a hunter back in 1999, but I do recall hearing about the cancellation of Ontario’s spring bear hunt on the radio. It made little sense to me. Why cancel the spring hunt but keep the fall one,...
View ArticleCongrats, Toronto Sportsmen’s Show!
Last month, the Toronto Sportsmen’s Show (TSS) made a triumphant return to its rightful status as the premier event for anglers, hunters, and other outdoors enthusiasts in southern and central...
View ArticleWOW, what a weekend!
Women, weather, and a wonderful weekend I just had the pleasure of spending two and a half days with nearly 100 women, sharing close quarters in rustic cabins nestled in the woods. We were all...
View ArticleA modernized and transformed MNRF
Seems that 2017 has become a year of change for fish and wildlife management in Ontario. It began with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF)’s long-awaited update of the province’s...
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