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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...
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Spending 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...
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Duck, 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...
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Rediscovering 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...
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Persistence 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,...
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Congrats, 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...
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WOW, 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...
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A 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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