Duck stamp announced, the pintails are back
The 2020 Canadian Wildlife Habitat conservation stamp and print will feature DJ Cleland-Hura’s original art piece “Spring-Northern Pintails."
New hunting regs available
The Fall 2020 - Spring 2021 online document provides information about hunting licences, fees, up-to-date regulations, and seasons for each game species.
Are fishing and hunting seasons closed?
Outdoor enthusiasts have good reason to wonder if the COVID-19 crisis is going to impact fishing and hunting seasons in Ontario.
Deer rescued in Port Carling
Cory Veitch, an avid outdoorsman and hunter and firearms education instructor, knew he could not ignore a struggling doe that had fallen through the ice.
Spring bear hunt is back
Ontario will resume its annual spring bear hunt starting in the 2021 season. In the meantime, this spring the pilot project hunt will resume its final year.
Taking an animal’s life is no small thing
My hands trembled imperceptibly. My heartbeat sounded something like a ruffed grouse drumming on a distant log. My knees were more than a little shaky, too. I am always like that after the shot.
Ask a CO: Multiple muzzleloaders can be carried
Hunters can carry more than one muzzleloader, but they must be handled in a safe manner, a provincial enforcement specialist with the MNRF explains.
“Fore” the benefit of woods, water, and wildlife
A golf course is largely an expanse of shortly trimmed lawn that lacks in wildlife potential and is looked upon by most conservationists as a desert. However, almost all golf courses also have areas of rough grassland.
2018 Migratory bird stamp
A rendition of a trio of wood ducks sitting atop a tree trunk will adorn this year’s Canadian Wildlife Habitat Conservation Stamp and print.