Ask A CO: On dogs and hunter orange
A reader asks how much hunter orange her dogs should be wearing. An MNR Provincial Enforcement Specialist responds.
A reader asks how much hunter orange her dogs should be wearing. An MNR Provincial Enforcement Specialist responds.
It’s no wonder that black bear hunting is becoming more popular: It comes at a slow time of year for the hunter; it’s exciting and rewarding.
Gail Olivier tended a 100-mile-long trapline near Sudbury, as well as a remote line further north, and kept Lakeland Lodge on Lake Wanapetei.
Sitting snowshoe hares can be difficult to see, but the motion of a running animal can be detected easily.
Hunters are reminded to be on the alert for rabies after a child contracted the disease from a bat in Gowganda in early September.
New regulations that would have complicated crossing the Canada-US border with dogs have been dialled back.
There’s immense satisfaction in handling a dog with commands and signals on a blind retrieve. An invaluable item used for training a new gun dog is a place board.
Avoid these common pitfalls if you plan to train an effective hunting partner, and have a well-behaved dog at home.
A pet dog was found to have avian influenza after chewing on a dead Canada goose. It died after developing clinical signs of the disease.