Canadian waterfowl hunter numbers up
Decreased waterfowl hunting permits sold across Canada in 2020 will likely be reversed after pandemic-related travel restrictions are lifted.
Hunting diver ducks on Mitchell’s Bay
The lower Great Lakes region, Lake St. Clair’s Mitchell’s Bay, is the epicentre of diver ducks funnelling from across North America.
Discover the fun and freedom of old-school bowhunting
I had to watch every step I took through the thick grass, reeds, and bulrushes. I was making my way alongside the meandering stream in the lush flats below the beaver dam.
September 2021 solunar calendar
The solunar calendar for September 2021 is now available! Get the dates and times when fish and wildlife will be most active this month.
Great ways to grow a waterfowling partnership
When the precipitous decline in numbers of waterfowl hunters became recognized almost three decades ago, conservation organizations stepped up to develop hunter recruitment programs.
Teach your dog hand signals
They couldn’t see each other, but I could see them — the skunk and my bird dog — on a collision course on opposite sides of a little rise.
Goldeneyes adorn the 2021 duck stamp
A beautiful image depicting a pair of common goldeneyes will adorn the 2021 Canadian Wildlife Habitat Conservation stamp.
Making a case for waterfowling simplicity
Less often turns out to be more in waterfowling. Present day snow goose field-hunting rigs fall just short of an amusement park in terms of size, set-up, and complexity.
Herd immunity stopped avian cholera in eiders
A Carleton University study released in January detailed how herd immunity was instrumental in stopping avian cholera from devastating the largest breeding population of northern common eiders in the Canadian Arctic, on Mitivik Island in Nunavut.