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Sierra Sportsmen Photo Contest

Fri, 19 Apr 2008 01:21:00 GMT

posted by outdoorsontario

Photo ContestAim... Shoot... Win!
Your chance at a $500 Gift Certificate!Sierra Sportsmen Photo Contest April 16, 2008 - May 31, 2008 -->
Got a great fishing or hunting photo? Time to cash it in for a $500 gift certificate to Bass Pro Shops or Patagonia! We're looking for photos that capture your passion and respect for the people, places, and critters we love to share our outdoor experiences with! Here are the categories:
Best Kid's Fishing ($500 Bass Pro Shop prize)
Best Kid's Hunting ($500 Patagonia prize)
Best Adult's Fishing ($500 Bass Pro Shop prize)
Best Adult's Hunting ($500 Patagonia prize)
Go to Flickr.com.
Upload your photo, and be sure to...
Tag your photo with "sierrasportsmencontest". This is very important! Without the tag, your photo will not be entered. Be sure to spell it carefully!
The final day to submit photos is May 31, 2008. Contest winners will be determined in a two-step process: First, a group of prominent sportsmen will judge your photo, and pass their 12 favorites along to the finalists category. Next, members of the Sierra Sportsmen Network will vote for the winners among 12 finalists June 9-13, 2008. You may vote for yourself! Photo contest winners will be announced online and through email June 16, 2008. Need help with Flickr? Try here.
Sign up to vote for winners by joining the Sierra Sportsmen Network. Only Network members will be able to vote for a photo contest winner.

More about the judges.The fine print: our rules.

Well I "Experienced" The Toronto Sportsman Show

Sat, 16 Mar 2008 13:58:00 GMT

posted by outdoorsontario

Well I experienced the Toronto Sportsman Show. Emphasis on "Experienced" I made the mistake of going on Saturday; sitting in bumper to bumper traffic for over an hour to find out the parking lots were full and they were telling people to go to Ontario Place to park.....no signs up of course. Well it was kind of amusing to find out that there were spots available in the lots as people were leaving (blockades up of course) Ya gotta love a four wheel drive.......around the barrier as the ten cars in front of me, pay my $11.00 for parking; to have the attendent not give me my parking slip.....ok walk back and request slip.......attendent full of attitude (Toronto Style).....walk back to truck, then walk into sportsman show.......line up crap!!!!!go around to other entrance, finally no line up. We;re in........finally! Oh I almost forgot, while in line up I got the typical road rage greeting from another driver "You f>>>>ing moron" to which I replied yeh; You Have A Great Day! ...... I can't stand the ignorance of some people on the roads these days. The show was ok, lots of lodges, destinations both within and outside of Ontario. A fair amount of boats, very few trailers, a few quads. As soon as I arrived the first booth I came towas Ron Post Knives whom Ihave boasted about before, I found my trailer great deal, my quad, great deal.......I now have even more to dream about as I didn't purchase a thing. Looked at some kayaks, the deals were nothing so speak of if you know your prices. I know I will be going to suppliers I had checked out prior to the show to do my purchasing. I don't think I'll be going back to another show, the cost of the show for two $32.00, parking $11.00 wasted gas, frustration attitude in line $priceless........

Calling Moose

Sat, 17 Feb 2008 20:41:00 GMT

posted by outdoorsontario

My first experience at actually even attempting calling moose happened while I was living in Northwestern British Columbia. One of my fellow Forestry officers had observed a large bull moose up on a cut block in mid to late July. Our hunting trip took place September 20th; and was just one of those last minute ideas....hey lets go wack a moose tomorrow.ok, be at your place at 6:00 a.m. Well he arrived at 8:00, we got up to the cut block at about 9:00 a.m. parked the truck walked approximately 1 mile on an old skid trail and looked around observing large tracks lots of sign but old. I decided to stand up on a log and call, I had read and listened to calls so I attempted to mimic that sound. Much to my amazement he answered. This bull was over 2 kilometres away but I could clearly here his low gutteral grunt. I said to my partner do you think he'll cross that lake? No, we'll have to go around the other side. Well I kept calling the bull kept answering and you could tell he was getting closer to the far side of the lake. So I said well lets just walk back to the truck and I'll call him right to the truck. 45 minutes later he was standing broadside to me at 30 feet, 54 inch rack.....two shots with a 338 and he was down. So we turned the truck around, slid the plywood out to make a ramp, hooked a winch to his horns and winched him up into the box. Hunt complete, hunt successful and my partner shaking his head in absolute disbelief. So don't worry about sounding stupid it works, and its not hard to do. Remember though that moose lock into your position from your first call and can locate you like they have an onboard GPS unit in their head. Give it time as sometimes smaller bulls will come in silent worried they are going to get their butts kicked by the big boy. Good luck give it a try, but also be careful, I have had numerous bulls charge me. The moose in the photo is not the one I shot, but I thought I should include a photo.

Turkeys .......

Sun, 24 Mar 2008 11:51:00 GMT

posted by outdoorsontario

Well I've noticed that the local Turkey population is doing quite well. I've noticed numerous birds, out in the fields and roosting in trees along some of the back roads. I don't think the population is hurting in the least bit. It should be a really good year for local hunters in and around Peterborough and the City of Kawartha Lakes.

Army Jackets

Thu, 22 Feb 2008 21:12:00 GMT

posted by outdoorsontario

Want a good army jacket check out these. These are all from the same person, just listed on different sites. I've seen these jackets and they are in excellent shape, some are like new.
http://cgi.ebay.ca/Canadian-Army-3-Season-Combat-Jacket_W0QQitemZ280202703416QQihZ018QQcategoryZ70988QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://toronto.craigslist.ca/tor/clo/582406145.html
http://toronto.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell-clothing-Canadian-Army-Combat-Jacket-3-Season-W0QQAdIdZ38995110