December 4, 2013

The Ministry of Natural Resources checked 6,500 hunters during November deer hunts across southern Ontario. Conservation officers laid 243 charges and issued 435 warnings under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act.

Enforcement officers placed special emphasis on regulations pertaining to safe hunting practices, including wearing ...

Ottawa, ON – The deadline to apply for Federal Government funding through the Recreational Fisheries Conservation Partnerships Program (RFCPP) is Wednesday, December 18th, 2013.

The RFCPP was developed to support projects led by recreational fishing and angling ...

Ontario Conservation Officers Association Reminds Hunters to Stay Safe This Hunting Season

Monday December 2^nd will be opening day for some controlled deer hunts and muzzleloader deer seasons across much of Southern and Central Ontario. The Ontario Conservation Officers Association (OCOA) wants to take this opportunity to remind hunters to always practice ...

Part 1

Grant Ferris
Grey/Bruce Outdoors

For more than a century, Ontario anglers have baited the lake bottom under their ice huts to attract fish. Until recent restrictions came into effect, Lake Simcoe rental hut providers used enormous numbers of summer-caught salted minnows to attract lakers and whitefish for their ice-fishing customers. About twenty-five or thirty years ago, a few Georgian Bay anglers ...

Ontario is reminding anglers and hunters to renew their Outdoors Cards.

Most people need an Outdoors Card, along with a hunting or fishing licence tag, to hunt or fish
in the province.

The card is valid for three calendar years and all cards expire on the same date at the ...

Rifle season for local whitetail deer has come and gone. Reports from many of my outdoor companions suggest that the weeklong season produced plenty of deer for hunt camps and individuals alike. A productive rifle season is important to many local ...

Bruce Penninsula Bears Part 2

The legal and regulated pursuit of black bears seems to evoke debate and divide amongst both hunters and non-hunters alike. Many have opinions on the topic of hunting Ontario bruins, yet the vast majority ...