Jonny

Then you have even less ground to stand on. Again I ask, what charge would a CO lay against a fisherman talking with a hunter? But you're willing to try to lecture me on giving out what you perceive to be falsehoods. That's all fine and dandy, and I'm sure you are an ethical hunter. But for the specific quote which I pointed out was mistaken, you're out in left field. To be honest I'm still not sure what you're thinking, as you haven't attempted to explain how you envision that a fisherman talking to a hunter could be charged with anything. Yes there are a few areas (not so gray) where you can be charged with co-operation - i.e. a non-native hunter assisting a native or Metis hunter in big-game hunting, for example. None of them apply in the instance we are discussing.

I'm sure enough, in response to the specific quote. You're reading all kinds of things into the scenario that just aren't there. That may be what got you into lecture mode. Again the quote: Let's make this even more hunting specific. I'm out bird hunting and I happen across a deer hunter and stop to chat. "You're out for deer? What area are you covering?" "From the hydro line over to the big swamp." "OK, I'm out for birds, and I'll make sure to stay out of your way. Good luck" What's a CO going to charge me with?

Lookin' for a scrap tonight are we? What's a CO going to charge a fisherman with if he stops to talk to a duck hunter? The whole premise is ludicrous, so I'm not sure what ruffled your feathers, Sinker.

Boxes (compartments) in the brain are different from boxes on the garage floor. The one-track mind falls apart when put into practice.

Uh, no, that's not correct. You would have to have a firearm, in which case you would have to produce a license. Even then however, you would still not automatically be considered part of someone else's hunt.

I've been married for 39 years, so this is getting to be a foreign concept.

My wife and I just got back from a 10 day trip to the States and our experiences there were typical --- very friendly people and great service. Not to be matched by some of the snits you find at Canadian Tire and other such places, especially at the cash registers.

One of the purest joys of life. Congratulations!

Men have a brain?

Just got back from a trip last week to Dayton/Pittsburgh/ Gettysburg/Washington DC. Stopping in at the Cabela's in Hamburg PA was worth the hour's detour on the way home. The place is huge - a great selection of outdoors stuff, sure, but also some outstanding taxidermy work, restaurant on the second floor, etc. The Deer Hall alone has over 100 full mounts and (atypical) heads displayed. The Bass Pro Shop in Vaughn is like a corner store compared to this place! Not much luck shopping though. I had three things in particular in mind - A blaze orange bandana for our dog - not available. A pair of blaze orange insulated hunting gloves - not available (there were acres of camo but not much blaze orange!) A good buy on a pair of hunting boots - found a pair I liked but they weren't available in my size! My wife bought a box of fudge --- how lame is that!

I don't know if the fish will be hooked, but you sure are! Nice work, Jacques. I second the comments about a tail-hook.

There's something very simple of course that separates hunters and fishermen in the cold fall weather --- the hunters are usually out at dawn and dusk, but not many fishermen. When you're hunting waterfowl on small water (mostly puddle ducks), the first and last hour of daylight are the best times for activity. Other than that, it's actually a bonus for the hunters if fishermen move the ducks around a bit.

Usually it does. Sometimes it doesn't. Like in a lot of things. Yes, that works in your favour when the area is large. We used to hunt a swampy bay just off a river, and when there was boat traffic on the river that flushed up ducks there was a good chance they would come our way. The guideline (I'm tempted to say it's a regulation but it's been so long since I checked) is 200 yards. That's between hunters, which in waterfowl hunting means that blinds or wherever hunters set themselves up should be no closer than 200 yds. Bird shot will not travel that far. But a boat out in the open can disrupt hunting at a greater range than that because waterfowl will shy away from areas where there is movement and activity.

I can see we're talking apples and oranges. Where I live, the ponds are actually mostly swamp ponds, better for migratory stop-overs than fishing, and waterfowl hunting is generally done at considerable distances from populated areas, distances where the shots wouldn't even be heard. And no, the ducks and geese aren't tame; they're wary and hard to trick. Even the situation which started this thread is unusual where I live, so it's hard to identify with your situation. Think of those BIG BAD HUNTERS as anglers with a different kind of fishing rod. Most of them ain't so big or so bad.

You had the pond to yourself all spring and summer. Now that it's hunting season, hunters have first dibs, especially if they were there before you were. Hunting over decoys requires some undisturbed room. As a fisherman you actually have to keep away FURTHER away from a decoy set than other hunters in other blinds along the shore, because if you're tooling around in the open, while the hunters are all camo'ed and hidden, you will create such a distraction for waterfowl that any hunting on a whole pond or in a whole bay will be disrupted.

You have to know what you want and be patient about finding it. You might not find it this week or the next at a price you want to pay, but that's what winters are for --- patient browsing and shopping. One thing to watch out for is shipping cost. Sometimes excessive shipping can turn a good deal into something to avoid. Never assume that U.S. shipping cost and shipping to Canada will be similar. Some sellers charge much more for shipping to Canada. If the ad doesn't say, send an email to the seller.

Yep. You can use it as a noisemaker if that's your preference, and if you meet that one bear in a thousand that won't run, then you've got that covered too.

Note that technically it's legal to shoot cormorants only if you're protecting your own property. If that island is crown land, they'll let the cormorants kill it off.

Anybody, ministry or otherwise, that culls cormorants is aces in my book (as long as it's done safely).

I know of at least one case where a hunter yelled at a black bear to make it run and instead it charged him and knocked him down - a bowhunter in Cochrane. It came at him so fast he had no time to do anything. Luckily his partner came running and saved him. Otherwise he figured he was a goner. He was a mess and required lots of stitches, but he was well enough to talk to a CBC reporter the next day and give an interview. Please don't assume they will all be scared of you. All it takes is one that reacts differently. Did you at least have a hunting knife on you? If not, yelling at a hungry bear in the dark, and getting in between him and food, might not have been the brightest of ideas.

Never tried it ..... but I would assume that once you have a puddle of WD-40 in the "cannon", the propellant will have evaporated off and it's the WD-40 itself that explodes.

Champ and Mrs. Champ go to a baseball game with Bubbles McGurk or some such side-kick. Mrs. Champ is wearing a pair of short-shorts and she's brought her baseball glove. A baseball comes flying her way and she stands up and stretches to "snow cone" the ball. Bubbles says, "Nice snatch!" You know what happens next.

Zip up nice and tight. The exhaust keeps you warm. Shower when you get home.

Ok, I read that as 10W-30 in the original post.

If they post on their website that it contains no kerosene then it must be a pretty widespread misconception. My hunting buddies and I have certainly thought it contained kerosene for many years. Anyway, if I had the same experience as you with WD-40, Billy Bob, I wouldn't change either. Since I have been totally satisfied with LPS1, I'll stick with it (and nothing else) too. I was once told by a retired CDN army sergeant that for cold-weather exercises in the far north, the troops boiled their disassembled gun parts to get ALL the grease and oil off so they would function in extremely cold weather. I guess your suggestion to use 10W-30 is a joke? Motor oil is way too viscous in cold weather, unless heated up inside an engine.