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My old man was volunteer up in Pickle Lake.

Standing on the roof of a house with a chimney fire. With a leaky hose in -50°c...

There is always going to be idiots in every sport.

The idiot hunters are just more noticable cuz they make a lot of noise.

I've come into my hunting spots and have had fisherman there. I have no problem waiting for them to finish casting that bay, or I'll set up in another spot and wait for them to leave..

I'm sensing an OFC waterfowl G2G in the near future Brian

Thanks for the replies guys!

I talked to a volunteer I know who works in the area. He said they're doing a recruiting drive in January, and he'd put in a good work for me.

We'll see if we get this house. I will likely give it a try.

NICE!!!!!

I have a canoe we could drag out there!!!

I got into it when I was 8. I've been teaching in barrie for 10 years now, part time.

Eveyone will tell you something different about what style to get in to.

I would suggest you get him/her into a club at teached more then one style.

The club I'm with in barrie does Karate, Kick Boxing, and Jujitsu. A good combination of styles. That's what you need to be successfull in self defence these days IMO.

Oro. Lots of car accidents on the highways eh.

I always told my self I would try to join a volunteer fire department once I moved to the country.

I used to live in a small town with a volunteer department, but I move out of town when I was 18, the minimum age to join. No real volunteer opportunity in Barrie, where I've been for the past 10 years.

I'm moving to country now. One of the places we are looking at is under 10 minute drive to a few different Volunteer departments, and I think a few might even be hiring.

I know there's a few fire fighters on the board. Do you guys have any advice?

I know "volunteer" fire fighters get financial compensation. How much money could one expect to make in a year. Not that it matters, I'm not in it for the money. Just curious.

Thanks in advance for any input.

Good way to spend a rainy day!

That is awesome man. Great way to get the youngins into the sport. Kudos!

Same thing happened to a friend, worked fine once the motor warmed up. It was a leak in a vacuum line as someone stated above. Once the motor warmed up, it was fine. Only effected it at a lower RPM.

I take my shovel tooo Paul.. lol

 

This was Dec 7th 2009, unfortunate that the bay froze over that night!

Where you trailoring the boat while plowing the ramp. Now that would have been impressive

Welcome back.

I remember the name, but now lets see some fall fishing reports, and see if I remember the face

Got out today.....my old fishing buddy Don called and invited me to hunt Canada geese at the last minute.....not great but pretty good....only 2 small flocks came over and we bagged 9 birds in all....1 had a leg tag.

I actually got 3 birds and that's pretty good for me...

Nice. 9 birds out of 2 flocks. That's good shooting!

Dang.. Gunna be a fun season. Does that big boy come around much on the Cam? or only the one shot?

This is something that chaps my too. But I've learned to deal with it. I don't want to list an item for more the what I think it's worth, just so the price can get bartered down. I want to list it for what it's worth, and sell if for what it's worth.

You have to play the buyers game when selling.

My views on bargaining totally changed after reading the book "Getting to Yes". I wish they made the book mandatory in schools. It's about "Principled" bargaining.

How much is a hunting license and what kind of hassles is it to bring a shotgun over the boarder ???

I don't know anything about bringing a gun over the boarder.

I can tell you what I paid for my licenses. You need a small game hunting license for the year. I think that's about $30 (i do the three year thing, so I'm not sure what the yearly cost is). Then you need a Migratory Game Bird Hunting Seal. that's about $20.

I'm sure the non-resident pricing will be a little different.

Here's a few links. Might have to copy and paste.

http://www.ec.gc.ca/rcom-mbhr/default.asp?lang=en&n=99FDEC59-1

http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/Business/FW/Publication/MNR_E001275P.html

There is a TSC villager in Barrie now too. Opened up earlier year. Where the old Co-op used to be.

I'll talk to my neighbour, he has a few traps, but I don't know how large they are. If not, then I might be able to grab one from the cottage, but that won't be for a few weeks.

Something you could use for a week or two.

Just drove by. Half a dozen boats perchin by the water fountain.

No fish there though..

There's a little chop, but nothing to crazy.

Looks blinded in one eye. Maybe it's just the camera angle.

Geese are weird like that eh. I don't know how to get ride of it. You could train your dog to attack it every time it comes on your lawn.

I was wondering how you've been doing this season Sinker. Nice pile a grease there.

I have two breasts from last year in the slow cooker as we speak!

Never seen a goose look like that before. Looks like a giant hen mallard / goose cross.

If you ever need an extra gun when your in the field, let me know.

My boat stays in until the ice is to thick to break through at the launch. Got a few more months yet.

Ya. They where mostly young birds. The hen mallard was decent.

Hoping to knock down a few colorful drake woodies on Saturday, depending on where I go.

Duck is excellent on the grill. Skin or no, they taste great both ways. With no skin, I just keep basting them in BBQ sauce.

My geese I cook two ways. Slow cooker, with lots of sauce and a few slices of orange. Once their done, you pull them apart just like pulled pork, and make a sloppy Joe, or wraps.

The other good way is to make jerky out of them, as long as you cut 90° to the grain.

Oh man, my mouth is starting to water.. Can't wait till Saturday to do it all over again