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I cought my first and only Ski on Sparrow this spring.

When does that lake turn over?

I thought Simcoe perch were big Damb...

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I'm not much of a Jigger, but I bought one of the HM-85 rods by Walleye Angler Series. They're great. Absolutly no complaints.

It all depends on how long you want your commute to be. Assuming you’re moving to the area for work.

There's tons of small towns and cities north of T.O.

I called OFAH to see what they had to say about the matter. I ended up talking to a Biologist. That really didn't do my any good; he could only tell me what he "thought".

From what he said, it has to do with the insurance, as mentioned earlier in this thread.

He also mentioned that most hunters who have the mindset to sign up for an OFAH membership are usually up on their hunter etiquette and safety, which makes it less of a liability to have guys/gals like that in the woods.

He also briefly talked about the fact that a hunter killed a person while deer hunting within the last few years, and that caused the county to change some policies regarding hunters on county land.

Still seems like OFAH and Simcoe are looking for a cash grab.. I'll be sticking to my private land from now on.

"Other than deer, what can be hunted in those forests? Grouse? Turkey? Rabbit?" All of those. Some of the forests have swamps, lakes and rivers. There's over 30,000 acres of county land, lost of mixed opportunities for hunting. Hardwoods, Softwoods, fields, Abandoned towns.. Lots of cool placed to hunt.

IF this is true---it's a crock

http://www.ofah.org/SimcoeCounty/intro.cfm

What gets me is that if you want to bike in the forest, you don't have to be a paying member of a biking club. Or if you want to walk in the forest, you don't have to be a paying member of a walking club. Why single out the hunters.

There are rivers, and laks on some Simcoe forests. You don't have to me a member of OFAH to fish in on Simcoe land though.

What the hell eh,

For all those who hunt in Simcoe Forests.

Did you know that effective this year, you have to be an OFAH member to legally hunt in a Simcoe Forest.

I'm not sure if there’s been a post on this before. Sorry if there has...

I don't think I should have to buy an OFAH membership to be able hunt on county land

What do you guys think??

Does anyone know who enforces this law, and what the penalties are??

I have a pair of them. No complaints.

Their merino wool socks are good too, but no life time warranty.

I'd love to see the look on the customer service persons face when you bring a dirty stinky 15 year old sock back to the store because it has a whole in it

We've been putting a hurtin on the waterfowl so far this season!

No Kidding

Hows the new dog at retreiving?? Looks like your givin him a good workout.

I think both hunters and fisherman have to use common sense in these situations.

Example. I hunt on the North river / Matchedash Bay. The same time hunting season starts, that salmon begin running. The first time I hunted there, I set up right on the river. Soon after I had fisherman trolling spoons through the centre of my decoy spread.

I couldn't get mad at them, because I was taking up half the river. I didn't know the boat traffic would be so high. I didn't do that again. I now set up off the beaten path, and far away from any fisherman on the river.

Like others have said. Those hunters were there hours before you, setting up, and preparing for the hunt. Just having fisherman in the area can wreck the entire day for the hunters (in a small pond situation).

If you see hunters, give them a large amount of distance. They deserve it for their efforts.

There's a couple here.

http://www.sailgb.com/c/buoyant_clothing/

Just google them. There's a decent amount of floatation jackets out there that aren't orange.

Personally, when I'm Ice fishing, I could care less about how I look The more visible the better.

Usually match a blaze orange hat with my bright yellow/orange floater!

If Wyatt likes to retreive, he's going to absolutly love hangin out with Sinker!

If this post came along a year from now, I'd be all over it.

That's wild.

Never been moose hunting. Looks fun!

I think about ice fishing every day!

I've even started going to the LSMB again daily to see when the boys think the ice will be in on cook's bay

You know you're getting itchy when you start doing that

unfortunately they are charged with a bunch of "theft unders", it's considered that they stole from us as individuals (even though everything was stolen in the same little marina) and not as a whole,

Brutal

I have deer questions, but didn't want to start a new NF post to ask it.

I figured i'd add it here.

Here's my Q:

Do deer eat soya beans before the beens have been cut? Or do they wait to munch on that stuff untill after it's be cut down??

I have three properties that I hunt in Simcoe for deer, and they all have Soya beans in them. 2 of the properties have a fraction of the sign they had last year when corn was planted. I'm wondering if the deer sign will pick up after the Soya bean harvest??

Sunday will be my first day in the stand. AM and PM -- A marathon of sorts.

Thanks gents.

Looks like a fun day on the 6.

Always a fun lake to fish.

Congrets on the win. What was the grand prize??

Nice little gun you got there. That'l make a nice gun to pass down to the kids one day.

You may want to wear a pair of safety glasses the first couple times you shoot it.

My dad gave me his old Remington 1100 autoloader. It hadn’t been fired in 25 years when I got my hands on it. I remember the first time I shot the gun. I wore my safety glasses, and brought a buddy along with me. We where both a little nervous before the gun was fired for the first time. We were worried the gun would malfunction, or blow apart (not likely). My buddy was standing behind me, and to the right. When I fired the gun for the first time, the discharged shell casing flew out of the chamber, and headed straight for my buddies head. He thought the gun blew up, and pieces of it where flying at his head

You should have heard him scream I thought he had been shot or something!

Good luck ,and happy hunting.

That's wicked.

The ideas are just rushing through my head now!

I had a Yamaha Bravo given to me last year with the same thing.

I pulled the tank off the sled and drained the old gas. Then I cleaned it all out on the inside as best as I could.

I can’t remember what solution I used to break up the sludge in the tank I made sure all the gas lines where clean by removing them, and cleaning as necessary.

I bought a new fuel filter, and had the carb cleaned by a professional.

She runs mint now. Perfect little hard warer rig.

Thanks for all the comments!

I was going to buy the motors, but when I called the first guy, he had already made the sale to someone else.

No deal.

I'll hold out untill I find a newer 20 to 25 Hp motor for sale or trade. Something with a little better reviews.

Thanks again,

That camera mans balls are made of steel

I think I see where this post is going

Where are the Merc Guys!!

I have an opportunity to pick up two Merc 20Hp motors for a decent price. (very decent price)

However… One has no spark, and the other has no reverse and hood. I figure I should be able to make one good running motor, and have a decent parts motor to boot. It should make for a nice winter project.

So my questions are:

1. Does anyone here run that motor, and if so, what is your opinion on their performance/reliability?

2. Are new parts readily available for them?

3. How are they on GAS?

4. How are they for trolling?

5. Do they have the slip clutch prop, or shear pin?

Any advice on these motors would be great. I'm going to check both of them out on Sunday.

Thanks