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A friend of mine sent me this pic of a Tiger Trout he caught back in June. One of the prettiest fish I’ve seen. Must try to get up there myself!

Sorry to hear that. A divorce is always hard on you, even when they are amicable. For lots of different reasons. My ex and I were at different stages of our life, she was 10 years younger than me. And she had no interest in hunting, fishing or cattle which are my biggest passions. At least I...

A couple Walters I caught this morning. The second one is my PB. Worth the sunburn!

Not really indicative but we were the last ones out all 10 days. There was one day we were a PH short so that hunter(our group leader) joined us. I still got charged a 1:1 rate instead of 2:1 but I never clued in to that until he asked me after we had left.

On my first safari I went with a group organized by a friend who had been there before and acted as an agent for the outfitter. This was in Namibia. I was assigned to a freelance PH who was a nice guy but not the most motivated fellow I’ve ever been around. Out of the 7 vehicles guiding us, mine...

I’ve never hunted any of them. This is just a post hopefully for interest sake. We saw this lynx just chilling out by a forest road while visiting family in Newfoundland. He didn’t have a care in the world and totally ignored us. This lynx is owned by a friend of mine here at home. Quite the...

I don’t know yet. Hoping to find out soon!

We’re visiting my in-laws in Newfoundland right now and managed to get out for some fishing this morning. My wife, brother-in-law and I booked a four hour trip with Darren Park of Four Season Tours who operates out of Cox’s Cove in the mouth of the Bay of Islands. We were able to catch cod...

After 6 years of drought here we’re finally on the receiving end of some beautiful May and June rains. It’s so nice to finally see everything lush and green instead of dried out and brown.

Mine too!!!

I’m a walleye guy for sure but not obsessed with them like many here. I’m a fan of any fish I can catch. Here in Sask the crazy walleye guys despise pike. I love pike…they are probably my favourite sport fish in this province followed closely by lake trout when I can manage a trip up north. On...

I am big time. I posted quite a few icefishing pics on this thread. Never have to worry about poor ice conditions here…last winter was quite mild and we still had at least 2 1/2 feet of ice.

Sounds like a very tiring way to fish! Alligator gar are another species that is completely foreign to us. We don’t have the giant white sturgeon that you fished, we have the smaller lake sturgeon. A big one would be 100-150 pounds. Maybe a bit bigger.

Quite the critter…nothing like that up here! Well maybe sturgeon.

Look very similar and taste just as good!

It’s also got the rows of spots on the dorsal fin of a sauger. But anything is possible.

The fish in the top pic is a sauger. And a Hell of a good one!

My best friend and I met on the first day of school in 1977 when we were 8 years old. Against all odds we have remained so even though we now live in different provinces and we make an effort to see each other at least once a year. He lives in the Kootenays of southeastern B.C. and I just...

First fish of the 2024-25 season. And my now 82 year old father with his boat.

Wishing you all the best for a speedy recovery!

I’m sure it’s been done before but it wouldn’t be legal. As a Saskatchewan resident I have to be drawn to hunt them as well. I last got drawn in 2008 and have been applying every year since with no luck. You might want to check if Canadian non-residents can hunt pronghorn in Alberta. There’s...

Don’t want to rain on your parade but you’ll likely have to change your plans for pronghorn. There is not a hunt for non-residents for them in SK. The only exception I can think of is if there is an Indian reservation that allows it.

That’s a bucket list fish for me. Nice one!

I just watched it again over and over. The slow motion footage helped a lot. PH fired the first shot, then client #2 and PH #3. Who fired #4 I can’t figure out as to me (and I have zero experience with a double) it came too quickly after shot #3. During shots 3 and 4 the client’s right hand was...

We can still use barbed hooks in Saskatchewan, however there are some lakes that are designated barbless. I think Manitoba is entirely barbless now. I’ve tried fly fishing with my buddy in B.C. and I believe that barbs were legal. As for the rest of Canada, I have not been fishing yet so I don’t...

When the ph backed against the tree I thought that was it for him. Close as you’d ever want it to get!

Come up here and I’ll take you out. It’s one of the few things that makes winter bearable!!!

I knew that he was not well. I saw him on TV a few months back and he was very thin, but I was still somewhat surprised this morning when I heard on the radio that he had passed. What really caught me off guard was the fact that he was 62 years old. I always seem to forget how the years go by...

My father who is nearly 82 and a lifelong farmer dropped of high school after grade 11. He liked to tell me that there is a big difference between intelligent and educated.

I don’t need to shoot farther, I need to hunt closer. - Gary Sitton The light at the end of the tunnel is the front of an oncoming train. - David Lee Roth There is a difference between valuable and expensive.

Ragman would have liked to be there, @gizmo has done a pile of work since I was there 8 years ago. I’m not a bird hunter but I’m sure it wouldn’t be hard to stay entertained! I have said before, if I ever go turkey hunting the Rockin G would be my first choice.

I love the .308 Win. Pair it up with a Browning BLR and it becomes the perfect rifle for me. I may just have it buried with me when I die! I love my bolt rifles too but that little lever is just made to hunt. In the bottom pic it’s paired up with my Browning X-Bolt in 7mm-08. Can’t go wrong with...

Yep. And our idiotic Liberal government has changed our weather agency name from Environment Canada to Environment and Climate Change!

Exactly. Really tests the elasticity.

Yep. These temps definitely make taking a leak outside a challenge!!!

You’re right about that. We lost two from 2018-2022. My stepdaughter painted a portrait of our last boy for Christmas this year. Had her Mom and myself both in tears.

That is so awesome. Your Dad sounds a lot like mine. Dad finally retired from farming 3 years ago at the age of 78. It has always been a dream of mine to take him on a big hunt somewhere but he always used the excuse that he couldn’t leave the cows. Now that he’s retired he says it’s Mom he...

We were there the last 10 days of July in 2018 and I don’t think the weather could have been better. In the early mornings I’d wear a hoodie but by 9 or 10am I’d shed it for just a T-shirt. Very pleasant. My only other trip to Africa was the first 10 days of April in Namibia. Again very...

You guys that still have a hunting season going and can shoot multiple deer are killing me!!!

Sweet little thing!!!

That makes it even better!

Well I live in Saskatchewan and I’ll tell you right now, I’d shoot that deer very happily without hesitation. He’s fantastic!

Yes Canada is a huge chunk of real estate too. My in-laws in Newfoundland are twice as far from where I live than south Texas!

I love this post…put a big smile on my face. That rifle shoot do well for you on fallow. Using 95-100 grain bullets works well on our Canadian whitetails which are quite a bit larger and mule deer which are significantly larger than a fallow. There are quite a few members on AH that I’d love to...