Saskatoon readers: head to the Saskatoon Sports & Leisure Show March 5 to 8. Western Sportsman magazine will be there, in Booth 60. Renew your subscription at a special show rate, buy merchandise - DVDs, hats, cookbooks - or just have a chat with me (David Webb) or the magazine's publisher, Mark. It should be a really fun show, I hope to see you

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Attention Western Sportsman readers in southern Alberta: come down to Stampede Park in Calgary on from February 12 to 15 and take in the Boat & Sportsman's Show at Roudup Centre.

 It's four days of hunting, fishing, boating and generally hanging out and talking 'bout the outdoors. Some of Western Sportsman's best-known contributors will be putting on seminars too, so don't miss those.

Western

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Readers os Western Sportsman might have noticed a contest we ran in the fall of 2008 -- the Tree Bark Trail Camera promotion. New (and old) subscribers were all entered in a raffle to win this great gadget.

Well, we drew it in January, and Tim Schmutz from Sedgewick, AB, was the lucky winner! Congrats Tim! As we can see by the photo he sent in, he's an active sportsman that will no doubt get a

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Quick question --  what's happened to the whitefish on Pigeon Lake? It seems not many have been caught this winter, and I have to wonder is the booming walleye population is to blame?

I know I'm not the first to bring this up, but perhaps the management that has created such incredible amounts of 'eyes in that lake has led to the decimation of the whitefish.

What do you think? Anyone have much luck

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PETA is up to it again - but rather than a sophisticated and worrysome marketing ploy that is capturing the attention of Hollywood and abroad, even PETA supporters are rolling their eyes at this one:

It seems PETA is trying to drum up some anti-fishing sentiment by attempting to re-name fish  "Sea Kittens."

I almost feel sorry for PETA.  It's as if they're losing so bad the organization isn't even

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I was shocked to hear of Ian McMurchy's passing.

Ian has been a regular columnist for Western Sportsman for many years -- many more years than I've been a part of the magazine -- and his reputation as a firearm and shooting expert spanned the globe. He was also an outstanding photographer and hunted the world from Alaska to Africa.

He will be missed -- by tens of thousands.

Ian passed away on

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I just read an article that originally appeared in the Whitehorse Star. It seems a particular NWT reindeer rancher is turning a portion of his privately owned herd into a cash hunt, where for $375 you can waltz in and shoot a reindeer.

I couldn't imagine anything I'd want to do LESS.

This isn't wildlife management and this doesn't seem like fair chase (reindeer are domesticated caribou).

Hey -

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These photos came down the wire to me the other day -- pretty wild.

In a nutshell, the story is that an employee at the Petro-Canada plant in Robb, AB, heard some noise, followed by a growl, and turned to see a wolf taking down a deer right in the sulphur!

The wolf, finally realizing where it was, got spooked and took off. The deer was mortally wounded and had to be put down.

The below photos were

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Here in Edmonton we rarely have to "dream" of a white Christmas. I'm just hoping we don't have a "white-out."

In case you've forgotten, it is the holiday season, and while 'tis better to give than received -- receiving's not too shabby. Especially if it's some gear you desperately need... or just desperately want.

You might want to print this off and give it to your better half -- I have some gift

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I was at home with the stomach flu yesterday, so I had the rare "opportunity" to watch a little daytime TV.

Flipping through channels, I stumbled across Whoopi Goldberg, the actress from "Jumping Jack Flash" and other not-so-Oscar-worthy performances, talking about deer hunting. So I stopped flipping for a moment.

Goldberg is a host on The View, a talk show primarily aimed at middle-aged American

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