Rain-soaked though it may have been, last weekend's inagural Western Sportsman & BC Outdoors Salmon Fishing Derby was a huge success!
Held at Shearwater Resort & Marina , in Shearwater, BC, about 25 brave souls ventured out in a classic West Coast Summer storm to troll for chinook and coho and jig for halibut.
The result? Coho to 17 pounds, chinook to 25 pounds and halibut all the way to a monster
Despite the AlbertaRELM website giving us all some trouble this past weekend, the results are in and online for the 2008 Alberta Hunting Draws.
How many of us are happy? Personally, I'm still waiting on the results for the Archery Antelope, which is the one I was most excited for. I also did not get quite a few, but those were long shots. Anyone out there get bison?
It should be a good season. I'm
Dust off the rods, this weekend, July 12 and 13, is both Alberta and Saskatchewan's Free Fishing Weekend.
This is a great program that allows everyone in the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan to fish without a licence - no excuses for not getting out there! I hope to see a lot of people with some seriously out-dated, worthless equipment fishing poorly this July 12 and 13.
Why? Because those are
For those of you who enjoy Michael Short's radio show "Let's Go Outdoors Radio," you'll be pleased to know you can hear more about Western Sportsman magazine on some upcoming shows.
Not a listener yet? Check out www.letsgooutdoorsradio.com to find out more about the show.
While you're there, download out episode 12, where one of our writers, Duane Radford, talks about his article in the
Everyone knows legally owned firearms are not the cause of violence in our streets. So why is the government trying to restrict them so heavily? The answer can be found in one long word: disenfranchisement.
“Guns don’t kill people, people kill people.” It’s the simplest argument — and still the hardest to fight. Of course, you can amend it to make some concessions: “Guns don’t kill people, people
The road to hell is paved with good intentions and the noblest of goals can have the most tragic of consequences. It happens when we, as humans, look at situations with blinders on. Like a racehorse that can only see the finish line, we too can stumble, fall and break our leg en route if we fail to see all that is around us. Even environmental stewardship, an important cause for any sportsman,
Watch Wild TV and keep an eye out for our brand new television commercial! The 30-second spot will begin airing on July 1, but click the link below for a sneak preview:
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So you've got the fish, game or birds — now what?
Western Sportsman is about to turn everyone into an outdoor gourmet, with the announcement of the pre-order availability of our first-ever cookbook, "Cooking in the Rough."
"Cooking in the Rough" will feature over 175 recipes for Western Canadian fish, game, birds and native plants , along with numerous tips and advice that range from aging meat to
Heritage. Tradition. These are words that pop up a lot when we, as sportsmen, discuss hunting, shooting and fishing. Our fathers hunted, our grandfathers hunted and our great-grandfathers? Well, they probably did, but for most Canadians who don’t identify as First Nations, this is where our heritage starts to get confusing. After all, the heritage of our great-grandfathers, or at least, our
Fish tales. If you fish, you've told one — end of story. Sure, I know guys who claim they haven't, but I will tell you for sure, when it comes time to describe the size of that "monster" rainbow trout no one saw him release, his measurements get bigger and bigger as the campfire gets lower and lower. But nowadays, fish tales needn't wait for the campfire. You can tell them to the whole world, if
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