Blog Entries tagged 'hunting'

The Economic Impact of Hunting

editor@westernsportsman.com — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:00:00 +0100

Right now, the Alberta Hunting For Tomorrow Foundation is undertaking a very important project — something that depends entirely on you. And it only takes a few minutes of your time to make your contribution.

It's a survey.

It seems there has been no concrete data compiled on the economic benefits of the hunting industry to the Alberta economy in 10 years... sadly out of date, especially since Alberta has seen not only significant economic growth in that time, but also g [...]

Bear Defence

editor@westernsportsman.com — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:00:00 +0100

How can we protect ourselves in the woods?

Every year it happens — a rampaging bear takes another fellow outdoorsman. And every time, it gives me the heebie-jeebies. An instructor at a bear safety course once told me that if the average person knew how many times he has walked past a bear without knowing it, he’d never set foot in the woods again.
Hunters aren’t your average people — we usually are keenly aware of the wildlife in our vicinity. In fact, som [...]

Alberta Draw Results Are In!

editor@westernsportsman.com — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +0100

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 interested to know if any Western Sportsman readers got some really ha [...]

Heritage, Here & Away

editor@westernsportsman.com — Thu, 29 May 2008 02:00:00 +0100

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 great-great-grandfathers is usually set in another country. Therefore, for many of us, our huntin [...]

A Boar-ing Discussion

editor@westernsportsman.com — Tue, 06 May 2008 02:00:00 +0100

Europeans have been doing it for years — and even here in Canada it has caught on in some regions. Manitobans can do it year-round.

I'm talking about hunting wild boars. Actually, to be correct, hunting "feral hogs." They're not wild because they're not native — most are escaped domestic boars from failed boar farms the Feds encouraged in the 1980s. But that's what they're not.

What they are is a challenging hunt. What they are is deliciou [...]