It was back in the early ‘90s that I got my first exposure to mountain goats in British Columbia. I...
I got onto my belly and crawled 30 metres to the edge of a big aspen before sitting up and drawing my bow. Carefully, I came to full draw and settled my sight pin on my target. I felt confident estimating the range and slowly tightened the tension on my...
Routine maintenance on your bow or crossbow is always important, but especially before hunting season begins and you’re about to...
Fred Bear popularized the sport of bow hunting with his traditional equipment: bows, arrows and broadheads. Along with all the accessories used by hunters these basics have advanced by leaps and bounds in less than half a century. The recurve and long bows have been overshadowed and replaced by most...
The last few firearms I’ve purchased all have one thing in common: they came with threaded muzzles. And while the...
If there are only 1.3 million hunters in Canada and not all of them are voting age, who do you...
It was finally time in this project to start assembling the rifle once again. All the work up to this point was basically dis-assembly. With the correct thread pitch of the receiver checked multiple times, and the blank checked for trueness, the barrel blank was chucked up in the...
Tanning rabbit pelts doesn’t have to be difficult. In fact, it is an easy way to dip your toes in...
On a wind-ruffled January morning in the Strait of Georgia, you might hear a soft, musical yodel carrying over the...
I am not sure if all hunters or shooters do, but I have my favourite rifle(s) that I tend to...









