It’s late summer, the beginning of hunting season in northern BC. Mark and Vince pack up a small mountain of...
Learning to butcher our own wild game has been a skill I’ve been practicing over the last decade. It started...
With the rifle finished and spring bear season in full swing, it seemed sensible to bring the rifle into the field and see if I could connect on a bear with it. First I would need to spend some time with it on the range. I was curious to see...
As a hunter, have you ever pondered the philosophical question, “Am I a meat hunter or a trophy hunter?” I...
Nearly 50 years ago I was 14 and got an old, somewhat abused Mossberg bolt action 20ga shotgun. There was no bluing left and the stock was cracked because someone had used a 3” shell in the 2 ¾” chamber; but to a kid in love with ruffed grouse hunting...
I am not sure if all hunters or shooters do, but I have my favourite rifle(s) that I tend to...
This article appears in the current issue of BC Outdoors. Unfortunately the last two lines were cut off; here is the article in its entirety.
If there are only 1.3 million hunters in Canada and not all of them are voting age, who do you...
When I’m approaching wild game cooking, I like to look at in with a couple different lenses. The first is...
There are many reasons why black bears hold ground as my number one choice for hunting. For starters, they are super intelligent and craftier than other big game animals so pursuing them is always an exciting challenge. The main reason, though, is that if I don’t set my sights on...









