It is nice to get noticed – especially since I have recently just returned back to blogging. I appreciate it Steve.

Location:
Bracebridge Fairgrounds, 330 Fraserburg Road

Two Dates:
Saturday May 19th, 2012
Sunday October 21st, 2012

Times: 8 am to 2 pm

Admission: Adults $6; Children Under 12 Accompanied by an adult, free

All firearm laws are to be obeyed. Trigger locks are required. Security will check at entrance.

Show Organizers:
Ron Pickering and John Harlo
www.BracebridgeGunShow.com
info@BracebridgeGunShow.com
705 – 454 – 8177

The  next event is on Sunday, May 6, 2012, at Logging Chain Lodge in Dwight, Ontario.

Registration is at 9:00 AM with a 10:00 AM shotgun start.  The $25.00 entry fee is great value for a great cause and lunch is included!

F0r more details call Annemarie at 705-6352575 or visit: http://www.loggingchainlodge.on.ca/

The narrow loss is unfortunate, but as I prepare my firearm for an upcoming grouse hunt, I realize life will still continue as usual.

Criminals will still acquire, and use, illegal long-guns un-touched or harassed by the expensive database.

Many Liberal and NDP MP’s will live under a facade that a registered firearm creates a magic shield around gun owners to protect them from harm.

The safety measures that pro-registry factions so proudly toted during the time period before the vote, existed well before the gun registry was implemented. The paperwork and reference checks have remained virtually unchanged – save the extra column for a registration number.

This meant that the RCMP could check and deny any application for a Canadian to own a long-gun under the old system. Safe firearm storage and long-gun transport requirements were already significant portions of the gun safety courses. Any mature gun owner would know this. To bad the ‘experts’ from the Liberal, NDP and various other activist groups neglected to understand or mention this.

After this vote, money will continue to be spent on securing, implementing and tracking the various aspects of our long-gun registry. Money that could be spent on new police officers, firearm detection methods (in public areas like our porous border), medical science, the deficit, poverty and education.

As Saturday approaches, I will find myself wandering south of Dad’s cabin in search of grouse. Life will have returned to as it should be.

However, I suspect this after-vote reprieve will be short lived.

I predict that many of the same people who want to usher in a ‘gun-free’ country will soon want to vote in a measure that dictates, to me, that I can not use the woods to make my own meal anymore.

Life after that – will be difficult to take.

Organized by the Muskoka Heritage Foundation, the bash takes place on September 25, 2010 in Kerr Park (Bracebridge) at 9 AM.

Participants must register in teams of 4. Each team member should raise a minimum of $250.00 in pledges to cover the entry fee. Funds raised will support natural heritage activities and environmental stewardship pro- grams. Tax receipts will be issued for pledges of $20.00 or more.Enter a team of your friends or family and compete for prizes!

Call Event Coordinator Kate Monk at 705-645-7393 ext 204.

Download pledge & reg-istration forms at www.muskokaheritage.com

Or Call Kate Monk at 705-645-7393 Ext. 204

For a PDF of the entire event -CLICK HERE-

Game numbers in Ontario are varied. Black bears and moose numbers are on the rise. Deer populations are stable to declining depending on your WMU. Grouse populations are still low when compared to other years. Turkey populations are exploding with great success since their re-introduction in some areas of the province. Read the whole article here.

I also noticed that Ontario Out-Of-Doors has their Ontario hunting forecast published in their excellent magazine. They have a breakdown of game population trends in all Ontario’s WMUs. The details of the article were not listed on the web at this time.

To contact the Ontario MNR about hunting concerns or illegal hunting practices contact the MNR’s tip line: 1-877-TIPS-MNR (847-7667)

A Muskoka Black Bear - Photo by Daniel