Recent content by memaquay

I had a very busy summer, so only got out a few times. One overnighter, a handful of solo paddles and a few with my wife. Hard water is on the lake right now, froze over two nights ago, so the long wait begins.

Looks a little too nice to use now!

Looks really good, the walnut is great!

Looks like a lot of fun! Ironically, in an area where canoeing is unlimited, I probably couldn't find more than three people to join a canoeing club. If I win the lottery, will your club invite me to a gathering?

I have heard that these feral hogs are nasty. I just googled them, and apparently they are making their way into Canada, and various levels of government are encouraging their destruction. Google also told me the following: Predation: They can prey on livestock like goats and new born cattle...

In lieu of discussing the obvious un-named peril (🔫), you might want to reconsider the goat discussion. Goats are always up for a tussle, and rarely back down. A goat vs feral hog battle could provide an epic chapter to a canoe trip report, and no matter who the winner or loser was, there...

I'm not sure if you are familiar with www.greenval.com Martin Step is the fella that has been handling all of John Winter's designs for many years. He is out of business now, Noah's is handling the plans, but he has left the website up with a lot of valuable info. Over the past 30 years...

Just refrain from discussing politics. People will generally be nice to Americans, but there will always be a few who might get feisty. There are very conservative people here and very liberal people, kinda like the States. I'm friends with all sorts, I just don't engage in political discussions

Are you in Florida?

Lol, that's another weird Canadian law that would be interpreted by whatever CO happened to stop you. For hunting, a shotgun can hold no more than three shells. However, for target shooting, a pump action could have an unlimited magazine. The cloudy spot would be carrying a weapon for wilderness...

600 bucks seems like a pretty good deal!

Temps have been going down to about zero C overnight for a couple weeks now. The hot tent isn't really needed, but it is quite comfortable, I usually sleep on top of the sleeping bag at night. The canoe is a 17 foot prospector, my wife was looking at it askance when we were parked and calling...

This is the first year our moose hunt wasn't entirely canoe based. The past few years we have hightailed it down to a local river after work on Friday and paddled or motored into our spot. This year we tried something new. I finally gave in and bought a quad. I gotta say, it's a lot of fun. We...

I'd look at a Nova Craft Chestnut Pal. A touch to small for tandem tripping for heavy people, but will do in a pinch, but an excellent solo for bigger fellas.

Well, I wouldn't mess with those guys, er them, or whatever. Shoot, shovel, shut up, that's the Triple S team up here, composed mostly of angry old guys who drink too much beer on a Friday night.