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  1. Rob

    Photo of the day

    LaVerendrye, Qc. August 2026
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    Crossing into Canada with bear spray and knives?

    Switchblades are illegal. Everything else is fine. Have fun and don't eat the yellow snow, no matter how tempting it may be.
  3. Rob

    65,000 km² of freedom in Abitibi-Témiscamingue

    Heading to La Verendrye for 5 days in August. $201 total for 3 of us. It's a good idea to reserve...but I have just shown up and picked a route in the past. They ask that you stick to your route and stay only one night at your campsite ( first come, first served).. but that's all the oversight...
  4. Rob

    Best canoe dog for wolf protection

    I made the mistake of "chasing" a bull to get a picture once in my youth....not a great plan. Earlier this spring, while scouting for new fishing spots, I came across the remnants of a wolf kill. Wolves can break a moose femur to get at the marrow. This is a serious animal. No dog can even...
  5. Rob

    Best canoe dog for wolf protection

    1 Grey or Arctic wolf vs. ANY dog? Dog becomes wolf scat. Fortunately, dog= human, so the healthy wolf avoids the dog.
  6. Rob

    Northern WI wolf attack

    I think that makes the most sense...Tigers kill hundreds of people in India every year, as well....
  7. Rob

    Northern WI wolf attack

    I have seen those stats, too... You would think that the much larger North American wolf ( they get bigger the farther north you go: Bergman's Law) would behave in a similar manner, but they don't. Separate evolutionary branches over thousands of years?
  8. Rob

    Northern WI wolf attack

    a cautionary tale for sure...as is "The Three Little Pigs", and it's sequel "The Fourth Pig: The Reckoning".
  9. Rob

    Northern WI wolf attack

    A predictable result of re-introducing an apex predator, that has been absent for decades, into a "target rich" environment. A much too small habitat (they typically roam over hundreds of square miles), and a veritable all you can eat buffet of slow moving food...If I was a wolf, I wouldn't...
  10. Rob

    Northern WI wolf attack

    Wolves need a lot of territory. Take it away, along with their food supply, and replace it with livestock, and wolves eat the cattle. This simple equation feeds the mythology. Pardon the pun. My avatar photo was taken at a favourite fishing spot in a wildlife reserve in the Laurentian mountains...
  11. Rob

    Northern WI wolf attack

    I have heard the odd lone wolf howl in the distance several times, but the first time was incredible. It was somewhere near Lac Mistissini (a buddy and I were a little bit lost) and we were sitting by the fire. At 11:30 pm we heard a shrieking sound coming from what seemed like miles away. I was...
  12. Rob

    Northern WI wolf attack

    It is my understanding that wolves were extirpated from the lower 48 years ago because of farming( as in much of Canada), and that wolves today are imported from Canada.... I don't believe a word of this story...well, maybe "wolf" and "hunter", but the rest is rather suspect. A lack of...
  13. Rob

    Fears while paddling or on canoe trips

    It is a very peculiar feeling when, as an apex predator yourself, another predator sizes you up.
  14. Rob

    Fears while paddling or on canoe trips

    I have nowhere near the kind of deep bush experience as some of you....I am in awe, frankly. Growing up in Montreal,Quebec, I was lucky enough to be a few hours away from wilderness, and got over most irrational fears at a young age. When I had a family of my own, I more or less stopped going...
  15. Rob

    Photo of the day

    Matawin River, Quebec Secret fishing spot, upper laurentians, Quebec Headless moose, Ashuapmushuan River, Quebec.
  16. Rob

    Wildfire Smoke

    bingo
  17. Rob

    What polar bears think of kayaks

    Pleading never works with the black bear. They respond much better to sarcasm.
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