beaver , canada's animal

Well the fur harvest season is over here in canada for another season and the fur market much like the rest of the world econemy sits in doldrums for many of the trappers who manage the wildlife in the provinces it means that harvesting the main animal that brought the first explorers here is not fesible the current price of good prime beaver pelts is not keeping up with cost of production and what that end's up meaning to the rest of the population here in canada is increased property damage and flooding form this very prolific rodent and the costs assocated with  trapping beaver out of season and removing dams that are causing flooding  without some stimlius in the fur market soon i'm afraid we are going to go the way of many of the southeasten united states were they have to manage beaver year round just to stop the damage and 90% of the time the reasource is wasted , it seems this is the road we are on here in canada also and it sems such a waste for our national animal and a very valueable natural renewable reasoure we have in them , i guess the use of renewable resources in our scoicity is really nothing more then lip service



here is a short clip from the southern us showing what could be in store for us here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujYQ4iUOYUM

Shootin' d'em coyote blues | Earl McRae | Columnists | News | Ottawa Sun

Shootin' d'em coyote blues Earl McRae Columnists News Ottawa Sun


Once again a distasteful and insulting piece of propaganda written by an obviously ignorant individual , hunters ,fisherman and trappers come from many walks of life and there are no more hillbilly's and Neanderthals in the activity's than any other walk of life, mr.McRae seems to have a preformed opinion but i find his writing here pathetic , funny how being a lifelong hunter and trapper and knowing many other's like me i don't know anyone who speaks in this manner and his comparison of hunters to military also shows his disrespect for the armed forces here and abroad .


Well enough of that , on to the real facts about the coyote issues facing much of Ontario and in particular eastern Ontario , there is nothing wrong with a contest for coyotes we have laws we follow about wanton waste and the pelts of coyotes are no expection so they are not being wasted ,coyote hunters hunt coyotes all winter long already and there is a large population which is affecting livestock producers in the area of the contest ,I,m sure many of those producers would love to have the numbers reduced and finally as a tax payer which pays for compensation to those producers for lost livestock due to coyote predation i also have no problems with this contest if it helps to remove a few more coyotes

In closing : I'd like to say mr.McRae get your head out of your ass

muskrat trapping

i've been trapping muskrats scince i was 8 years old my grandfather was a trapper and passed the skills on to me, after years of work  i've been able to become a proffesonial trapper  i fur trap when the pelts are at their best and run my wildlife control business during the rest of the year .


Here's a short video

Last Volvo graders roll out of Goderich

Last Volvo graders roll out of Goderich

the end of an area for a southwestern ontario company , champion produced the first grader ,the first motor grader and the first all- hydraulic grader and employed many people along the way but it seems just like many other manufacturing plants here in ontario once they are bought out by bigger corparations off they go in the name of corprate profits my question is when is the goverment of this country that is so rich in resources and talent going to start looking out for the people that pay their wages and start looking after our industry before it's all gone

coyote predation on livestock on the increase in ontario

Statistics show the predation problem has been steadily worsening in Ontario in recent years. Under its wolf/coyote predation program, the province has paid $1,038,618 in claims to farmers for 2007-2008, compared with $950,775 in 2006-2007. In 2005-2006, the amount paid out was $823,948.Many of these claims are by farmers who are just scraping by as it is and would far rather have their animals than the goverment's money , i think the ontario goverment needs to start providing funding to these producers  to hire proffesional trappers to help them with their problems

Family dog saves B.C. boy from cougar attack - Canada - Canoe.ca

Family dog saves B.C. boy from cougar attack - Canada - Canoe.ca


Young boy was extremly lucky to have the dog with him and the dog was lucky the cop was close by

First post

Well i've decided  to start a blog dedicated to my personal interests and views on current events from a local to worldwide level and look forward to hearing from others