Yup. Both, especially ticks. Tons of them. Especially near water on beaver. Nobody touches those things except trappers. And now, of course, they're protected and rampant. Filthy critters, almost inedible. This is swamp country, bigtime. No poisonous snakes though. Just grizzlies, black bear (which are actually worse in attacks - they eat fresh meat, and grizzlies prefer it aged, so you can play dead with grizzlies but not with blacks), and wolves.
Wolves up here are decidedly dangerous in the winter, especially in years of low deer and rabbit population. Which has been the case for 3 years. Guys I know in the hinterland get out to the lakes and wait for the wolves to cross the ice. Then they take out the lead female, the rest panic, and the whole pack is then picked off. The carcasses get covered with snow, and when the ice melts, they're fertilizer for water plants. Northern reality.
Most of us up here have a mentality that is decidedly not city, and not Canadian, whatever that is. We're Northerners.
And believe me, PG is loaded with world class competitive shooters, inluding one of my best friends, Darryl. He currently holds the muzzle-loader open sight record of a sub 6" group at 1000 yards. Like, that's nuts. And his wife isn't far behind. I'm not bad, but only middle of the pack of competitive shooters.
I often win or place above my skill level because, as a trained professional violinist/concertmaster, I don't rattle like some of my superiors. I handle pressure just fine, thank you very much. They know this and don't like it, lol!
. We bandaged him up and he tied the same blood-soaked lure up to the line and casted right back out there
