Hey guys Frog here, it's the weekend before hunting season starts up here in Northern Ontario. My plans are as follows, tomorrow I'm going to wake up at the crack of dawn and do my chores, I'm a single dad to an almost 18 year old young man, who I am very proud of and is on a far better path then I was at his age, we're different but similar at the same time, I'm a very outdoorsy hands on type of person and he's more of a thinker. He comes out with me from time to time but I won't force him to anymore as he's old enough to know what he wants and he causes absolutely no trouble at all. I've raised him by myself since before he was even a year old. His mother passed away years ago of a drug overdose(fentanyl), Cheers to all the single dads out there or dads in general. Anyways I could ramble about him all day but that's not the conversation I'm trying to have here. Anyways tomorrow after I get done with my chores I'm going to go out and make sure some of my rifles are sighted in and ready to go, maybe even bring my bow and practice that a bit too although I haven't decided if I'm going to bowhunt this year or not, after sighting in the rifles I'll probably go for a long drive in the bush and listen to some podcasts and smoke way more pipes then I probably should and I might even do some fishing for some stocked trout, just planning on casting a little cleo spoon from shore at 3 or 4 trout ponds, I don't need any fish myself as I got a freezer with every species available in my area plentifully stocked up, but my mothers neighbour is an older fellow with breathing problems and he has been helping my mom by playing with her dog while she's at work, so I want to bring him a fresh fish or 2 out of appreciation. Then on sunday the hydro(power) is going to be out all day for maintenance so I'm probably just going to throw my canoe in a trout pond and swing a fly around all day, although I might take my ATV out and check my salmon/steelhead spot instead but I think it's still a bit early for salmon we haven't had any heavy rain to bring the creeks up yet, but I don't mind going out even if I don't catch anything, and even if the salmon aren't in there is always resident rainbows in the creeks, native brook trout is closed for the fall to allow them to spawn so I'm not doing that although I could, I could even do early hunting if I wanted to as I'm a registered Indian and have treaty rights in my area. I don't believe in harvesting out of season, and I look down upon the Indians that do, I try to stay within the same season as anyone else does and abide by the same limits only I don't buy a hunting/fishing license. Bad Indians give good indians a bad reputation and there is no excuse for it, especially the ones who use nets and spotlights during the breeding season. Take what you need and let the rest breed, most indians who over harvest don't end up eating most of the meat and it goes bad anyways, It's just greed, a man can only eat so much and we need to be stewards of our environment not just indians but everybody should be a steward to their environment, only take what you need to feed you and your family, maybe help out some members of your community from time to time who can't harvest on their own, but thats it, and bring a bag and pick up some garbage while you're out there, leave nature better when you leave then it was when you got there. If you don't help then who will? Anyways my plan is to smoke pipes and touch nature and I highly recommend you guys get out there and get some too.
Cheers
Frog.
Cheers
Frog.
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