Haliburton was a crowed place this weekend with the Sportsmen Show, Yamaha displays by the lake and all that hot sunny weather.

Seminars and displays all weekend at the Haliburton Sportsmen Show kept attendees well informed on hunting and fishing topics.

Adrian Hare seminar – Covered tips and strategies on fall turkey hunting

Alex Gouthro seminar – Aggressive Calling Techniques for Bull Moose

Big Buck Show-Bring in your Deer, Moose Racks

Bruce Schneller seminar – BEST Method to prepare for Bow hunting

Gobble Stalker Calls hand made by Kevin Bartley.

Kevin also had his new deer calls on had and they sound awesome.

Kid’s Moose and Turkey Calling Contest

MNR-Canine demonstrations

Lures & Tours booth had their new summer editions on hand

OFAH information booth

Peter Wood seminar -  Essential Ways to Keep Whitetail Deer On Your Property

My long time friend Glenn Springer a fellow hunter writer and photographer attended my deer seminar and took this photo, Thanks Glennie!

Sportsmen Trophy Plaques by Jordan Gooderham

If you have a  hunting or fishing memory check out Jordan’s work

Jordan's Sportsmen Trophy Plaques

Steve Galea seminar – Where to go, how to find birds

Rocky Crawford seminar – Haliburton Smallmouth

Richard Vandermeer seminar – Fly tying demonstrations

WSC Survival School Inc – Survival demonstrations

Wye Marsh-Outside-Birds of Prey Demonstrations

All this and more over three days.

Hunting and Fishing Awards Ceremony Is Coming To Edmonton

WildTV is proud to announce the first ever awards ceremony for popular hunting and fishing shows. The Grizzly Awards is an inaugural event happening at Edmonton’s Huntfest on Saturday night (August 7th). They will include categories that give viewers a chance to vote for their favorite TV celebrities on the huntfest website at www.huntfest.ca. Don’t miss your opportunity to vote. WildTV has chosen the following categories:

Best Editing
Best Graphics
Best Videography
Best Educational
Best New Show

Best Fishing- Fan Choice
Best Hunting- Fan Choice
Fan Favourite- Fan Choice
Best Host/Host Team – Fan Choice
Best Overall Canadian Show – Fan Choice

Check the website for nominees in each category and place your vote.

http://www.wildtv.ca/grizzlyawards

Big Buck Scoring Day in Napanee drew hundreds of of hunters and their families out to the Strathcona Center.

Steve Elmy owner of Rack Stacker Wildlife Food Plots and Nutrient Products  one of the organizers of  Big Buck Scoring Day commented ” Today was a huge success and will certainly be back next year bigger and better”

Steve was a busy guy explaining the best way to go about planting a successful Rack Stacker Food Plot

Kevin Beasley of Monster Whitetail Magazine and part  of Canada in the Rough Team was busy scoring deer and moose antlers all day for the Foundation of Recognization of Ontario Wildlife (F.R.O.W.) records book. There were 126 sets of antlers measured with 160 entries.

Kevin Bartley of Gobbler Stalker game calls was very busy with the spring turkey hunt fast approaching.

Peter Ray of Vortex Optics talks about scopes for long range hunting.

Family fun was evident through out the show as both young and old enjoyed the displays

Some of the antlers to get SCORED were HUGE!!!

HUGE RACKS

Dave Briard of GASP AIR in Port Hope had an awesome hand painted work of art – perfect for that center piece or man cave

Top Ten Recipes To Slurp Deer Tag Soup this season

So how do you avoid that dreaded bowl of deer tag soup?

Here are my top ten recipes to avoid that terrible taste!

#10 – Secretly you’re a vegetarian who likes to sit in trees wearing camouflage. Ok I hope not but hey you’re the one with deer tag soup.

#9 – Leaving your ATV running at base of the tree with your tree stand indicates you’re a tad lazy but hey it was the only way to keep the seat and handgrips warm.

#8 – Safety is extremely important especially when in the field. Setting your ground blind on fire because a Bar B Q burned your venison chops will ensure tag soup every time.

#7- Practice Practice Practice your target shooting.

But make sure your target on the side of a barn is more than ten yards away!

#6 – I know oh dark hundred hours is an early time to be sitting in a tree stand but snoring too loud will always scare the whole deer herd at 50 yards any time of the day.

#5 – There is a time and place for everything however playing your ipod so loud is one way to definitely allow 12-point buck sneak by under your tree stand.

#4 – Big one here cause if you didn’t renew your O.F.A.H membership this will prevent you from hunting thousands of acres in Simcoe’s County Forests.

#3 – Any hunter who Forgot to thank the farmer where they hunted last year, deserves to have NO place to hunt this year. Always thank the land-owner of the property!

#2 – You’re not rugged enough like that Officially Rugged Dude Carson.

Come on rugged is rugged anywhere in Ontario you hunt.

#1 – Real hunters never shoot real deer from the couch with a remote control in their hand. Only real deer tag soup hunters can do that. Get off the couch and get out there!

Will you be slurping on deer tag soup next week?

Good Luck this season Remember you still have three days left to avoid that terrible taste of deer tag soup!

You can also check out Ripple Outdoors Hunting and Fishing Podcast #182.

http://www.rippleoutdoors.com/podcast/deer-tag-soup-top-ten-recipes-podcast-182/

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