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Thats a good description Tod... I'd just cut the pointy end off. Here is are some pictures of my current mould. The rod across the top is used to mount the eye bolt. I mount the eye bolt in a pieces of aluminum bar that has a wing nut to hold the eye Then suspend the eye bolt in the mould...

I've used old sash weighs as well. They work great for long lines when there is not a lot of current. I used to hunt in the Bay of Fundy, and when the tide runs you can watch your decoys drift away as the currents drag your set. Can get really frustrating when the birds are decoying to the...

Well, I found that book. It's been a long time since I read it, and re-reading it you can see how you can inject your own story in a memory, but my description is still pretty close to the original. The book was "Hunters of the Northern Ice" by R. K. Nelson...

Hey Tod. Good observation. Our base camp was in Lynx Lake (https://maps.app.goo.gl/3iY7XTVHqXnR41fM6) which is just above the treelike. There are still trees on the south sides of the eskers. To the north is tundra a the south .... trees. Most my experience is in Labrador where treelike s...

I'm pretty sure those were goldeneyes. Here's a flock of ring necks hanging under my cabin

Hey Brad, Yes... lots of good memories and really great people. I was able to keep ethanol out of my tanks for some time. The local Shell station had no ethanol in their supreme fuel. Thats all changed. Here in Québec ethanol is mandated to be at least 10% in all fuel. Most regular gas is...

We were in that during 3 springs conducting developmental surveys that targeted scoters scaups. It was all helicopter based. Eric and I both were a bit fish crazy and we'd usually pick a nice spot to sit down for lunch. I'm really partial to fishing rivers and we usually picked a section with...

Hey Steve, My partner is the Arctic Goose biologist for Quebec region of the CWS and she took over parts of Austin's files after he retired. She's done a little work on Brants on Ellesmere Island, but most of the work is on Greater Snows on Bylot Island and Atlantic Canada's in northern...