It’s All In The Sign
When the animal you are tracking comes into question, just keep walking … You can clearly see the difference in the poop.
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Having the Right Gear Can Make or Break a Day of Hunting
Hunting gear is a big investment. Your summer and fall gear must perform when you need it to. Your gear has to keep you warm, dry and alive.
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Getting in Sheep Shape
We drove four hours from Whitehorse to one of my favourite fishing lakes, then an hour and a half across. As a sheep hunter that’s
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There Goes my Life
My hunting partner is the best. I know we’ll head out on more adventures, but it may be a while. Hayley is graduating & heading to law school.
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Are You Ready?
Hunting season is right around the corner; I started to go over my equipment this weekend. There are a lot of things that can be
SOS
My phone rang at 2:27 pm. Janessa was on the other end: “What’s going on dad?” “What are you talking about?” I said. It turns
A Moose at Last
It’s been the toughest year to get motivated for hunting season. I’ve spent about 80 days over the last three years hunting moose and we’ve
Long Range Fad
Better scopes, have made it so every hunter can take one of these rifles and shoot an animal from 800-1000 metres. Or can they?
Tis the Season
The first few weeks of the 2014 hunting season have passed and some enthusiastic hunters were have already been on mountaintops looking for Dall sheep.
Hunting with and for Family
Around this time ever year I spend hours looking at maps and checking over equipment to ensure it can handle another hunting season. All the
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Different Interests, Same Outcome
My oldest daughter Hayley and I have spent her whole life in the outdoors together; we hunt geese, ducks, moose, and caribou. We started hunting
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I Didn’t Know, Did You?
On my drive to work most mornings I laugh at the guys on the radio playing a game called, You Didn’t Know You Didn’t Know.
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Ice; It’s Always Changing
With warm weather things change quickly, as we have seen this year. By mid-December there was a great freeze on most lakes, with little snow.
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Finally Fishing Time
Leaning against the counter at my wife Heather’s staff party, I listened to tales of hiking trips, caribou hunts, broken ATVs and fishing trips good
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We’re Not Out Here Shopping
Every time you pick up a magazine you can read how this guy did this and that guy shot that, but it takes a bit
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Local Angler Receives National Recognition
On October 9, 2013 Dennis Zimmerman was awarded the 2013 Recreational Fishing Award. This award, which is only handed out to a handful of Canadians
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Hooked on Haines
Salmon fishing in Haines is one of the most exciting fishing trips a Yukoner can take. The vast array of species creates an opportunity for
Family; More Than Just a Word
I was born in Yellowknife and raised in Churchill, Manitoba, the same town my mother was raised in. One by one her siblings moved away
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Lost and Found
In 2010, I was privileged to hunt with my 12-year-old daughter on our second successful moose hunt. We were able to get a shot at
Who Wears the Fishing Pants?
There is a competitive spirit in our house. Every season my wife Heather and I bicker about the size and amount of fish we will
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Beginner’s Luck
We pulled into Frenchman Lake campground late at night to find it full. The day was like every other Friday, too busy to take care
Time to Get Out
When I got my Nintendo I didn’t think it would have any impact on children’s lives. Twenty-three years later the computer age has brought some
New Beginnings
It was warm for opening day of the season but I was not going to complain. My dad, Spike, and I sat in the only
From Community TV to National TV
When you hear the name Maximum Limit Fishing, you might expect the same old fishing show. But this is not the case for the Northwest
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Get Off the Couch and into the Wilderness
When Whitehorse was re-branded The Wilderness City it made me think of all the activities and events that are held here annually. As a director
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Ice Fishing: So Much More than a Trip to the Mall
When some of us see snow on the hills, they quiver and start to sink into their couches for the winter. Then there are a
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Bonding Through “Barbie Geese”
“Hayley wake up,” I whispered. “It’s 4:30 and we have to get ready. The sun will be up soon.” This was a very common phrase
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