Re: Canada's too empty
[Re: Boco]
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05/20/19 06:55 AM
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Lugnut
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We used to fish out of the Nagagami/Pagwa area in Ontario. We'd spend a week every other year or so. We fished dozens of lakes in the area and only once saw another person fishing. The three of us would catch hundreds and hundreds of northern pike.
Eh...wot?
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Re: Canada's too empty
[Re: Boco]
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05/20/19 09:13 AM
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Cathouse Jim
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It's not for the lack of people, it is outdoor-oriented people. People are too connected to their false lives on FB or other BS to get out in the woods anymore.
How many kids that are about to get out of school are thinking about the summer for camping and fishing? Not many I bet.
"I've reached nearly fifty four years of age with my system."
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Re: Canada's too empty
[Re: Boco]
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05/20/19 10:54 AM
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waggler
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What's crazy is how few Canadians (percentage wise) hunt, fish or trap. I have a friend who's brother in law works at a logging camp of about 60 guys in west central British Columbia, arguably the best hunting area in North America (bear, two species of deer, elk, mt. goats, stone sheep, moose, etc,etc,.) The only guy in the whole camp that hunts is the cook.
If that same logging operation were located in the U.S. they'd practically have to shut down during hunting season due to a mysterious "illness".
"My life is better than your vacation"
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Re: Canada's too empty
[Re: Boco]
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05/20/19 11:33 AM
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Big George W
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...actually, I beg to differ - I'm pretty sure it has to do with the population differences between the States and Canada.
I mean, think about it: Canada's entire population is like that of NY, NJ, and CT....
Canada definately does it right by keeping their population low, they will never have to deal with the over crowding that we have to on a daily basis, and for those in the States who are still lucky enough to live in fairly rural areas, don't worry - eventually that will be totally developed as well as our population continues to skyrocket out of control.
I'm sure there's plenty of people hunting, fishing, trapping.. you just don't see them because the area is so vast.
Case in point: anyone ever watch Mike Gurski's "Canadian Trapline Adventure" DVD ??
There's a part where he's driving along, talking to the cameraman.. he turns on his turn signal, then goes "I don;t know why I even did that, there's nobody behind us for a 100 miles - force of habit I guess..." I mean, a HUNDRED MILES !! *Now that's heaven on earth if you ask me.
I can't even get 100 feet away from another human being here in CT........... !!
My childhood dream was to move to Canada. But it's still just a dream...............
Respect, Big George + Loki the Dog..... East Derby, CT CTA [life member], NTA, FTA, FBU Connecticut Republican Party
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Re: Canada's too empty
[Re: Boco]
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05/20/19 11:51 AM
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Dirt
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I'm sure the " Hundred miles" was just figurative. Even here in Alaska it would be rare to be 50 miles away from the next human being.
Who is John Galt?
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Re: Canada's too empty
[Re: Boco]
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05/20/19 12:11 PM
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Don
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Canada has a population of less that 38 million, about one tenth of the USA. Of that number almost 15 million live in Ontario, almost 40% of that almost 2.7 million or 1/3 live in Toronto. The region from Montreal to Windsor Ontario along the lakes is highly populated. The rest of the country not so much.
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Re: Canada's too empty
[Re: Boco]
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05/20/19 12:54 PM
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Big George W
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Dirt, I understand what you are saying, and perhaps you are right - in fact, I'm sure you are right - it probably was a figure of speech. I do believe they were driving 2 - 3 hours though one way to get to where they were trapping, and Canada is quite a bit larger than Alaska... so i still think it's possible.
I also get that Canada has metropolitan centers where the populations are fairly high, but then again what is the population of the greater NYC metropolitan area, including parts of NJ, and CT ? 15 million maybe ?? It's got to be at least 12 million by the books.......
Canada is a vast beautiful country. It is because of it's low population [relative to other areas...] which makes Canada so great. Personally I think Canad's population is just right. Boco's picture proves it.
I would love to be able to go someplace and not see another soul.
Respect, Big George + Loki the Dog..... East Derby, CT CTA [life member], NTA, FTA, FBU Connecticut Republican Party
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Re: Canada's too empty
[Re: Boco]
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05/20/19 01:25 PM
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J.Morse
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You can find some elbow room here if you look for it. Once back 12-14 years ago a buddy and I were running a Marten/Fisher/'Cat line near the south shore of Lake Superior. It was the first week of December and the rifle season deer guys were gone home.....not that it mattered, the deer leave that area completely when the weather and snow set in. We left our shack at dawn, breaking trail through a decent amount of still-falling snow. We were the first and only vehicle down that road for many miles of forest. We were gone most of the day, having met up with some other trapper friends the next county over. It was near dusk as we slow-rolled back toward camp along the same road we'd driven that a.m. There were tracks of another vehicle only when we were fairly close to each end, and those tracks were made by some loggers working there. We drove a good many miles of forest road where the only tracks were the ones we'd made at daybreak. I admit it was rare enough that we speak of it yet today. A couple weeks later, after the snow got deep, the snowmobilers would have been bumper to bumper on that same stretch. Even here where I live, we have areas of the county where you will break trail for a good long ways after deer season is over. I'd guess 65+% of my county is public land. I used to trap those areas a bunch when I could get away.
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Re: Canada's too empty
[Re: Boco]
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05/20/19 02:03 PM
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Dirt
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Parts of Canada may be remote and empty, but parts with closed fishing seasons are likely not.
Who is John Galt?
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Re: Canada's too empty
[Re: hippie]
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05/20/19 04:10 PM
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Northof50
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Tried to tell ya a couple days ago you need more beaver trappers up there Boco! L o l Canadian auto-correct
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