Canadian manhunt ends

Manhunt ends: Bodies believed to be B.C. murder suspects found in northern Manitoba
https://winnipegsun.com/news/nation...rder-suspects-found-in-northern-manitoba

happy ending

very happy ending.

Will save the justice system/taxpayers millions over the decades to come versus a couple of life sentences in prison for 50+ years each for two sick people who were in their late teens. What they call "best of a bad situation".

Crosspatch. You got that 100% right ! Up here we have been known to let murderers walk the streets after they have taken their meds for a while.

yeah,no worrying about them 2 eatin anybody after rehab.

Looks to me like they got rehabilitated just fine.

Did they give up or did they finally find a man in Canada? I didn't read the article.

They were found dead a little ways in the bush.
Flys drove them to kill themselves likely.
The Northern boreal forest is no place for southerners.

I agree with Boco here-I have been north in the summer-the bugs are absolutely relentless-if you have never experienced them-do you best not to-it will be something you'll remember forever.

What kind of bugs-flies ? Skeeters ? Deer flies ?

Yes

I am in NW Ontario right now. Skeeters are worse than I’ve ever seen them in 40 years. Usually only bother during dawn and dusk but they have been bad all day every day. Ankle biters and deer flys seem to be at normal levels.

Thanks, Trapset. I was hoping those two stumbled across someone who didn't tolerate their stunts .

I went on a spring bear hunt in Manitoba in 2011. Base camp was a hotel in Manigotagan on lake Winnipeg. The bugs were unreal mostly mosquitos. A thermacell helped but i got several bites the first night on stand. Those bites left some big welts on my face. Lucky for me one of the guys tagged out early and he let me use a bug suit with a hood. Our guide made it real clear that you do not go looking for your bear by yourself for the obvious reason and to stay put until he came to get you. He told us numerous stories of people getting lost in the woods as they are so thick and the bugs would drive you to the point of taking your life. I did not believe him at first but after a few days out there I could believe it. I would not go back with out a bug tamer suit.

I was in Ontario fishing thirty years ago, every bug you saw was either biting you, going to bite you, or just got done biting you. Black flies, mosquitoes, main culprits but virtually any bug would bite you. Fishing lousy, beer too expensive, never even considered going back to that heck hole.

hey Otis,tell us how ya really feel.

Horse flys(bulldogs) and hoards of blackflies in the day when its hot,and mosquitoes at night,especially at dawn and dusk,and then the tiny sandflies (noseeums) that are the worst.
We learn how to live with them here.I haven't used bug dope in the bush for years.I stopped using bug dope when hunting spring bear.it contaminates the meat that is processed in the bush.Loose fitting fairly heavy clothes with tight cuffs and NO HOLES in the day when on the move,and a smudge at night or in the day when not moving.
Native remedy to keep bugs from biting exposed skin is bear grease rubbed on,when a smudge is not practical.Damp sphagnum moss is the best to use on a smudge.
As far as getting lost in the bush here-quite a few have disappeared over the years and never been found.
Check out the blackfly song on utube by Wade Hemsworth.
It was written by a guy working on the newpost diversion of the little Abitibi river back in the 50's,not far(about 2 miles) from where I am trapping nuisance beaver right now.

horse flies have teeth,it's my story and i'll tell it anyway i want.

If it weren’t for the bugs NW Ont would be packed full of Tourists in the summer.

That’s my favorite thing about the bugs here. 😀

Like Boco, I haven’t used bug dope here or at home in years. Clothing and timing are best defense IMO. Also lighting PIC mosquito coils in shop, cabin, outhouse etc. clear them out quick, fast, and in a hurry!

If it's anything like northern MN, it's all of the above and throw in some mighty nasty biting horse flies.

Sounds awful ! I dont care for wind, but in that habitat, a constant wind would give some relief !

You guys don't know bugs. Manitoba pah: child's play; try the Yukon Coast in July. There so thick they block out the sun. Plus did them killers not drowned? From the story it sounds like they had a row boat and ended up in the river. Isn't that why they needed the dive team. Details men details, trappers are suppose to be sticklers for them they tell the story. They were living out a video game you do not game over yourself due to bugs.

U guys r reminding me of last week in Maine!! Driving down a 2 track in the North woods with windows up and ac on in the Forester my wife asked me if I felt like meat under glass!!! Thats how thick they were hovering just outside the windows and perched on side mirrors!!!

Pah. The bugs of northern Saskatchewan have been known to carry away young children when the parents aren’t looking.

They didn’t drown. They were found a km from the river and the boat in the thick woods. Dang details. Well, maybe they did drown. And then crawled to their deaths. Or maybe the bugs picked em off the river and dropped them inland?

You guys in no mans land don’t have the vegetation to support the bugs we have here. Your tree’s are pencils.

They're the same this week. You don't have to go to Canada to get eaten alive by bugs.

Um-your wrong Jurassic-been caribou hunting a ton on the border of the territories-and 411 has bugs like you have never seen-sandilands doesn't hold a candle to the bugs up north.Northern Manitoba insects are horrific at best-but I was very surprised how bad they were on the wide open tundra-black flies were relentless.Northern Manitoba bugs are by no means child play-not even close.

All the bitingflies hatch in water.So anywhere with muskeg-a lot of water everywhere,like the James and Hudson bay lowlands (think prime beaver habitat)have hoards of biting flies.The season is short for them here,june and early july being by far the worst time.Blackflies can get bad during the years we get an indian summer for a week or so,in late sept early oct also.
There is another biting fly-a white coloured fly-out in the James bay that is worse than mosquitoes or blackflies for biting and numbers.I don't know the name of that fly,the Indians call it the whitefly.It is only in the saltwater and brackish rivermouths of the Bay,and far out on the Bay itself.

Pah: you want to see suffering they should have ALONE the Arctic up along the Yukon Coast in the summer. They might get a seal sitting on the shore but the bugs will drive them to quite in a week tops. I usually travel with three new big cans of Deep Woods OFF. They will be empty by the end of a two day trip. Orange can of Off considered high class cologne up here. But its a short season they are mostly done already. were into the windy and rainy season and on the coast you need a winter jacket most days.

I've been following along, I expect to hear news in a day or 2.

A floating sleeping bag in the fast flowing river alerted a passing trapper.
then a smashed up johnboat.
self-inflicting gunshot wounds

there is a long cyber trail to unravel now.

Mosquitoes are so bad here that doctors recommend leaving the stinger in until you get to the hospital.