OPC Tips and Tricks

Prepare Meat on a Stick:


When dehydrating or smoking meat, pierce an end of each strip with a toothpick.  Set the toothpicks across the bars of the rack or grill, letting the meat hang down.  You'll get faster result - and better taste.






Keep Live Bait on a Leash:


Use a 2-liter bottle to hold minnows when you're wade fishing.  Poke small holes in the bottle and add minnows. Tie one end of a cord to the neck (of the bottle), the other to your waders.  The bottle should stay afloat while you fish.

Source: Field & Stream

Scouting with.... your iPhone?

Zoom in With Your Camera Phone

A neat wildlife-viewing trick if you have a smartphone is to employ your binoculars as a magnifier.  Using the camera function on my iPhone, I line up the lens with one of the lenses of my binoculars and use the phone's screen as a viewfinder.  I spotted a buck, which was easily 125-plus yards away, and was able to snap several scouting photos and even some video.

-story source: Field & Stream March 2011-

A Total Outdoorsman - Is a Mentor

The following is an article that touches on the very soul of the true Outdoorsman.

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Mentoring our children is a natural extension of the love that creates them.  It takes little forethought or effort to place your hand over a boy's hand on the rod cork when he casts for trout, if the boy is your son, or to prop a backpack for a shotgun rest when a girl aims at a turkey, if the girl is your daughter.  But fewer Americans (*and in this case, Canadians) take to the outdoors each year, and for our connection to the earth to survive the 21st century, we must make a dedicated effort to extend the light of our passion for hunting and fishing beyond the circle of family.


The importance of passing the torch and becoming a mentor in this larger sense was driven home to me one evening when I rowed a friend of my son around in an alpine lake as he trolled a fly for cutthroat trout.  He was a tough kid who had endured a family situation that was far from ideal - I had picked him up at the battered-women's shelter - but water smooths stones, and the lake sanded the rough edges to reveal the smile underneath.  We may think of mentoring as giving, but its rewards go both ways, and the look on that boy's face when I scooped his first trout into the net is one I'll never forget.  Today, a photo of that kid at a fish fry the following day hangs over my desk.  It brings me joy every time I look at it.  But much more satisfaction is that the ripples those trout made have continued to spread as the boy, now a young man, teaches his own children to fish.


Had I fished alone that evening I might have caught more trout, but with only my eyes to see them they would have been long forgotten.

Source - Field & Stream May 2011

The Perfect Post-Fishing Cocktail

Celebrate a Memorable Day On The Water


It even looks like the perfect summer drink.  Tall, cold, and bubbly with a slice of lime, a gin and tonic is a tropical tradition dating back more than a century.  British colonials in India and beyond mixed quinine with carbonated water as an antimalarial medication.  Adding gin helped disguise quinine's bitter taste.  Modern tonic waters still contain quinine, but in smaller, non medicinal amounts.  Its still works magic, though, when mixed with a proper London gin in an ice-filled glass.  Then as now, a gin and tonic doesn't actually repel mosquitoes.  But after a couple you won't mind the bites so much.

photo  and  story  by  Field  &  Stream  June  2011

Norinco YW-12 Tactical Shotgun FOR SALE

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:

Consignment Sale

NORINCO YW-12 PUMP ACTION TACTICAL SHOTGUN 

(REMINGTON 870 CLONE)

$350 NO GST - FREE SHIPPING

Comes complete with:

- 18.5" barrel
- interchangable pistol grip stock and Knoxx Spec-Ops 6 position M4 style Telescopic Tactical Stock
- steel heat shield
- gradient sights (similar to SKS sights)
- side saddle shotshell holder (holds six rounds)
- Kolpin tactical sling
- barrel cap sling swivel, as well as original fixed barrel cap 

Chambered in 12 gauge, accepts 2 3/4" and 3" shotshells, technically identical to a Remington 870 shotgun, all interchangable parts.
Gun works great, great camping/protection gun. 

All sales and used and consignment items are final, no returns or refunds. 

CLICK HERE TO VIEW DETAILS AND PICTURES

CALL 1.855.HUNT.OPC for more info.

Spotlight on: Briden Solutions Gear of the Month

Outdoor Pursuits Canada is pleased to introduce Briden Solutions - emergency preparedness products & solutions.

Part 1 of an ongoing gear of the month feature is....

The Volcano Stove from Briden Solutions is BACK just in time for BBQ and camping season! 

The Volcano 2 Collapsible Cook Stove is the best stove you can have for  camping, hunting, and backyard roasts.

The Volcano's amazingly energy efficient.
You can cook an entire meal with a 12 inch long 2 x 4 piece of wood! 
It collapses into itself for easy transport and storage.
And it offers Tri-fuel capacity -  fuel it with charcoal/brickets, wood or propane.

Learn more about the Volcano 
or
Order yours now

Briden Solutions is an Alberta based emergency preparedness company, learn more about how they can help you be better prepared online at www.BridenSolutions.ca

Things to consider when shopping for used archery tackle:

Spring hunting season is here and fall season is just around the corner, are you considering buying a used bow? Consider these five points carefully before you buy:



1) Is the lower cam nicked or stressed?


2) What is the draw length?


3) Are string or cables frayed or worn?


4) Are limbs cracked or split?


5) Are there accessories included?


Buying a used bow can be awesome and save you lots of $$$, but you gotta do your homework! Happy hunting from OPC!