Muskoka Outdoors is a Canadian website and blog dedicated to promoting the pursuits of hunting, fishing and conservation in Muskoka, Canada and North America. We like to Hunt Proud. Fish Hard!
The Owner:
Bill Anderson is a Canadian Outdoor Blogger at his own blog, Muskoka Outdoors. He also is a blog contributor to the World Fishing Network website.
Many of his adventures can also be read on other media website outlets like the Chicago Sun Times websites and The Examiner.
Bill has a biology degree and is equally comfortable with a spinning, fly rod and hunting rifle.
FAIR CHASE STATEMENT
FAIR CHASE, as defined by the Boone and Crockett Club, is the ethical, sportsmanlike, and lawful pursuit and taking of any free-ranging (swimming) wild, native North American big game animal (or fish) in a manner that does not give the hunter/angler an improper advantage over such animals.
Hunting and Fishing Ethics
Fundamental to all hunting is the concept of conservation of natural resources. Hunting and fishing in today's world involves the regulated harvest of individual animals (and fish) in a manner that conserves, protects, and perpetuates the hunted (fished) population. The angler/hunter engages in a one-to-one relationship with the quarry and his or her hunting/fishing should be guided by a hierarchy of ethics related to hunting/fishing, which includes the following tenets:
1. Obey all applicable laws and regulations.
2. Respect the customs of the locale where the hunting/fishing occurs.
3. Exercise a personal code of behavior that reflects favorably on your abilities and sensibilities as a hunter/angler.
4. Attain and maintain the skills necessary to make the kill (or catch and release) as certain and quick as possible.
5. Behave in a way that will bring no dishonor to either the hunter/angler, the hunted, the hooked or the environment.
6. Recognize that these tenets are intended to enhance the hunter and angler's experience of the relationship between predator and prey, which is one of the most fundamental relationships of humans and their environment. (Adapted from the Boone and Crockett Website)
7. To share the benefits of these traditions with others.
Catch and Release
Muskoka Outdoors encourages the practice of catch and release fishing with barb-less hooks (as much as is possible).
