THE CAMP DAVE BROWN


The HUNTING Tradition! October. As I write this, the leaves on the


trees are beginning to turn various shades of red and yellow. Some have already lost their leaves. I’m in the process of winterizing my boat


It’s all about the camaraderie, the experience of having a chickadee land on the brow of your cap, or feeling your heart pump in anticipation as you hear the sound of a deer run or walk through the bush.


and thinking about putting my “barely used” golf clubs away for the season. And all the while I can only think: “How did summer go by so fast?” Since the


last edition of Bounder, the summer weather was spectacular. I fished for trout on Lake Temagami and for pickerel on Lake of the


Woods. I learned that removing a fish hook from my thumb with needle nose pliers is easier said than done. (Thanks, Doc!) Now my thoughts turn to the start of the fall


hunting season. For generations, hunting has been a


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mainstay of life in rural Ontario and throughout Canada. For many people, hunting is a passion that has bonded family members from one generation to the next − through the passing- down of a set of hunting skills and techniques or the sharing of tales and stories about past hunting experiences. Or by simply sharing and enjoying the quiet of the bush, the smell of fall leaves, the last rays of the sun before the snow begins to fly. For many years, this is a tradition that has


been shared by the Corbin brothers, Wayne and Brian, at their hunting camp near Calabogie, Ont. Situated in Wildlife Management Unit 63A, “Bogie-man Hunt Camp” rests at the end of Stones Lake Road, about 10 km east of Calabogie. “Bounder” (Brian Warren, Bounder Magazine’s publisher) and I have been fortunate enough to share in the Corbins’ experience since the late 1990s and early 2000s, shortly after the two of us passed our hunter education and firearms safety exams. The opportunity to hunt in Ontario,


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