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Ontario Out of Doors magazine @oodmag.bsky.social · 4h

Ask any gun dog enthusiast which is the best breed of hunting dog for small game hunting in Ontario and the opinions will overwhelm you. Here are the specific breeds that are most suited to hunt the “big five” species of small game in Ontario. www.ofah.org/oodonline/hu... #Dogs

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Justin Hoffman @hoffmanoutdoors.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

A lot of whitetail bucks gingerly work over licking branches. This deer... not so much. youtu.be/2DUQ9VOKeO4 @oodmag.bsky.social #deer #deerhunting #whitetaildeer #trailcam #trailcamera

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Ontario Out of Doors magazine @oodmag.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

...eerie howl at the peak mere yards above and behind me, just to let me know I wasn’t alone.

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Ontario Out of Doors magazine @oodmag.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Ken Doherty: My only true scare happened years ago in Northwestern Ontario while moose hunting. It was still dark when I finally reached my watch just below the brow of a rocky peak overlooking a new cut. I had just settled into my chair when a lone wolf let out a long loud...

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Ontario Out of Doors magazine @oodmag.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Congratulations to #PhotoFriday winner Linken Bell of Shakespeare, who caught some big smallmouth on the St. Clair River using a drop-shot rig. Submit your photos to oodmag.com/mbentry for a chance to win! #Hunting #Fishing #Outdoors #Ontario #Memories #Contest #Winner

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Ontario Out of Doors magazine @oodmag.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The best moose spots aren’t always obvious — and they’re rarely easy. They’re often small, dirty, inconspicuous places just far enough off the road, or just difficult enough to reach, that most hunters never bother with them. ofah.org/oodonline/hu... #Moose

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Ontario Out of Doors magazine @oodmag.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

...fish and game law. Instead, they asked if I had seen the guy in the photo. Oshawa had experienced its seventh murder of the year the night before, and the suspect was last seen in the vicinity. I left, deciding if he was still around, he could have the spot.

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Ontario Out of Doors magazine @oodmag.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Geoff Coleman: Fishing a run on Oshawa Creek just after sunrise, I saw a heavily armed and uniformed police officer holding up a photo. Three more officers and a German shepherd appeared from the near darkness, so I waded back wondering if I was breaking some obscure...

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Ontario Out of Doors magazine @oodmag.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

An ERO proposal seeks public input regarding the creation of five new protected areas and the addition of more land to existing reserves. www.ofah.org/oodonline/ne... @ontarioparks.bsky.social #Hunting #Fishing #Outdoors #Ontario #ProvincialParks #ConservationAreas #Hectares

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Ontario Out of Doors magazine @oodmag.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Waiting after the shot is one of the most important decisions you’ll make — for both the animal and your chances of recovering it. www.ofah.org/oodonline/hu... #Hunting #Fishing #Outdoors #Ontario #BigGame #Recoveries #Waiting

A blood trail near a fallen mossy log on top of leaves

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Ontario Out of Doors magazine @oodmag.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

#MemoryBank photos uploaded! 📸 Submit your photos to oodmag.com/mbentry for a chance to win a $25 gift card to Gagnon Sports and appear online/in print as part of our weekly Photo Friday contest. Send us your pics! #Hunting #Fishing #Outdoors #Ontario #MemoryBank #Contest

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Ontario Out of Doors magazine @oodmag.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The spiny water flea, one of Canada’s most damaging invasive species, has been in Ontario much longer than previously believed. 📸 Andrew Barcham, OPP www.ofah.org/oodonline/ne... @trentuniversity.bsky.social @queensuresearch.bsky.social #Fishing #Outdoors #Ontario #InvasiveSpecies #SpinyWaterFlea

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Ontario Out of Doors magazine @oodmag.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Jeff Gustafson: Years ago I was waiting to pick friends up at night by boat. It was nearly dark and I was in a cedar swamp, which are creepy by nature. A pack of wolves starting fully going off over the hill. I hotfooted it, happy to be back in the boat!

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Ontario Out of Doors magazine @oodmag.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Looking for a back issue? We might have it! OOD has decades of mint magazines in storage. Request yours today at 1-800-361-0645 or: subscribe@oodmag.com Cost is $10 per issue (includes shipping). #Hunting #Fishing #Outdoors #Ontario #FromTheArchives #BackIssues

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Ontario Out of Doors magazine @oodmag.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Haliburton Forest and Wild Life Reserve opened a different kind of sporting clays range. www.ofah.org/oodonline/gu... #Hunting #Fishing #Outdoors #Ontario #SportingClays #LessonsFromTheRange

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Ontario Out of Doors magazine @oodmag.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Canadian trap shooter Paul Shaw is now the second Ontario resident inducted into the Amateur Trapshooting Association’s (ATA) Hall of Fame, after a ceremony on Aug. 4.*

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Ontario Out of Doors magazine @oodmag.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Jeff Helsdon: Waterfowl hunters can be caught in scary weather, particularly over big water. On Lake Erie, in a 14-foot punt boat with a shallow draft, water was soon coming over the sides, despite our being in a protected bay. We walked the boat in, albeit later than planned.

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Ontario Out of Doors magazine @oodmag.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Submit your photos to oodmag.com/mbentry for a chance to win a $25 gift card to Gagnon Sports and appear online/in print as part of our weekly Photo Friday contest. #Hunting #Fishing #Outdoors #Ontario #Memories #Contest #Winner

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Ontario Out of Doors magazine @oodmag.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Congratulations to #PhotoFriday winner Joshua Marion of Petawawa, whose first fly-in moose hunt with Jacob Dickerson, Mathew Dickerson, and Scott Laderoute via Ogoki Frontier was a success in WMU 16C. This bull responded to cow calls, creating an opening at 100 yards on opening morning.

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Ontario Out of Doors magazine @oodmag.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Ontario trap shooter Paul Shaw is now the second Canadian inducted into the Amateur Trapshooting Association’s (ATA) Hall of Fame. www.ofah.org/oodonline/ne... Photo Credit: Stewart Attwood #Hunting #Fishing #Outdoors #Ontario #PaulShaw #HallOfFame

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Ontario Out of Doors magazine @oodmag.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

...that originated from the folklore of Algonquian-speaking tribes. Later that night, during a lull in the conversation, the quiet crackle of the fire was broken by a blood-curdling cry from across the lake. I’ve never heard a sound like it again.

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Ontario Out of Doors magazine @oodmag.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Gord Ellis: Friends and I were going to a fly-in lake north of Lake Nipigon for a week. The outfitter told us before we went “you need to know there is a wendigo on the lake.” I knew a little about the lore of the wendigo and that it was a mythological, cannibalistic being...

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Ontario Out of Doors magazine @oodmag.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“Over decades of deer seasons, I have seen surprising deer behaviour that has challenged my ideas on what spooks deer,” Al Davy writes. Read more on this exclusive on how to navigate these spooked-deer scenarios. www.ofah.org/oodonline/hu... #BigGame #Deer #SpookedDeer

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Ontario Out of Doors magazine @oodmag.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Ministry of Natural Resources launched a new online tool for reporting dead or sick cervids (deer, elk, moose) earlier this month. www.ofah.org/oodonline/ne... #Hunting #Fishing #Outdoors #Ontario #ReportingTool #SickCervids

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Ontario Out of Doors magazine @oodmag.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The province is calling for applications for $1.8 million in funding for community-led projects to protect and improve the Great Lakes. www.ofah.org/oodonline/ne... #Hunting #Fishing #Outdoors #Ontario #GreatLakes #Funding

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Ontario Out of Doors magazine @oodmag.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Congratulations to #PhotoFriday winner Brett Taylor of Tillsonburg, who took his daughter Lyla out to the Pleasant Valley Trout Farm catch-and-release pond. Submit your photos to oodmag.com/mbentry for a chance to win! #Hunting #Fishing #Outdoors #Ontario #Contest #Winner

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Ontario Out of Doors magazine @oodmag.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The October 2026 solunar calendar is now available! 🍁 Get the dates and times when fish and wildlife will be most active this month. www.ofah.org/oodonline/ne... #Hunting #Fishing #Outdoors #Ontario #October #SolunarCalendar #Fall

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Ontario Out of Doors magazine @oodmag.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

“Beads of cold rain dripped off waxy-green spruce needles and dimpled the misty-grey water. Out front, my half-dozen decoys looked stiff and lifeless on the placid pond. A smell of sweet cedar permeated the damp air, lulling my senses..." — Bob Bailey, September 1988. #TBT #ThrowbackThursday #Fall

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Ontario Out of Doors magazine @oodmag.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The province is investing $5 million to fight phragmites, one of the most harmful invasive plants in Ontario. www.ofah.org/oodonline/hu... #Hunting #Fishing #Outdoors #Ontario #Phragmites #InvasiveSpecies #Funding

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Ontario Out of Doors magazine @oodmag.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

“For years, I’d been meaning to venture to Hullett Provincial Wildlife Area, yet somehow a day of hunting there always escaped me. That changed last fall…” www.ofah.org/oodonline/tr... #Hunting #Fishing #Outdoors #Ontario #HullettMarsh #HullettProvincialWildlifeArea

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Ontario Out of Doors magazine @oodmag.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A reader asks whether it is legal to plant and flood cornfields for the purpose of waterfowl hunting. www.ofah.org/oodonline/qa... #Hunting #Fishing #Outdoors #Ontario #Waterfowl #MigratoryBirds #AskACO

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Ontario Out of Doors magazine @oodmag.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The Canadian-made, towable, self-supporting 10-foot, 300-pound Nicky 10 hunting stand can be set up and broken down in minutes by hand. www.ofah.org/oodonline/gu... #Hunting #Fishing #Outdoors #Ontario #Nicky10 #HuntingStand

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Ontario Out of Doors magazine @oodmag.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

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Ontario Out of Doors magazine @oodmag.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Bruce Power gizzard shad die off in February 2025 greater than previously reported, at an estimated 8.1 million fish deceased. The fish school towards the warmer nuclear discharge, enabling greater populations of fish. Source: CBC #Ontario #BrucePower #GizzardShad #FishEvent

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Ontario Out of Doors magazine @oodmag.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A documentary short about fishing and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is seeking funding for post-production editing and marketing. www.ofah.org/oodonline/ne... #Hunting #Fishing #Outdoors #SilentWaters #Documentary #FirstResponders #PTSD

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Ontario Out of Doors magazine @oodmag.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Spotted lanternfly, an invasive species known to kill crops and trees, has been spotted in Canada. www.ofah.org/oodonline/ne... #Hunting #Fishing #Outdoors #Ontario #SpottedLanternfly #InvasiveSpecies

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Ontario Out of Doors magazine @oodmag.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Behind-the-scenes of the annual #CamoDay photoshoot at OFAH HQ! 🦌🎣🦫 Happy #HeritageDay in advance to the all the hunters, anglers, and trappers across Canada. #Hunting #Fishing #Outdoors #Ontario #Canada

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Ontario Out of Doors magazine @oodmag.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

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Ontario Out of Doors magazine @oodmag.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Congratulations to #PhotoFriday winner Marek Twarog of Mississauga, who caught this Kawartha Lakes tiger muskie over a basin adjacent to a major offshore shoal. It measured 46.25 inches.

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Ontario Out of Doors magazine @oodmag.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Epic fall fashions as seen in the Sept. 1988 issue of Ontario Out of Doors. #Hunting #Fishing #Outdoors #FallFashions #The80s #TBT #ThrowbackThursday

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Ontario Out of Doors magazine @oodmag.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

There are countless camera options available on the market, but here are four based on functionality, price, ease of use, and uniqueness while documenting your hunting and fishing experiences. www.ofah.org/oodonline/gu... #Hunting #Fishing #Outdoors #Ontario #Gear #Filming

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Ontario Out of Doors magazine @oodmag.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

You can turn smoked venison meatballs into a crispy, crowd-pleasing appetizer with these air-fried egg rolls. www.ofah.org/oodonline/co... #Hunting #Fishing #Outdoors #Ontario #Venison #WildGame #Apps

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Ontario Out of Doors magazine @oodmag.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A Scarborough food business and its directors have been fined $27,000 for importing and selling snakehead fish. “Snakeheads, if introduced to our waters, would fundamentally change our fisheries," OFAH Foundation ISAP Program Advisor Brook Schryer stated. www.ofah.org/oodonline/ne...

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Ontario Out of Doors magazine @oodmag.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The Opener spread for the 2026-2027 Hunting Annual. 📸: Dylan Adams 📍: Tweed #Hunting #Fishing #Outdoors #Ontario #Photography #OntarioOUTofDOORS #Buck

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Ontario Out of Doors magazine @oodmag.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

“It was an afternoon where everything seemed to be coming together. For a muskie angler, those days make for prime time on the water,” Pat Bailey writes. www.ofah.org/oodonline/bl... #Hunting #Fishing #Outdoors #Ontario #MuskieFishing #AdaptiveAngling #DadAdvice

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Ontario Out of Doors magazine @oodmag.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Sponsored: Vortex Triumph HD 3-9x40 Riflescope and Triumph HD 850 Laser Rangefinder for a season of successful hunting. 🔗 www.vortexcanada.net #Hunting #Fishing #Outdoors #Ontario #VortexOptics #VortexCanada #Triumph #Riflescope #Rangefinder

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Ontario Out of Doors magazine @oodmag.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

What was supposed to be a five-minute walk in the woods nearly threatened 88-year-old Bobcaygeon moose hunter Don Moore’s life. www.ofah.org/oodonline/hu... #Hunting #Fishing #Outdoors #Ontario #TheWoods #MooseHunting #RescueStory

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Ontario Out of Doors magazine @oodmag.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Gord Ellis shows us what’s for lunch at the Nipigon Marina while trout fishing earlier this year with clients. #Hunting #Fishing #Outdoors #Nipigon #TroutFishing #AGoodLunch

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Ontario Out of Doors magazine @oodmag.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Congratulations to #PhotoFriday winner Vanessa Hawkins of Petawawa, who caught her first muskie (50.5 inches) on the French River. A huge milestone and a hard one to beat! Submit your photos to oodmag.com/mbentry for a chance to win! #Hunting #Fishing #Outdoors #Ontario #Memories #Contest #Winner

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