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OFAH Insider: Grassroots heroes and the CCF

We can ensure Ontario’s outdoor heritage remains vibrant, abundant, and accessible to all through the Community Conservation Fund (CCF).
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OFAH Insider: A few good directors

Want to make a difference? The OFAH is looking for passionate outdoors directors from all over the province.
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OFAH Insider: Banning PFAS

The OFAH fully supports banning toxic substances, especially the elimination of PFAS in firefighting foams, which are highly contaminative.
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Crafted for Conservation
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OFAH Insider: Supporting the Crafted for Conservation campaign

The OFAH Foundation is calling for the donation of antique waterfowl decoys through the Crafted for Conservation campaign.
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OFAH Insider: Rare hardware disease claims Toronto deer

While hardware disease is well-documented in livestock, cases in wild white-tailed deer are extremely rare.
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OFAH Insider: How hunters are hunting

The MNR has published the results of two studies conducted in 2020 and 2021 focusing on Ontario’s small game and turkey hunters.
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OFAH Insider: Reflecting on 2025

The OFAH is ready for the work ahead, and with your support, we’ll continue to deliver real results for Ontario’s outdoors.
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OFAH Insider: Trees for Atlantic salmon

To date, the BBTS program has planted more than 110,000 native trees and shrubs to support the restoration of Lake Ontario’s Atlantic salmon.
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OFAH Insider: Earning your high school volunteer hours

OFAH Foundation offers Ontario high school students the opportunity to earn volunteer hours through online conservation-focused modules.
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OFAH Insider: A powerful tandem

In 2025, we implemented some significant and important changes separating OFAH Membership and OFAH Foundation.
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Keeping it simple when ice fishing

Tim Allard offers tips and tricks from the professionals all about taking your ice fishing back to basics.
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grouse habitat
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Where the wild grouse are

Tom Armstrong delivers on everything you need to know about hunting wild and tasty grouse throughout the province.
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Looking at the best times to hunt bucks

Here are some of Gord Ellis' thoughts about buck movement through the fall — and the best times to focus on notching that tag.
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rattling bucks
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Rattling for bucks

Hunters overlook that buck-on-buck interaction doesn’t always begin with brawling. It starts early in the season with something subtler.
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Cooey Factory in Cobourg
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Cooey: The Winchester years

The history of the highly collectable brand began in Toronto in 1903 when Herbert William Cooey opened the HW Cooey Machine Shop.
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2026 trucks
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2026 Trucks and SUVs

Suddenly, EV sales tanked, rebates evaporated on both sides of the border and support for traditional trucks soared.
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Getting better as an angler

Here are some tips and tricks Tim Allard has found over the years for developing and refining angling expertise.
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nocturnal bucks
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Ambushing the route for nocturnal bucks

If you can get the timing right, you can shed some serious light on those cautious, barely nocturnal bucks.
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Stuck in the bush

Here are a few first-person cautionary tales and some ways I’ve tried to make being stuck in the bush much less likely.
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Mallard with pomegranate sauce

This seasonal, sweet, and savory sauce pairs with mallard wonderfully. It will be a sensational new hit at Christmas.
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Happy Jólabókaflód
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Happy Jólabókaflód

Jólabókaflód or “Christmas Book Flood” is an Icelandic tradition where literary presents are exchanged and enjoyed on Christmas Eve.
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2025 Christmas Gift Guide
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2025 Christmas gift guide

These sure-to-please outdoorsy odds and bods are bound to conjure some smiles once unwrapped during this Christmas season.
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Muskies Canada
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OOD x Muskies Canada

Enjoy these muskellunge-fishing and handling tips by Muskies Canada Public Educational Director Andzej Jakobczak.
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Better luck bowhunting next year

Bowhunting experts mess up, too. Here’s what not to do when bowhunting, to increase your chances of bringing home game.
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Adaptive Sports and Recreation of Canada
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Adaptive Sports and Recreation of Canada boosts access

Adaptive Sports and Recreation of Canada aims to make hunting participation easier for people with disabilities.
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Kavin McEwen
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Disabled hunter has overcome great challenges

Disabled hunter has a love for the outdoors that has overcome overwhelming challenges, both physically and mentally.
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Chris Johnston
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Chris Johnston in elite company

Pro bass angler Chris Johnston of Otonabee reflects on back-to-back Angler of the Year titles, and what he's casting for in the future.
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Ask a CO: On targeting coyote during controlled deer season

A reader asks "can I hunt coyote with a 12-gauge slug, or buckshot, during the two controlled hunt weeks in southern Ontario?"
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Ask a CO: On hunting from a boat

A reader asks about whether and under what conditions it's legal to hunt from a boat. MNR Provincial Enforcement Specialists respond.
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OFAH Insider: Your enduring legacy to conservation

Many support conservation through donations, but more Ontarians are contributing in an enduring way: by providing a legacy gift.
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OFAH Insider: Avian influenza is still out there

Learn to keep yourself and your furry companion safe from Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, also known as H5N1 or HPAI.
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OFAH Insider: A new purpose for old decoys

If you have antique or vintage duck decoys, consider donating them to the OFAH Foundation. Your contribution can make a meaningful impact.
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BrokerLink internship
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OFAH Insider: BrokerLink internship wraps up

The 2025 BrokerLink Insurance Conservation Intern, Brendan Gray, is now wrapping up his term after a busy eight months with the OFAH.
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OFAH Insider: OFFE for family fishing

Ontario Family Fishing Events (OFFE) connect communities with local fishing opportunities while offering prizes.
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OFAH Insider: Government reopens gun confiscation money pit

The final pieces are in place for the government’s gun confiscation plan, and the OFAH has serious concerns.
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OFAH Insider: 2025 ISAP Hit Squad efforts wind down

The Invading Species Awareness Program (ISAP) recently wrapped up its 17th year of the Invading Species Hit Squad.
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OFAH Insider: Wild deer under pressure from CWD control program changes

The proposed changes to the federal chronic wasting disease (CWD) control program put Ontario’s wild deer at risk.
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OFAH Insider: Is your club being deceived about insurance?

The OFAH continues to provide industry-leading insurance coverage, and a total member value that far surpasses any other organization.
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OFAH Insider: Levelling up OFAH Membership

At OFAH Membership, we are fortunate to have members who support and believe in our mission. Here are some current membership perks.
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OFAH Insider: Darlington duckin’

For more than 30 years, McLaughlin Bay in Darlington Provincial Park has hosted a controlled waterfowl hunt.
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OFAH Insider: A case for sandhill cranes

A Journal of Wildlife Management research paper cites sustainable harvest levels for North America’s eastern population of sandhill cranes.
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OFAH Insider: Supporting zones

While zone operations have slowed, and even paused during bifurcation, we’re getting back on track and building zones stronger than ever.
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PFAS fish consumption
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OFAH Insider: New advice for PFAS in Ontario fish

Provincial advisory updates added for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances — PFAS — in Guide to Eating Ontario Fish.
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NXTGEN
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OFAH Insider: Welcoming NXT-GEN

OFAH welcomes year five NXT-GEN Ambassadors. Since 2021, OFAH has recruited and supported anglers and hunters in the 18–30-year-old age.
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OFAH Insider: Cultivating conservationists

OFAH Foundation’s classroom hatchery program creating new stewards, nurturing the conservationists of tomorrow.
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moose tag changes
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OFAH Insider: Moose tag changes

The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) is moving forward with proposed changes to the points-based moose tag allocation system in 2027.
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NASP instructors
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OFAH Insider: NASP instructors wanted

The National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) is an in-school program aimed at improving performance among students in Grades 4-12.
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red swamp crayfish
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OFAH Insider: Red swamp crayfish targeted

The red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) is the latest invasive crayfish discovery in Ontario’s waters.
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OFAH Insider: OFAH | Fitzsimons Financial Conservation Internship ends

For eight years the Fitzsimons Financial Group has funded an internship at the OFAH to support the Policy and Program Department's outreach.
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OFAH Insider: Honouring our heritage, shaping the future

National Hunting, Trapping and Fishing Heritage Day, observed this year on September 20, is more than a date on the calendar.
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Bluewater Anglers Kids Training Day
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OFAH Insider: Bluewater Anglers Kids Training Day 2025

The hatchery at Point Edward was filled with sounds of excitement as the Bluewater Anglers hosted their annual Kids Training Day on May 31.
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OFAH Insider: Growing our members

In advocacy, numbers represent political currency. The more members we have, the more weight we carry for Ontario's anglers and hunters.
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Shore angler proudly shows off a freshly caught largemouth bass with a scenic lake behind.
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Garmin Navionics: A shore angler’s companion

Shore fishing can be tough, but Garmin Navionics makes it easy with detailed underwater maps of nearly every major North American waterbody.
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Gone fishing with Tyler Bertuzzi

If there’s an activity that former Maples Leafs winger Tyler Bertuzzi loves as much as hockey, it might be fishing.
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Ask a CO: On harvesting a sow

A reader asks whether or not it's legal to shoot a sow with yearlings during the spring bear hunt while bear hunting.
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Ask a CO: On hunter orange and overlapping seasons

A reader asks for further clarification on wearing hunter orange in Wildlife Management Units (WMUs) where two seasons overlap.
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Ammo & Ballistics 6
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Book Review: Ammo & Ballistics 6

Ammo & Ballistics 6 is an impressive book and a fine resource that should be kept within easy reach on your reloading bench.
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OFAH Insider: Celebrating 20 years of hunter apprenticeship

The Hunter Apprenticeship Safety Program (HASP) allows 12-to-14-year-olds to legally participate in the hunt under direct supervision.
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The walleye opener

The walleye opener is a day when nearly every angler hits the water. It can also be the first fishing disappointment of the year.
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Walleye with a side of panfish

Walleye are still the favourite food fish of Ontario’s anglers. But other species, particularly panfish, are growing in popularity.
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OFAH Insider: The importance of embracing change

We’re proud of our history of embracing change and look forward to what the next 90 years of change will bring.
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OFAH Insider: How bear hunters are contributing to wildlife management

Some black bear hunters have begun receiving a 2017 Ontario Black Bear Hunter Survey in the mail from the MNRF.
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OFAH Insider: No spring rabbit and hare season in northern Ontario this year

Last March, the MNRF announced major changes to the snowshoe hare season in the north, moving the closing date from June 15 to March 31.
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OFAH Insider: A look at the draft Algonquin wolf recovery strategy

The draft Algonquin wolf recovery strategy recommends a ban on hunting and trapping in a massive 39,000-square-kilometre area of Ontario.
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OFAH Insider: Canine tapeworm in Ontario

Ph.D. candidate Jonathon Kotwa has been conducting a study to gather information on canine tapeworm in wild canids of Ontario.
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OFAH Insider: New funding to grow Atlantic Salmon classroom hatchery program

The OFAH and the Lake Ontario Atlantic Salmon Restoration Program (LOASRP) recently received a three-year $307,300 Grow Grant.
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OFAH Insider: A word from the OFAH

Overall, the OFAH is excited about the changes through this new model, and we hope you enjoy your new reading experience.
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Ontario fishing regulation zones
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OFAH Insider: 2018 fishing regulation changes

The OFAH plays an important role in fisheries conservation. Here are some changes to the 2018 fishing regulations that you should know.
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OFAH Insider: Your voice in fisheries management

The OFAH works in partnership with all levels of government, organizations, and individuals to conserve fisheries and enhance opportunities.
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OFAH Insider: Issues threaten angler access

When an increase in municipal fishing issues cropped up in Ontario involving angler access, the OFAH provided assistance.
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OFAH Insider: Changes to licensing for anglers and hunters

Anglers and hunters will see major changes to licensing starting in 2018 as the MNR upgrades the Licensing Automation System (LAS).
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