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INGREDIENTS: * 1/2 cup butter * 1 1/4 cups white sugar * 2 eggs * 2 cups all-purpose flour * 2 teaspoons baking powder * 1/2 teaspoon salt * 1/4 cup milk * 2 1/2 cups fresh blueberries * 1/4 cup white sugar DIRECTIONS: 1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease … Continue reading Blueberry Muffins

INGREDIENTS: * 1 cup graham cracker crumbs * 2 tablespoons white sugar * 1/4 cup melted butter * 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened * 1 cup sour cream * 3/4 cup white sugar * 1 teaspoon vanilla extract * 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour * 4 eggs * 2 cups frozen blueberries, dry pack … Continue reading Blueberry Cheesecake

INGREDIENTS: * 2 tablespoons fresh blueberries * 2 tablespoons blueberry preserves * 1 tablespoon pomegranate juice * 5 tablespoons unsalted butter * 3/4 cup white sugar * 1 egg * 1/3 cup milk * 1 teaspoon almond extract * 2 teaspoons lemon zest * 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice * 2 cups all-purpose flour * 2 … Continue reading Blueberry Almond Scones

Detailed information on the recent re-discovery of blue walleye, not to be confused with it’s extinct counter part, the blue pike, as well as a theory/explanation as to why/what makes the walleye blue. Blue walleye retain this colour due to a lack of yellow skin pigment and a blueish protein in the mucus coating on its skin.

INGREDIENTS: * 4 pounds bear meat * 1/4 cup all-purpose flour * 1 teaspoon dried oregano * 1 teaspoon salt * 1 teaspoon ground black pepper * 4 tablespoons margarine * 2 tablespoons olive oil * 1 onion, chopped * 1 cup beef broth * 4 bay leaves * 2 pounds red potatoes, diced * … Continue reading Black Bear Stew

Berry picking in Northwestern Ontario is a fun way to enjoy nature, venture away from the lodge and pick some fresh berries that can be used for many different recipes. Blueberry pie, raspberry jam, strawberry shortcake! The opportunities are endless. Northwestern Ontario is abundant with wild blueberries, as well as raspberries. While picking, it is important to stay bear safe. Learn how to can/jar your fresh berries, and enjoy them year round!

INGREDIENTS: * 3 pounds rabbit meat * 2 tablespoons garlic salt * 2 (12 fluid ounce) cans beer DIRECTIONS 1. Preheat grill to medium high and lightly oil grate. 2. Place rabbit meat on heated grill and season with garlic salt. Pour beer into a medium bowl. Let meat cook 15 minutes, then start basting … Continue reading Beer-Basted Rabbit

INGREDIENTS: * 2 – 4 lbs. cut beaver * 1/2 cup flour * 1 tsp. salt * 1/4 tsp. paprika * 1/2 tsp. salt * 1/2 cup water * 1 cup sour cream * Oil to cover * 1 onion, sliced DIRECTIONS: 1. Clean beaver and soak overnight in salted water (1 tbsp. salt to … Continue reading Beaver With Sour Creme

INGREDIENTS: * 2lbs ground beaver meat * 2 eggs * 1/2 cup oatmeal * 1/2tsp salt * 1/4tsp seasoning salt * 1/2cup chopped onions * 1/4tsp pepper * 1/4tsp season all DIRECTIONS: 1. Thoroughly mix all ingredients together. 2. Fry or barbecue until cooked. serve on hamburger buns.

INGREDIENTS: * Beaver, 8 – 10 pounds * 1 bay leaf * 2 medium onions * 2 garlic cloves * celery leaves * flour DIRECTIONS: 1. Remove most fat from beaver. Cut up as you would a rabbit, soak overnight in salt water. 2. Parboil until about half cooked in water with the bay leaf, … Continue reading Beaver Atlanta Special

INGREDIENTS: * 5-6lb roast of bear * 1/2cup vinegar * 3 strips thick bacon or salt pork * 1 large onion, sliced * 3 tbsp butter, salt, pepper, water DIRECTIONS: 1. Trim all fat from roast and wash in cold water. 2. Soak roast for 2 hours in 4 cups water with one tbsp salt … Continue reading Bear Roast

INGREDIENTS: * 3lbs bear steaks, cut into 2inch cubes * 1 slice salt pork, cut in pieces * 1 cup ketchup * 1/3cup steak sauce * 2tbsp vinegar * 1 medium onion, chopped * 1tbsp lemon juice * 1tbsp chili powder * tsp salt DIRECTIONS: 1. Trim all fat from bear steak and cut in … Continue reading Bear Casserole

This detailed article helps to dispel ten of the most common misconceptions anglers have when it comes to angling both large and smallmouth bass, in all settings, throughout the year. “With the fall season rapidly approaching, anglers will undoubtedly hear stories about how largemouth and small-mouth bass fishing will become quite bountiful…”

INGREDIENTS: Tomato Barbecue Sauce * 1-32 oz. bottle ketchup * 32 oz. cider vinegar * 1 lb dark brown sugar * 1 tsp pepper * 1 tsp ground red pepper (heaping) Mix and simmer 5 minutes Traditional Vinegar Sauce * 1 gal cider vinegar * 10 oz. texas pete * 1-32 oz. bottle ketchup * … Continue reading Barbecued Beaver

INGREDIENTS: * 1 whitefish, 2-3lbs, whole (dressed, with scales removed) * 1tsp salt * 1/4cup milk * 1cup finely crushed rice krispies * 2tbsp melted butter * 1/4tsp paprika * milk DIRECTIONS: 1. Soak cleaned whitefish in milk for several hours. 2. Dis fish in saucer of salted milk, then roll in rice krispie crumbs. … Continue reading Baked Whitefish

INGREDIENTS: * 4-walleye fillets * Spinach – wilted * 1 cup chopped pecans * 1 cup of mayonnaise * 1 tablespoon lemon juice * 1 garlic clove, minced * 1/2 teaspoon ground mustard * 1/4 teaspoon pepper * 1/2 teaspoon salt DIRECTIONS: 1. Wilt spinach, drain and spread on a sheet of aluminum foil. 2. … Continue reading Baked Walleye with Pecans

INGREDIENTS: * 4-5 lbs Northern Pike (or walleye) fillets — cut into 1″ cubes * 1 lb bacon strips, cut in half * Italian style dressing * Your favourite BBQ sauce * Bamboo skewers DIRECTIONS: 1. Marinate cubed fish in Italian style dressing for 1 hour. 2. Wrap bacon strips around marinated fish cubes. 3. … Continue reading Bacon-Wrapped Jackfish Skewers

Small article that explains the journey of northern pike fry from hatching out of their egg to ending up in the weedy bays of our freshwater lakes as an apex predator. “Fertilized pike eggs take about two weeks to hatch in chilly spring waters, releasing thousands of fry only a 1/4 inch long. For a day or two afterwards they swim around actively, though they are not yet feeding…”

Canada’s Heartland, otherwise known s the Patricia Region, has a vast array of opportunities to keep all kinds of outdoors people entertained throughout any season!

Local hunter tells the story of how he came across an over-sized buck while out hunting a friends farm land, deep in the heart of the Patricia Region. As I stood looking down at the full bodied, skinned out animal (which completely resembled the proportions of a human being), I wondered where the other guy in their party was! It was spooky to see something so similar to a man lying there while the northern lights (or jiibayag niimi’idiwag) streaked across the sky. This was the first, and only time, I have witnessed a multi-colored Aurora Borealis. Reds, blues, yellows, and greens sprinkled through the night air. The spirits were speaking on this chilly evening, and I shuddered in fear.