So I am left wondering if they shut down the country and limit travel would that include hunting and camping.
Was actually planning to go camping April 17 up at Bissett Creek.
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So I am left wondering if they shut down the country and limit travel would that include hunting and camping.
Was actually planning to go camping April 17 up at Bissett Creek.
Pretty hard to predict the US thinks this will be around till August. Some countries are not releasing many numbers like North Korea, its in South Korea. When do we have confidence that the whole thing has leveled of in say China with 1.3 billion people.When do you allow flights to and from those countries.If the stock market keeps falling camping is about all we will be able to afford.
We will all just have to wait and see. I wouldn’t make any long range plans until we see the impact of the next few weeks.
I am guessing that some on here would call a hunting - camping trip , 'essential travel', the rest of our countries citizens, not so much.
Still planning to spring bear hunt but looks less and less likely. Fall hopefully the dust will have settled. In the mean time gonna ice fish until the ice is gone.
I see no reason why this would interfere with my group's spring bear plans this year. Stopping for fuel on the drive up is really the only human interaction that we have.
It would depend on how they structure any shutdown. If they follow other countries and state a Shelter in Place, like Spain has I believe, you are to remain in your home, you may walk your dog, go to the pharmacy or grocery store, or to work; but only if you have paperwork... I am assuming only certain occupations would be permitted.
On that note, we are headed out this weekend for Snow Geese.
Police were checking, fines could be laid, it was on the news either Spain, or France, could have been Italy.
Same here but it is taking care of things at home that will likely interfere for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by LowbanksArcher
Ya, i totally get that. For myself, i'm fairly unaffected by all this. Turns out i've been practicing good "social distancing" all my life. ha! Wife is on mat leave for the next year as we had a baby boy born in October, so school shutdowns haven't changed anything for us. For work, i've just switched from working-from-home 3 days a week, to 5. As for the other 3 guys in my group, i think they are in good situations as well. But we'll see. In the mean time, i'm going to start accumulating bait as usual.Quote:
Originally Posted by Species8472
I can't see that heading into the hinterland, away from civilization can be anything but a good thing. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by LowbanksArcher
Groceries may be the vegetable garden, and rabbits and squirrels from the backyard.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilroy
I am sure you remember those days from your youth...;)
unless they restrict us travelling in our vehicles, I don't see any impact. And I really don't see the mandatory shelter in place that some of the very populated countries have adopted. Guess its possible, but I doubt it.
I plan to leave for the cottage once the snow melts. I'm way more socially isolated there than in town. The drive there is one stop for fuel, which I'm sure I can pay at the pump and hand sanitize after and be good to go.
FYI on Ontario ParksQuote:
Originally Posted by greatwhite
Statement
Update on Ontario Parks Operations in Response to COVID-19
March 18, 2020 6:50 P.M.
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Toronto — Today, Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, and Jeff Yurek, Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, issued the following update on Ontario Parks operations in response to COVID-19 developments:
"As COVID-19 continues to quickly evolve, we want to ensure public safety and the well-being of our visitors and staff in Ontario's provincial parks. In order to assist the province with its efforts to keep Ontarians safe during this time, all provincial parks will be closed to the public from March 19, 2020 until April 30, 2020. This includes car camping, backcountry camping, roofed accommodations, day use opportunities and all public buildings.
Current visitors to provincial parks will be required to vacate by March 19, 2020. Any person or group with a reservation for arrival up to April 30, 2020 will automatically be provided a full refund with no penalty.
Ontario Parks continues to monitor the COVID-19 situation carefully. Please visit OntarioParks.com for the most up-to-date information."
Quick Facts
•As penalty-free refunds will automatically be issued, the public is asked to avoid canceling reservations online, as this may trigger an automatic penalty.
I don't go to Provincial parks, I camp on crownland
Who is going to kick you off crown land GW if you choice to self-isolate there ??? HaHa..Quote:
Originally Posted by greatwhite
I am planning on hunting turkey this spring as normal - my cameras are already our and operational. I am only 30min away from my 6 farms that I hunt........so unless they stop hwy travel there, there is no reason why not to hunt as there is an extremely low risk of any human contact.
Ticks.......well that is another issue all together
When I first read the Heading of this post, I thought that it was about hunting "crows " which are corvids!:confused:
Lyme does go well with Corona .... sorry, i had toQuote:
Originally Posted by 410001661
Awesome..............Quote:
Originally Posted by LowbanksArcher
LMAO....good oneQuote:
Originally Posted by LowbanksArcher
Hey guys sorry I misspelled
Covid19, apparently some people were extremely upset to the point of freaking out.
Cheers:moose:
well if that is there biggest problem right now then they are doing well.Quote:
Originally Posted by greatwhite
Yessir,my sentiments,exactly. Self-isolating in the woods or on the water fishing is always a good thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by MikePal
We knew what you meant !! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by greatwhite
LOL........comic relief! We will need some of that in the near futureQuote:
Originally Posted by LowbanksArcher
Like I have been saying "If they need 144 rolls of TP for a two week period, well corvid-19 may be the least of their problems."Quote:
Originally Posted by FishHog
There are still leaves last I looked. How much TP do people go through? We go through 24 rolls ever 3 months at most I bought an extra pack I now have enough for 6 months. I also have 2 garbage bags of rags in the garage. Now I could see hoarding food but milk and eggs they last two weeks?? I live in cow county I won't go hungry. Told my buddy I'm not dispatching any more cows until this is over, unless we need them. :)
Although on a more serious note I hope everyone on here is OK and if not, I hope for you. Go for the long haul.
I hope to be out camping as soon as the snow is gone in Bissett Creek
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Originally Posted by Snowwalker
Nuff said! [emoji1787][emoji1787]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...eb35a43bd3.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by greatwhite
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I expect were going to be in full blown lockdown in the near future.Quote:
Originally Posted by LowbanksArcher
Not to mention just being with your group is already frowned upon. How can you be "socially distant" driving and being with your group on a hunt? The whole point of this is to your limit your interations to as few people as possible (ideally only those in your home).
Any "lock down" would be a ridiculously unnecessary over reaction with less than 1100 known cases in all of Canada with a population of 36 million. There's simply no justification for that level of hysteria.Quote:
Originally Posted by blasted_saber
Its definitely not a good thing but what are they going to do?Quote:
Originally Posted by trimmer21
That's 1100 caes that they have tried to stop or find to slow the spread.
If we just let it blow over without any restrictions that would put us at a very high death rate that could reach around 6 percent death rate. I remember hearing a few weeks back that they are short on ventilators well by the thousands well our government as of the other day only 500 lol. That should save not even 1 person at each hospital. If it gets as bad as Italy here our death rates will be close to that as our healthcare system can't handle it. It will also come down to who do we save and who dies.
My wife's grandmother is 96 you think she be put on the saved list? She has many years left as most of family lives into 100
Uncontrolled would be devastating to so many . Our systems cant handle this large spike in respiratory problems
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Turkey season is coming up, and outdoors hunting rather than in stores and malls IS being “ socially acceptable” as far as I’m concerned!Quote:
Originally Posted by blasted_saber
I only go by myself or with my grandson, not a group, so I don’t feel it will be any real problem.
I agree 100% Turkey hunting is a solitary sport for me, and with everything going on out there this gives me all the more reason to keep it that way. I was talking to the farmer and he told me he is not going to hunt this spring (he is just not into it this year), so that leaves me and one other guy to share 550 acres.......I think we will be good!
Disagree.Quote:
Originally Posted by trimmer21
1100 "known" cases. If you've been paying attention, that number is 4 or 5 days old, because that's how long the turnaround is on test results. Not everyone is being tested, as a few of our members here can attest to.Quote:
Originally Posted by trimmer21
That number is in all likelihood closer to 5000-10000 at the moment.
Italy has been in lockdown for nearly a couple of weeks. Do you think they imposed theirs on time?
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My prediction is 2000 by Monday and 4000 by Wednesday 9000 by next weekend.
The forest seems to be safer everyday.
I too, think this thing is going to get far worse before it gets better. The cases show no slowing down any time soon.
I disagree with your disagree. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by blasted_saber
Locking people in their homes is not a healthy option. Even california that issued a shelter in place is saying get outside for a bike/run/walk, just keep your distance. Downtown Toronto may be a bit of an issue, but 95% of this country has lots of space to be 6' apart from people outside your family.
I'm in 2 week quarantine since we were in South Carolina when this went crazy. We were isolated there remote camping. Drove straight home only stopping for gas and was very careful there. Still self isolating as its the responsible thing to do, but that doesn't mean I didn't go out for a 12k run yesterday. There is no risk there. Working in the yard when it was warmer as well.
People need to use some common sense and keep their distance. If these entitled people keep being stupid and the gov't forces a total lockdown things are going to go from bad to worse. Be smart, not selfish and socially isolating is enough to slow this thing down. It will never be stopped as people need to eat and are going to go to the store.
Locking down is not a good option in my mind, in fact I think it will do much more harm than good.
The reason for lockdowns is because a certain percentage of the population is too GD stupid to listen to recommendations. It only takes a small percentage of people being stupid to infect the rest.Quote:
Originally Posted by FishHog
That being said, you're right, new problems will definitely arise from lockdowns.
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I was referring specifically to getting in a vehicle with other people, driving several hours, then being in close quarters with them at a camp/ cabin/cottage of some sort. Obviously turkey hunting from home is different.Quote:
Originally Posted by genec
The cases being tested is a very small fraction of the ones that show up for a test. I think most people wanting to be tested are being turned away and told to isolate instead unless they are already deathly ill because I don't think they have enough testing kits. Therefore I am afraid the vast majority of infected people are still unknown out there and probably still infecting others. This is worse than they say people - take it very seriously! Italy initially did not and look what happened to them - it could happen here.
Go onto the website, I forget which one, by which level of government as the wife did it. There are about 4 levels of action- questions, you must take, your answers are vetted at each level before you go on to the next. Eventually they will tell you to come in for testing if you pass all the criteria. You cannot , just go in for testing, because 'you' think you need to.
If they were to "recommend" that hunters only take 2 turkeys a season, would everyone listen?
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Now what can I say to that? LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by oaknut
Still great to be able to go with the dog and walk in the woods. Not hurting anyone nor myself. Sure hope there isn't a total lock down . Monday should tell.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmSG8vfhroY
Have a watch of this pretty interesting...
I told my fishing buddy that he shouldn't worry. He and I can still hop on our bikes and head into lost lake for our spring fishing trip. He will stay on shore and I'll go out in the boat?:DQuote:
Originally Posted by blasted_saber
I told my buddy he could come fishing too! He dosen't have to worry about Coronavirus, he don't catch squat anyway!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bushmoose
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Interesting?? Maybe if you are a tin hatter!!??Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilroy
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I tried to watch it, couldn't see it taking up 2 hours of my day.Quote:
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On another note, full steam ahead for turkey. Farms are 3-5 minutes away and if I am not with my son I will be by myself.
Where did you get my photograph from?Quote:
Originally Posted by 410001661
Your photos are all over the place. It's almost as though we are being forced to pay attention! They even name roads here after you! Hahaha.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilroy
Conspiracy, says I. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...98caea905c.jpg
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heard a good line on the CBC this afternoon re virus:
It’s better to be 6 feet apart than 6 feet under”
We are still a go for spring bear. :)
Hi from a new hunter. Turkey, you say? Solitary? Then I have some property owners to contact.
We need nature. People are packing national parks. If the place you're heading to will be deserted, go for it. Same goes for trails. Pick unpopular routes.
Doesn't look like you will be camping anywhere in the immediate future.Quote:
Originally Posted by greatwhite
The Ford government is extending Ontario’s emergency declaration until at least April 23, and adding several new measures to ban camping on Crown land and make it easier for hospitals to surge capacity.
...the province has banned camping on Crown land retroactive to April 9.
https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ford-exte...l-23-1.4892140
Thanks for posting and letting me know. I just notified my buddy to let him know the earliest we can probably camp is May long weekend. Not a big deal weather was going to be zero or lower at night.
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Originally Posted by delmer
Breaking news from OFAH
https://www.ofah.org/covid19closures/
I have a bad feeling hunting and fishing season is next on the hit list.
At this rate...any public recreational forest will be closed to hunting
It will be interesting if hunting/fishing openers go ahead on there dates, even for private property
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The issue isn't safety, it's the problem that some sad folks cannot STAND to see other people enjoying themselves. Such as in Michigan people were fussing about fisherman on the lake, in the middle of a lake where you are possibly the furthest away from any people. Not only are you distancing yourself from people by being in the bush/lake, but it saves you a risky trip to the supermarket to get meat or fish filets. Luckily our government was reasonable enough to not restrict fishing/hunting activities.