RGS on Angler & Hunter TV

[finsfurfeathers]

What other significant amount of meat are you referring to?
Been pulling them apart by feet and clipping wings off since my earliest hunting days. Nothing much wasted IMHO.

you're tossing about a third of the bird if you don't recover the legs. I pluck mine so you can part out the bird. Breast nothing better than chicken fingers, legs braised till they are tender, neck, back wings go into the stock pot. Also keep the heart, liver, and gizzard for the ultimate Risotto dish. You can do what you want for me I prefer to recover as much as possible.

[Frank16]

This might be random on this thread, but what has RGS done to preserve small game habitats in Canada????? Specifically in Ontario! I have seen nothing but habitat loss and declining bird populations. They are not anywhere close to what the RGS does in the United States!

[ninepointer]

This might be random on this thread, but what has RGS done to preserve small game habitats in Canada????? Specifically in Ontario! I have seen nothing but habitat loss and declining bird populations. They are not anywhere close to what the RGS does in the United States!

This is the perfect place to ask the question, and I apologize that the answer will be a long one. Your question goes hand-in-hand with the question of, without organizations like RGS, OFAH, DU, Delta Waterfowl and numerous local fish & game clubs, would anything at all be done for small game in Ontario?

RGS Canada is a 100% volunteer organization. No staff, no big budget. In Ontario, the Lake Erie North Shore-Tillsonburg Chapter has been a cornerstone of conservation in that part of the Province. Having hosted 33 annual highly successful fundraising banquets and counting, they have donated thousands of dollars to conservation and youth hunting initiatives, completed multiple habitat and education projects on Conservation Authority lands and successfully lobbied the Province when grouse harvest limits were being reviewed.

RGS Canada, under the guidance of board of directors made up distinguished veterans of conservation, some new young smart & energetic directors, along with a new National Coordinator (who happens to be from Huntsville), is building its presence and impact. You’ll shortly see a new website and a new & innovative membership structure.

One of the immediate results of all these recent efforts has been the birth of the Central Ontario Chapter of RGS which, since forming in June, has held a dog training day, hosted a weekend grouse hunting camp, afforded youth and mentors the one-of-kind opportunity to be part of Angler & Hunter TV and teamed up with multiple conservation organizations to maintain duck nesting boxes in Tiny Marsh and Matchedash Bay (I know ducks & wetlands are not grouse & woodlands, but in the middle of February, conservation is conservation).

More good things to come from RGS Canada, the Central Ontario Chapter and look for exciting news coming out of Eastern Ontario. RGS Canada aims to punch above its weight and needs people like you who want to see things get done. See you at the Toronto Sportsman’s Show next month!