Blue Skies Finally Smiled

Vanessa and I had a great hunt with Kevin McNeil of Blue Sky Outfitters in early October and Vanessa passed on several young bull moose but ended the week without pulling the trigger. We stayed on and enjoyed a great waterfowl shoot and then Kevin invited us back for the final couple days of the season and Vanessa tagged a nice young bull on the last day of the season in the pouring rain. We want to thank Kevin for all his hard work and dedication despite some very challenging hunting conditions. Check out Blue Sky Outfitters at www.blueskyoutfitting.com

Whitetail Buck Down

Sandi and I took a break from the non stop and highly unsuccessful mule deer hunting and hit a field that we had gotten a tip on. The results were a great old campaigner, probably 4 years past his prime and a very entertain TV show.

Thanksgiving Hunting

Turkey weekend arrived and Rich and I spent all three days looking for the elusive mule deer buck for which he has drawn a tag. It has been well below average daily highs here over the past week and the weekend was no exception. We did not see it any warmer than -4C - just gross. We saw only 5 deer Saturday. Improvement Sunday we saw 23 deer but only 1 buck. Tonight we saw 14 deer and 8 were bucks - a couple nice ones just after dark, but at least we are seeing them. We'll have to try again later this week - supposed to be warmer!!!

Outdoor Quest TV and Gentec International Join Forces

News Release
August 13, 2009


Outdoor Quest TV, Canada’s longest running hunting series, has just joined forces with Gentec International in the promotion of Zeiss Optics and Remington Clothing. Outdoor Quest host, Richard Mellon, says, “The partnership was a natural. We hunt where using quality gear matters and Zeiss and Remington Clothing epitomize what quality hunting gear is all about. TJ and I are thrilled at the opportunity to work with a Canadian icon like Gentec”

Gentec International is Canada's leading consumer accessory products company, supplying a complete range of photo, video, digital, sport optics, home theatre, electronics, wireless and mobile audio products to the Canadian retail marketplace. Gentec offers prominent brand names such as Optex, Sigma, Velbon, Gary Fong, Roots, iQ, SanDisk, Sunpak, Bushnell, Tasco, Planet Wireless, Energy, Sony, Electrohome, Prolink, Smarthome, Stinger and Gentec is the exclusive Canadian distributor for Zeiss and Remington Clothing..

“We are really excited about the Rapid Z line of reticles from Zeiss,” Outdoor Quest host T.J. Schwanky says. “Both Richard and I are experienced long-range shooters and the Rapid Z reticle is one of the most effective and simplest tools there is for taking ethical long-range shots. Plan on seeing some exciting hunts and long-range shots on our 2010 season on Wild TV. Having Zeiss optics on our rifles is going to allow us to do things we haven’t been able to do before.”

Both Zeiss and Remington are well recognized by consumers worldwide as offering the finest in hunting gear. Zeiss has been levelling the playing field between man and prey for 165 years. Innovations like FL Concept glass, Lotutec lens coatings and Rapid Z Reticles have made Zeiss optics lighter, stronger and clearer. Remington, in business since 1816 is the single-most recognizable brand in North America and the Remington Clothing line was developed building on the same value and quality that the brand has represented for over 150 years.

Outdoor Quest TV airs in Canada on Wild TV, Sunday evening at 10:00 pm Eastern Standard Time.

For more information: http://www.theoutdoorquest.com/ or http://www.gentec-intl.com/

Indian Head Camp

Just got back from Indian Head Camp in northern Saskatchewan and we had an incredible trip. We caught loads of fish over 20 pounds with the largest being 28 pounds. The staff, camp and equipment were all first rate. I'll definitely be going back. http://www.indianheadcamp.com/

Backyard Bear

OK so it is a mile or two away but we are really blessed in Northern Alberta with the amount of game we have in close proximity. Last night Sandi and I sat our closest-to-home bait. We knew there were lots of bear on the bait as the 45 gallon barrel of oats and used deep fryer oil was getting emptied ever 2 days.


The bears didn't disappoint with 2 blacks and 4 brown color phase entertaining us with their antics until a nice chocolate color phase came in driving all the others off.


Watch for the show in the upcoming season of Outdoor Quest TV.

Fresh walleye fillets!

Saturday Sandi and I took advantage of the perfect weather (what a change in 2 days!) and headed out to our favorite eye lake to see if we could rustle up supper. The fishing was hot heavy up shallow pulling spinners, with us catching a couple of dozen walleye and as many pike in two hours.

Supper was all you could dream it to be!