Late Winter's Spring Madness.

Well, it's finally starting to feel like the end is near...........the end of winter lol. It's been a while since my last post, I've been rather busy with family health issues and haven't had much time to write. Lots has transpired since my last post in regards to Blue Collar Outdoors. I've been out filming some ice

fishing with great results.  My girlfriend Melissa and I have had three great days out on the frozen H2O and I have basically put enough content in the bank for a great episode of BCO TV on MTS telling the story of the Pelican Lake recovery. There's two more filming sessions left to film for this particular show, one with a Manitoba Conversation fisheries biologist as he tests oxygen levels on the lake, and explains how winter kill happens, and the other putting some late ice pike on the ice.

Then it's one show in the bag for MTS TV's season two of BCO TV. The plan is to produce six episodes for MTS again this year.

So what's a guy who doesn't have enough time already supposed do? Well, start more projects hahahaha. I've decided to launch a web based hunting and fishing variety show under the BCO banner. I've got the first episode done up and posted the YouTube link to the trailer just before this post, the show will go live march 24^th. I'm very excited about this particular project. I will be contributing content, but the idea is to take the adventures of other outdoors folks and produce a show with the video they've shot. As of right now I have four other folks who have agreed to produce. The plan is to produce at least a show a month for one year. As of this point there's zero sponsorship for this project, I'll be taking a loss on it. I've also started filming and producing video for others, watch for a neat video in the near future.

One segment I will be contributing to this show is a video journal on how to set up a new property for deer hunting. Just prior to Christmas a friend and I gained exclusive access to 210 acres of PRIME deer hunting land. We've decided to call this the “Average Joe” property. We've set a budget of $600.00 ($300.00 each) to use towards stands, cameras and any habitat improvements that are needed. Moving forward we will assess the property, create a three year plan, scout and hang stands and then hunt it in the fall. The whole idea is to show that setting up and then managing a property for deer hunting isn't only for those with money, and with any luck we'll be showing a successful hunt off of this property from 2014. I'll also be working on my current hunting properties, doing some habitat improvements and working with local farmers on some create agricultural solutions that benefit wildlife.

I've been pencilling in some hunting plans for this spring. I've been very lucky to be invited on a father /daughter hunt where I'll film them hunting bears for MTS TV. I'll also be going on my own bear hunt, and will be filming Ty Pettyjohn on his bear hunt. If all goes well I'll line up a turkey hunt or two as well. I'll also be filming some trout fishing on the amazing stocked waters around western Manitoba, and will be going up to Lake Athapapuskow with some friends to film them catching giant lake trout. And I'm sure I'll be doing some open water fishing in May and June.

So the plan is to bring you all along for the ride. I hope to be able to blog at least once a month starting now. I will post an update in late march, right around when BCO TV on YouTube goes live.

Blue Collar Outdoors on YouTube Season 1 Episode 1 Trailer