© Othmar Vohringer A few days ago I received an email from an animal rights activist. It’s not the first time and like the ones before, mo...

(Column orginally published in the Merritt Herald - Othmar Vohringer - The Outdoorsman) © Othmar Vohringer When we return from our trip...

© Othmar Vohringer On Facebook I came across a “Meme” that contained the following verse: “Memories aren’t made playing video games on t...

(This column has previously been published in the Merritt Herald ) © Othmar Vohringer With all the news in the media about youth drug ad...

© By Othmar Vohringer Wild and feral pigs have been spotted in the Kamloops, Okanagan, Peace, Kootenay and Lower Mainland regions, and t...

© By Othmar Vohringer That might very well be the case if drastic conservation measures are not enacted quickly. The emphasis here is on...

The following column has been previously published in the Merritt Herald in response to the wolf attack on a forestry worker near Merritt. ...

© By Othmar Vohringer There is no denying that hunting pheasants with the aid of a dog is a huge advantage. However not every hunte...

© Othmar Vohringer (This column has been originally published in the Merritt Herald) I got the idea for this column after giving an inter...

By: Othmar Vohringer Melissa Bachman, known as the “Hardcore Huntress”, producer and co-host of Winchester Deadly Passion, has been drop...

I've been remiss posting on this blog of late and the only, but true, apology for it is that I have been over both ears in work the pas...

(Originally published in the Merritt Herald - Othmar Vohringer, The Outdoorsman Column)  © By Othmar Vohringer On Sunday, January 13, t...

(Previously published in the Merritt Herald - Othmar Vohringer, The Outdoorsman)   © By Othmar Vohringer On Sunday, December 2, 2012,...

© By Othmar Vohringer  “Clover”, the orphaned and twice captured Kermode bear, finally found a permanent home at Kamloops Wildlife Par...

© By Othmar Vohringer A few days ago I learned that in parts of Canada a special hunter holiday is celebrated of which I am very well ...

© By Othmar Vohringer There used to be a period in my hunting career where I would analyze everything down to the smallest detail. Whil...

© By Othmar Vohringer (Originally published in the Merritt Herald - Othmar Vohringer Outdoors Column) On Tuesday morning (October 2nd, ...

© By Othmar Vohringer For years I have been saying that the “trophy” aspect of hunting perpetrated in every magazine and hunting TV show e...

© By Othmar Vohringer For hunters the season opening date is like Christmas for children. The closer it comes the more impatient we grow...

© Othmar Vohringer Common belief has it that outdoor writers are the lucky ones because they can spend all their time in the great outdo...