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Sounds like we're near neighbours then, Mac. I live about two hours north of International Falls.

+1, Fred.

Same here. When younger I even spent several months in Alberta, my favorite province--and one I hunt in every couple of years. Of course, it is close to Montana, and so very similar in terrain and game--and rural attitude.

Have also hunted in BC, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Quebec, NWT and Nunavut, and fished in most of them too. Great hunting and fishing, and fantastic country, but the best part is the people!

A little further than that. The Canada I'm referring to is Sarnia.

Which doesn't exist outside westernCan. Do you vote Liberal??

Huh?

I must have been thinking of someone that showed their address as western MI. Well then you live within a 100 miles of my wife's kin who live down river from Detroit.

Mr. Mac84;
When I read your posts as well as the ones from Mr. Mule Deer, Mr. AcesNeights, Mr. Ivan, Mr. smokepole and of course Mr. Royce and Mr. DanD, I again confirmed my opinion that Canadians do have the best neighbours(CDN spelling!) in the world.

The posts were very much appreciated by this Canadian, so thank you all very much.

Regards,
Dwayne

The feelings mutual.

Where did you pull that out of? Your azz?

Canadians and Americans like to hack on each other- Like brothers or buddies- But I know I'd rather have the good ol' USA as a neighbor than any other country. Most of the time

It was a bit more than a "few". Over 30,000 Canadians joined the American military and served in Vietnam. Interestingly that is about the same number of American draft dodgers who skipped to Canada.

I think the USA got the better end of the deal there ...........

Mr. Cariboo;
Thank you for that clarification.

I knew there were some, but had no idea there were 30,000 that went. As I said, the chap I worked with was like many American vets of that war in that he didn't talk about it at all, except to say he'd been there.

Thanks again for the information, I appreciate you posting it.

Regards,
Dwayne

Royce
Thank you for that. Glad you enjoyed the brief time here.
The figure was close to 26,000 Canadians volunteered to fight in Nam.
Yes our Soldiers are fighting in one of if not the hottest part of Stan.
We have lost over 360 soldiers there in the last 3 yrs.
While you read this keep in mind that our countries pop. is about 32 million about the same as California.
The Iran caper you mention was pulled off by the Canadian embassy in Iran.
Here's some shootin for ya article Can. snipers)...These are the boys I am so proud of.
http://www.snipercountry.com/Articles/BoltActionsSpeak.asp



Lastly we are neighbors and rightly we should have each others back when the stuff hits the fan I hope it never changes.

Wow this thread grew quick waited to long to post LOL

"My azz"??? I pull nothing out of, nor do I insert anything into, my "azz". LOL

It was a tongue in cheek comment, that you have to be western CDN to understand.

Being a conservative midwestern yank, I musta missed it.

Kanuks use US Marines for spotters. Thats good enough for me.

[quote=BC30cal]You are correct that a few Canadians did fight in Viet Nam, as I worked with a Canadian who had joined the US Army and did at least one tour in country. Like many of that war�s vets, he didn�t talk much about it, but he was there./quote]

Vietnam Veterans in Canada have their own web site (http://vvic.net/). A visit and consideration of their contribution to American operations can be an eyeopener.

DrMike
Thank you very much sir for the link.

It was truly interesting and led to a few other links that were very educational as well.

Thanks again, it is always good to learn.

Regards,
Dwayne