Nothing like common sense people and good hospitality! Too bad you were married Phil!

I've been hunting and fishing Canada for years. Good folk. All of them.

Good story. i suppose ther was a time and place like that here in the U.S.A. too, though i'm not sure you'll find it today.

Good story! I bet you still have that family on your Christmas card list.

Never hunted in Canada, but I met some mighty fine folks in rural Iowa when I hunted pheasants there.

Canada's nice, but you can go to many countries, and if you act well-mannered, be treated like family.

Many of these better than most Americans will treat you, I am sorry to say. I've been shown hospitality and assistance from Germans and Japanese that I couldn't find in New Jersey.

I got that kind of welcome in Australia back in '75. You wouldn't believe all the pretty girls in Sydney,

candians are okay though i used to not really like em but hey any people are better than people from new jersy, i went there foe two days and i got to tell you it changes people in a bad way, its pretty erie

Most folks that don't hunt will never have a great story like this.

I was feelin' you Phil!
When you mentioned that you walked up to a strangers door, with your shotgun over your shoulder, a strange hesitant,undecided and doubtful feelin' comes over one.

But the feelin' soon moves out, as it is replaced with another feelin' of HELP Me Somebody!

That happened to me a couple of turkey seasons ago,and like you, I met the nicest people,that gave me permission to hunt deer on their property.

Great story!

Sounds one hell of an experience... one of those things that even if you could go back and change it, you wouldn't. So i guess it kind of worked out that they left you out in the field.

Thirty-five years ago I hunted on a huge West Texas ranch for pronghorn antelope. I went by myself and booked a room in Ozona,46 miles from the ranch. (the ranch headquarters was 15 miles off the nearest paved road) The ranch manager's wife inquired about my camping gear,and I told her where I was staying. She was horrified that I was going to drive that far and informed me I was staying with them for my hunt. They put me up, fed me, and gave me a tour of the ranch looking at antelope, deer, javelina, thousands of quail and a lot of rattlesnakes. It was the first time they had an antelope hunt on that 350 section ranch, and I went back several more times. Living on the coast, I would take them 3 ice chests of fresh gulf shrimp, flounder, and red snapper. You would have thought I was giving them ice chests full of gold. True Texas hospitality. Those hunts will always be in my memories.
Michael

All the Canadians I have met have been real nice people. If you set up camp next to a group of Canadians you were in for a great party. They would invite everyone over. But that is true of all country folk. North or South of the border.
Except the French in Quebec. But then they do not consider them self's part of Canada anyway.

Posted by Jeff4066
"I've been shown hospitality and assistance from Germans and Japanese that I couldn't find in New Jersey."

Well, there's the problem, you are in NJ!
Get out while you still can! Only place worse I know of is NYC!
I was born in and grew up in NJ, and was stuck there for 28 years before I could get out, best move I ever made. Only thing I miss is the Ocean, fishing, crabbing and such. Other than that PA is much better place to live and no regrets about moving! (just avoid the 3 big cities and you will do fine in PA)

I had a great time, driving the ALCAN Highway when Miz Lois & I were on the way to AK in 94, We went up in September and the Motels were closing behind us for the winter. Got to Ft. Greely , and the next morning 6" of fresh snow on the ground! Gotta say I found the Canadians to be a friendly bunch. Even the Customs guys when they asked about guns, I told them I had 2 Shotguns and a rifle in the trunk, they did not insist on looking at them just looked at the Passport I have given them even though they did not ask and waived me through. On the other hand the U.S. Customs guy crossing into AK wanted to see them, AND the Passport GO "figger"!

Wow, a Canadian could almost get a fat head reading this. Since I am one, I appreciate the comments a lot in the context of both Jeff4066 and Ishawooa; there are great folks everywhere and that starts with being nice yourself. I suspect that Phil was "disarming" when he approached the door to the farm (sorry for the pun).
There's a lot less urban development in Canada-heck we only have 28 million people and about 70% of them live within 100 miles of the US border. Take the big population centers like Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver out of the equation and that's a lot of rural living...in other words, in sporting country. Glad to hear people love going there.
If you want a real rush try Caribou in Newfoundland! I believe its the world's largest herd, and those Newfies have everyone beat in terms of welcoming!
Thanks.

Great story. You should tell more of them
SBW

Similar experience minus the farmer's daughter. I was hunting whitetail does down in southern PA in unfamiliar section of state game lands and got turned around and couldn't find my companions truck. I found a road and followed it and knocked on the door of the first house I came to. A gentleman answered the door and listened as I explained that I was from out of the area and couldn't find the entrance to the game lands and asked if he could point me in the right direction. He immediately offered to drive me over and when we got there refused any kind of payment for the help. A true good samaritan.

I just got back from a week in Canada and the staff, pilots, and city folk were excellent people. Everyone has excellent manners and time seems to tick a little slower up there.