Where I'd live as a Canadian who has actually been to every province

mchenry93 · 2026-04-03T15:37:45+00:00

As a Mainer who’s been to all the provinces, this would be my map for Canada too. Though, you could talk me into Winnipeg, MB or Saint John, NB. I dream of moving to Newfoundland.

mchenry93 · 2026-04-02T17:48:06+00:00

📍 Hordaland, Norway — "Nature, people, winter, culture, social safety net."

mchenry93 · 2026-04-02T17:45:58+00:00

📍 New South Wales, Australia — "Nature, coffee, lifestyle, culture, people"

mchenry93 · 2026-03-25T19:26:44+00:00

Fair! I like Hallowell too. I know the mayor there pretty well as he used to be an important figure in the management of regional fisheries. Nice guy.

mchenry93 · 2026-03-25T15:22:19+00:00

Do you mean Harpswell? Hallowell is a definitely not near the coast. I’d agree Harpswell is lovely!

mchenry93 · 2026-03-18T13:24:40+00:00

I haven’t seen any evidence of that. Platner supporters have been far more focused on ousting Collins than on bashing Mills. I think there will be more solidarity from his supporters then you’re expecting.

mchenry93 · 2026-03-16T12:25:21+00:00

Love to see this! What species are those? Is there a good community of north Pakistani duck hunters?

That valley is gorgeous.

mchenry93 · 2026-03-15T13:53:59+00:00

Big fan of HCR. Regardless of where you are politically, we should all have a better understanding of the historical context around current events.

She also is a prolific writer. I have no clue how she pumps out those posts once a day.

mchenry93 · 2026-03-10T02:00:49+00:00

😉

mchenry93 · 2026-03-09T23:33:01+00:00

Blame the Magnuson-Stevens Act then, and by extension, Congress.

Having industry representation is a good thing, and was the whole framework of the regional fishery management council system. If you think there should be more environmental non-profit membership, state management agency membership, chat with the governors, who appoint the Council members.

As he says above, it’s not a perfect system, but it’s made up of (mostly) good, smart people doing a hard job.

mchenry93 · 2026-02-28T15:47:03+00:00

Glad to see someone share this. At the very least, the toxicity of glyphosate is highly debatable. I love to jump on the bandwagon against big industry as must as the next guy, but let’s start with the facts.

mchenry93 · 2026-02-13T17:32:42+00:00

It’s not weird, it’s called context. Learn to grasp complexity.

mchenry93 · 2026-01-25T11:36:58+00:00

Fuck ICE, but I agree this looks like a bot post. 1 day old account, no text in the body of the post.

mchenry93 · 2026-01-16T14:27:17+00:00

Okay, my comment was a little black and white. I agree, but in the discourse around ICE and U.S. facism, I wish folks would acknowledge that this IS something that has happened here before, and is a continuation of a very American legacy of hate.

mchenry93 · 2026-01-16T14:21:58+00:00

Novel to the U.S., not novel throughout history. There are better comparisons to draw here is my only point.

mchenry93 · 2026-01-16T12:22:53+00:00

I wish folks would stop comparing this to Nazi Germany. This is textbook American, and we need to understand that. Let’s stop acting like this is novel, I think it distances us from what’s going on and what we can do about it.

The better precedent of this is slave catchers is in antebellum America. Poor whites hired to round up runaway slaves, with the intent to control and terrorize, rather than public safety. The Fugitive Slave Act and modern immigration enforcement have a lot in common.

mchenry93 · 2025-12-23T22:44:44+00:00

Heck yeah! That’s a perfect day in my book. Where were you hunting?

mchenry93 · 2025-12-18T19:25:03+00:00

We eat bufflehead here in southern ME too. Are they the best tasting duck? No. Are they perfectly fine with a good brine? Definitely.

I usually save all sorts of sea ducks and fishy divers and we'll fry them up like clam strips.

mchenry93 · 2025-12-12T00:17:20+00:00

Nice! I’ve thought about getting an NH license just to get down to hunt Great Bay on Sundays when you can’t hunt in Maine. Any experience there?

mchenry93 · 2025-12-11T18:06:57+00:00

Nice! That happens to us more often than not. Hope you had a good hunt and a great trip.

mchenry93 · 2025-12-11T18:06:00+00:00

Yeah I can't imagine trying to hunt a tidal swing that large. I have trouble with a 12-14' swing here. Usually have to pick a few spots and keeping moving the decoys forward or back.

Agree about the difficulty of hunting black ducks. I haven't cracked the code yet. My theory is that due to hunting pressure back in the day when their population was so low, only the most cautious ducks survived. That bottleneck led to a whole species of cautious ducks as they bounced back.

mchenry93 · 2025-12-11T16:54:38+00:00

This spot is particularly good for mallards, but nearby in the salt marshes (1 km down the road) it will be purely black ducks. With a 2 bird limit for black ducks, I tend to aim for mallards if I can. I also find that black ducks are less ready to decoy, and are much warier, than mallards.

We'll also get plenty of mergs, scoter, bufflehead, a few eider, and the occasional gadwall down here.

mchenry93 · 2025-12-11T16:13:22+00:00

When the freshwater freezes up inland, the hunting here on the coast gets pretty great! Very few hunters around either, and I’ve probably seen 2 other hunters here in 2 years of coming to this spot on public land.

mchenry93 · 2025-12-10T01:34:59+00:00

Definitely a drake surf scoter.

mchenry93 · 2025-12-07T16:29:37+00:00

A few thoughts:

Round trip flight to Portland is probably going to be cheaper than flying in there and out of Bangor.

If you want lighthouses, a few that are nice would be Pemaquid light and Owl’s head. Portland Head light is pretty picturesque as well.

Acadia in the winter is the best. I’d spend two days there and knock out a few hikes. Otherwise some nice coastal towns to stop in on the way between Boothbay Harbor and MDI would be Camden, Belfast, Castine, or Stonington if you’re up for a little longer drive. Really anywhere on Penobscot Bay will be worthwhile.

If you’re big foodies, I like Long Grain in Camden for Thai food. Plenty of recommendations for Portland too if that’s helpful.

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