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Leaving for a 2 night solo trip this coming Monday. Wont be able to depart North Bay until approx. noon, so the first night has to be a easy access site because it will be getting dark around 5pm. This fall I have been to Achray and Kiosk and in both cases I constantly heard gun shots which is kind of annoying. I am thinking this time my best bet might be starting at Cache Lake and doing Tanamakoon the first night, then Head Lake the second. I was also thinking about Magnetewan Lake the first night and Daisy the second but because Magnetewan is so close to the park border I think I might hear the hunters still? Also the last time I went into Magnetewan about a month ago the road was getting pretty bad for my compact car, I am wondering what the condition of it is now? Rain Lake access might be another good option.. but again I am concerned because it is so close to the border of the park.
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This Monday is opening day of gun season for deer in all units surrounding the park, so yes, there will be lots of rifle hunting activity around the park boundary and in the panhandle (and possibly in the Algonquins' hunting area in the eastern part of the park, I don't know what their seasons are like). I'd agree that the highway corridor might be a good choice since its access points are already so far from the park boundary, and besides, the off-season is a good time to make use of those lakes. However I'd also point out that, if it's your arrival day that you need a short paddle on, but you're comfortable going in as far as Daisy, there's no real reason to camp on Magnetawan as part of the trip. Sorry, I don't know how audible gunshots from just west of the park are on Daisy Lake.
Note that Kioshkokwi Lake is within the Algonquins' hunting area. Manitou is not, but probably within earshot.
Rain is of course a little closer for you, and if you made a quick run down the length of the lake and did a couple of portages eastward into Jubilee or so, there would be a good 7 km of bush between you and the nearest rifle... again I don't know exactly how that translates into audibility but it's worth considering.
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Hunters don't usually shoot that much. My house is smack dab in the middle of prime deer hunting area.We hear maybe one or two shots a day...never more. I suspect that if you are annoyed by gunshots, you are listening to target practice.( and that IS annoying to me too!).
Id think by going off the 60 Corridor..like Rock to Pen you would be a little more insulated.
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It's actually waterfowl hunters that make the most noise, from calling geese, to taking three shots per person at each flock that comes into range. Three guys in a blind can easily fire off 6-9 shots every few minutes or so it action is intense. If a deer hunter shoots more than once or twice, he's probably missed.
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It's actually waterfowl hunters that make the most noise, from calling geese, to taking three shots per person at each flock that comes into range. Three guys in a blind can easily fire off 6-9 shots every few minutes or so it action is intense. If a deer hunter shoots more than once or twice, he's probably missed.
That is so true about waterfowl hunters. Yeesh, one duck = blam, blam, blam, blam, blam! (Duck flies away unhurt. LOL)
Does anyone worry about trappers in the Park? What kind of traps do they use? I've seen the ones in the trees, so they aren't worrisome.
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I ended up staying on Lake Tanamakoon. Not a single gunshot was heard, although they were working on camp Tanamakoon quite a bit. Lots of hammering, banging etc.. Despite this however there were some wolves on the other side of the lake that were being pretty loud, mostly yesterday morning around 7am they went nuts for about an hour. Here is a little video I managed to get of them howling (turn the volume up)
On my way home it was such a lovely day I ended up going for a drive out to Magnetewan access point (mainly I wanted to see the condition of the road for more late fall trips). I actually passed a grader on the road, and it is in by far the best shape I have ever seen in the last few years hands down. Just a heads up if anyone is heading out that way.
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Cool, that's a respectable chorus. I haven't had the good fortune to see or hear any wolves this year.
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Cool, that's a respectable chorus. I haven't had the good fortune to see or hear any wolves this year.
It was my first time hearing them this year.. Last year I can remember hearing them pretty much on every fall trip I did so I was getting a bit upset about not hearing them, so this was a nice surprise! 
They were going like that non-stop for about an hour.
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