Enjoying the Great Outdoors
story by Ellen Kelly, photo by Sergei Belski
"Whether you're a religious person or not, there's no better solitude than standing in a river casting a fly."
- Scott Pulvermacher, outdoor writer and enthusiast
"My mother's mantra was it was our duty to leave a campsite better than we found it. That's carried through to how I look at a lot of things," says Airdrie's Scott Pulvermacher, outdoorsman, environmentalist and writer whose passion for the great outdoors was sparked by regular camping trips at an early age.
Now Pulvermacher wants to help his sons create the same positive memories.
He enjoys both hunting and fishing close to home.
"Look where we live. We live in Paradise," he says as he discusses both spin-casting and fly fishing anywhere along the Bow River, and pursuing his passion for bow hunting in the bow-only zone around Calgary.
Farther from populated areas, Pulvermacher also hunts game birds, mule deer and whitetail deer. His favourite camping area is Pine Lake. In May 2010, he accompanied Chris David, host of the TV show Hunting Chronicles, to northern Saskatchewan to hunt black bear and in the fall, he and business partner Barry Chisholm will accompany the show to northern Alberta to hunt whitetail deer. Both trips will be filmed for television and Pulvermacher will write about his experiences for Enquirer.com.
The local outdoorsman has always enjoyed writing and jumped at the opportunity to write a hunting/fishing blog for a former employer. He was then contacted by the news and information site, Enquirer.com.
He began as the Calgary Hunting Examiner, soon progressed to the Canadian Outdoorsman Examiner and is still the only Canadian writer in the hugely popular Examiner network. His articles cover all aspects of outdoor recreation.
Pulvermacher's conservationist philosophy extends to recycling in his home and to his business, LOGical Creations, which creates log furniture from old logs.
He and Chisholm are committed to doing everything, including peeling the logs by hand, making each finished article a unique work of art. For their 'green' commitment they've received two local and two provincial awards and the national Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment Award.
"The more people are out enjoying what we have, the more we learn to love and respect it," says Pulvermacher. "Leave it better than you found it. After all, if two rednecks making furniture can make a difference, anyone can."
Check back in August at www.airdrielife.com to hear from our third and final outdoor expert.
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