About Us

The Orillia Fish & Game Conservation Club

Founded in 1947, The Orillia Fish & Game Conservation Club is a volunteer organization that has completed conservation projects in the Orillia area for over 75 years. The club’s members are proud of their hunting and fishing heritage and endeavors to enhance and protect our fish and wildlife populations, as well as the natural environment in which they live.

With a motto of “Wildlife Unlimited”, it is the clubs’ goal to ensure that fish and wildlife thrive abundantly, not only for this generation, but for future generations to come. The Orillia Fish & Game Conservation Club as of January 2023 is comprised of more than 100 dedicated men and women who love the outdoors and believe it is very important to protect our environment and all have pledged “to save and faithfully defend from waste the natural resources of our country, its soils and minerals, forests, waters and wildlife.” All of the club work and projects are completed by club members on a volunteer basis by our members and non-member volunteers who support our clubs interest of the outdoors.

The Orillia Fish & Game Conservation Club has fought for conservation for over seventy six years, right from its first meeting in March of 1947. The Club strives to live up to its motto of “Wild Life Unlimited” and to be wise in our use of our natural resources. Now in our seventy-sixth year, our over 100 members are celebrating our past achievements and looking forward to maintaining continuing projects and developing new avenues to reach our conservation goals.

 

The Club is a proud member of the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters and, through our activities and our membership, promotes our fishing and hunting heritage. We have our “Orillia Fish & Game Conservation  Club Deceased Members Bursary” for graduating high school / college  & University students continuing their Environmental / Conservation education.

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Engaging With The Community Through Conservation

Each year our members work on stream rehabilitation on a tributary of the Coldwater River. During the winter months our club buys and transports feed for deer and Wild Turkeys in deer yards in the surrounding townships. An annual Kid’s Conservation  Day is hosted each year by Club members at our Tree Farm where we educate our youth in the sports of Archery, rifle shooting, fishing, Trapping, Falconry and walking our trails identifying various wild plants.

Fundraising To Support Our Club & Our Community

Fund raising is an important effort for our members to ensure we have adequate funds to continue conservation efforts in our region. We have hosted an annual Wild Game Dinner each winter for the past several years. We have experienced some difficulty in mustering sufficient volunteer assistance to reinstate our Wild Game Dinner due to the recent Pandemic Our Wild Game Dinner has been a major fundraiser for our Club so we hope we can successfully reinstate this important event. Currently another major fundraiser is selling 50/50 tickets at Burl’s Creek Automotive Flea Market which takes place during a Spring Show in early June and again every Fall following Labor Day in Early September. These events require 30 – 40 volunteers each day of the event to successfully cover the entire Burls Creek Event. This is an event where a member may attain many of their required volunteer club hours and have a great time doing so. Meeting and working alongside fellow club members and meeting many great members of the public attending the event. It is really an enjoyable time.=

We are continually monitoring both Provincial and Federal initiatives that are not in the best interests of our environment or sound Conservation practices. Our Club in presently joining voices with fellow sportspersons over the heavy handed and unfair Firearm issues within the Federal Governments Bill 21. We as a club are quite aggressive when we see or hear of issues that may compromise the pledge that we as members jealously protect.