I will be in Emonton on business for a few days next week.
Can anybody recommend any sites to see?

Well, let's see...there's always West Edmonton Mall, which is the worlds largest (believe me, it's BIG!) Even if you're not a shopper, it's worth a walk through simply because it's so damned impressive.There's also a gun shop in the west end of the Mall, complete with indoor range...Across town, there's Wholesale Sports, where there are usually a few interesting used pieces and pretty well unlimited new stuff...there's Milarm, where they have all manner of military junque, and usually a few decent Mausers etc....there's a very good Air Museum, if you're into northern aviation history & aircraft....there's the Space Sciences Center (I think they call it the Odyssium now) they used to have an 'arm' off the shuttle and stuff like that, along with an Imax theatre...there's the Alberta Museum of Natural History, with some of the best wildlife displays I've ever seen...now that I think about it, there's a lot to see! If you get bored, you can always head out in the country for an evening and shoot a bunch of gophers, and earn the gratitude of a local farmer.. ..welcome to Alberta! And make sure you eat a steak! Mad Cow Disease my ass, it's STILL the worlds best beef!

[ 06-02-2003, 07:36: Message edited by: Tumbleweed ]

Here

I started a thread for you

http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/viewtopic.php?t=11222

I hope the link works..

Thanks gents, I knew you guys would come up with something!
Next question:; How do I get a firearms export permit?

Leif, do you have a particular firearm in mind, or is this "just in case"? - Dan

Gatehouse, That website is new to me. Thanks!

Canuck

Gun shop in the mall?? Do you mean I spent all that time watching kids figure skate while I should have gone to something interesting?

Shoot!

Frans

Just in case I saw something that tickled my fancy, it it difficult to get the paper work together to for a US citizen to buy a rifle in Canada?

Buying isn't difficult, taking possesion is. You would have to get them to ship it to your FFL in the states, and to do that they have to have the right import/export papers from the BATF. There is a discription of the process and which forms you need on canadiangunnutz site. If you could pre-arrange for a PAL (Possession Acquisition Licence) ahead of time, you could just buy what you want on the spot. - Dan

Oh and I believe this weekend is the black rifle shoot at Genesee range, west of Edmonton. That's the one where us geezers take out our full auto toys and let anybody play who brings ammo. It's a hoot. - Dan

I stand corrected, the Black rifle shoot is the weekend of the 14th. - Dan

Go to the lobby of the West Petrolium Tower downtown and see the No. 2 B&C moose hangin there,( outside the DNR office) What a brute !!

[ 06-03-2003, 23:27: Message edited by: Bowzer ]

Keep em coming guys!

For a Brit, Wholesale Sports was as close to heaven as I have been in gunshop terms.

yeah, Bowser is right, that moose is a monster. Another Slave Lake special. - Dan

Leif,

Edmonton is a great city, and I agree with all of the above posts, except one thing. The beef sucks!! If you want a good steak, come to the midwest USA, Nebraska or Iowa! That crap they serve in Canada, is what we put in cans labled ALPO down here!! Why do you think all of the people in the midwest USA are over weight? Well, it sure as hell is not from eating Canadian beef!! I'm not trying to piss any of my Canadian friends off, but holy crap, where do they get that S--T???

BOWHUNR

Beef advice from a Cornhusker?! Please, you're just not USED to good beef. All that fat on those southern (from here) steaks have addled your taste buds. Nothing better then good lean Alberta beef BBQ'ed and CDN beer (except maybe BBQ'ed moose) - Dan

The only beef that I've had that is as good (possibly better) as Alberta Beef is from Argentina.



But Americans do know more about low 'n' slow BBQ than we do!

Yeah, that's a fact. I haven't had a decent shaved pork BBQ sandwich since the last time I was in Memphis. - Dan

Well, I have to say Edmonton not a bad little city. I stopped by the Provincial museum for the new photo exhibit which was pretty good. Sorry I didn't have a steak but the ribs were pretty good at the Montana Steak house on the Calgary Trail.
Who knows, I might be back for a mountain caribou..

Leif.

Are mountain caribou available for non res hunters in Alberta? I haven't seen prices listed by any of the outfitters I have looked at.

Ian

[ 06-11-2003, 11:16: Message edited by: IanF ]

Caribou have been closed for approx 20 years in Alberta. Mountain Caribou can be hunted in the NWT, Yukon and B.C.