New Ontario Shooters Association (NOSA)
2026 Recent Activities or Events and Pictures

Here find details of the shooting activities and related events at NOSA, the family-friendly Thunder Bay rifle and pistol shooting club. Events or subjects are in approximate date order (usually based on the earliest date if an activity is spread out).

Photos here are by Banacek unless otherwise attributed. This page is also intended to show some of our members' 2026 photos in club and related activities in and about Thunder Bay, Ontario -- or wherever our members travel for competitions or sport. Member photo contributions are much appreciated. And please be kind.

At the end of each calendar year, a particular year's activities and photos will still be available on its own NOSA page. Click on the year desired in the following table.

Nolalu Range Improvement Projects, pictures and text, during a particular year can be seen on the individual year pages above, but for your convenience several years of such projects have also been gathered together here on a summary webpage.

NOSA Members' Adventures and Hunts are similarly reported in each year's activities, but prior years have also been gathered here in a summary webpage.

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NOSA Annual General Meeting -- Sunday, 18 January 2026

Location. NOSA's Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Slovak Legion, 801 Atlantic Ave., Thunder Bay. Refreshments were available.

This AGM's agenda included presentation of the NOSA annual budget and discussion of club business.

There were short discussions on several minor topics; the major ongoing study is for the future of how we use the Nolalu Range given the recent 2025 low attendance there by members.

The Junior Shooters Program had some suggestions for improving public awareness and encouraging new shooters; and more ideas are welcome. Speak with Samantha.

NOSA Annual Sports Shooters Trade and Craft Show in Thunder Bay -- Saturday and Sunday, 07 & 08 March 2026

This annual two-day NOSA Spring Show featured the opportunity for the public to buy, sell, or trade: Guns, Knives, Ammunition, Collectors' Cartridges, Reloading Supplies, Optics, Crafts, and Accessories. A food concession was also on site.

Location: The Slovak Legion, 801 Atlantic Ave., Thunder Bay, Ontario P7C 2S7 Canada.

Show Hours for the Public:
            Saturday 07 March -- 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
               Sunday 08 March -- 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Admission for the Public: $5.00 each day, and free for those under 12 when accompanied by an adult.

NOSA had an information display about our Club, and our activities promoting the shooting sports including our Junior Shooters Program. This show provides some of the annual funding for the Juniors.

Dealer setup started at 5:30 p.m on Friday 06 March 2026. On-site security was provided overnight on 06 and 07 March. There were 70 tables available at a cost of $50.00 each.

Volunteers from NOSA were heavily involved in supporting this event, from assisting exhibitors to carry their goods in and out of the building and to staffing the entrance and providing overnight security. Thank you sincerely.

Our club very much appreciates the participation of the many interesting vendors and exhibitors that have supported this event, some of whom have been friends for many years.

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The last photo was taken at the end of the show, as the weather finally turned sunny and there were small lakes everywhere including this one in the parking lot -- where crows were bathing happily in what was still frigid water -- tough Northwestern Ontario Crows.

NOSA Members' Adventures and Hunts -- 2026

Every year we feature some of the members' photos of their recent outdoor adventures -- sometimes from their hunts, but mostly candid photos of wildlife and scenery that they have encountered and enjoyed while just observing through a camera lens. We're looking forward to seeing some new photos.

We received our first photo for 2026 in this category from Wayne Sm. after his trail camera on 19 January at 11:45 p.m. caught this image of a wolf wearing a tracking collar. Temperature was a very chilly -25C.

Then Wayne Sm. captured a photo of a very purposeful looking Canada Lynx out for a hunt in daylight.

In March, Wayne's superb trail camera observed some Whitetail Deer in daylight and then a Red Fox at night.

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Wolf wearing a radio collar	Lynx out hunting in daylight
Several Deer browsing together	who then move on as a group
Night photo of a fluffy Red Fox

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