Local Antique Hunting Supply Vendor Showcases Collection

Local Antique Hunting Supply Vendor Showcases Collection

Rosanne Fortier News Correspondent

The tables at the Vegreville Wildlife Federation Gun and Accessory Show on February 22 and 23 at Vegreville Social Centre were crowded with everything an outdoor enthusiast could dream of purchasing. David Ewaniw’s booth was no exception, and was jam-packed with interesting hunting gear.

David is a local vendor from Vegreville who expressed that he just loves hunting, camping, fishing, and the whole outdoor experience. So, it is just a hobby for him to buy and sell antique firearms and items which are related to this.

“I enjoy meeting people and making an exhibit of stuff for them to see. People have been very interested in seeing what I had at my booth. Some of the guns I have for sale are very old and very rare. Some of the guns are over 100-years-old. These products are good for collectors who like old style firearms. Two of the firearms I have for sale were used during World War I and World War II; one is a Lee-Enfield firearm which was manufactured in 1916 in England and used in 1916 during World War I and it was also used in World War II in 1944. I bought these guns at the Militia Firearms Exhibition in Edmonton during the War Veterans Exhibition Day. They didn’t only have firearms at this show but they had badges, awards, and other stuff from the war.”

David Ewaniw is a resident of Vegrevillewho is an outdoor enthusiast and antique firearm collector.

(Rosanne Fortier/photo)

David said he started the sport of hunting, camping, and fishing in 1963 when he was 11 year old. “When you are hunting it is the stalking that a person really enjoys. In the evening, it is the peace and quiet of the wild. I go into the deep bush of the north of Grande Cache where human feet haven’t trample,” David described. “Some special memories I have are once in the Simmowte south of Grande Cache, in the wilderness, I had a grizzly bear and a moose attack. I never got hurt because when the grizzly bear attacked, I used a can of bear spray and a shot gun on it and for the moose attack, I ran behind my argo which is an amphibious vehicle but the moose still destroyed my camp,” David added.