Desiree DeCoste
Beaver Staff
Napanee native Beverly Reynolds has been hunting since she was two and fishing since she could walk.
Her father, who is a hunter/trapper since he could walk, raised Reynolds in Adolphustown area in the woods and by the water. After having a falling out with a hunting T.V. show a few years ago, 27-year-old Reynolds is now a hunting and fishing guide in New Brunswick and is looking forward to being on another T.V. show.
“My love and passion for hunting and the outdoors have been in my life the entire time,” expressed Reynolds. “A few years back I started traveling with this T.V. show and got to hunt black bears all across North America. We had a falling out and the location I was at when that happened was in New Brunswick and the owner of the outfitter we were hunting at had approached me and asked if I wanted to become a hunting guide for him, they saw I was passionate about it and really into it and they offered me the job and I said heck yeah and I wanted to stay in the hunting industry as my career so it was perfect.”
Reynolds’ father, who has been taking her hunting and fishing her whole life, also taught her anything and everything to do with the sport.
“My father and I would take nature walks when I was a little girl and would ask me questions like ‘what’s that tree called?’ What kind of nuts are on that tree?, What’s this berry?’” said Reynolds. “And so that taught me more about the land and what kind of wild edibles you can eat and what kind of tools and resources you can use around you for survival situations.”
So with Reynolds’ survival background and being the hunter/ fisher woman she is, a T.V. show approached her and wanted her to do a 21-day survival challenge. For confidentially reasons, the show can’t be named.
“It’s all primitive survival so I’m not going to get matches or lighters and stuff like that,” Reynolds stated. “It’s basically going to be living on the land and living off grid. No tools. We get a couple little items we get to bring with us and they have to be primitive of course, so like a bug net or a machete or something like that. I’m really excited and its been a crazy ride so far.”
The past three to four years Reynolds has been constantly traveling and maybe home six months out of the year but says, “this will always be my home.”
“I look around and there isn’t really anyone here I would want to be like ‘yeah I want your job,’” said Reynolds. “So I decided, you know what, I’m just going to take the risk and go out on a limb and go a couple provinces away and start work there. And its been awesome I learned so much out there and then I’ve just been doing it ever since and it’s something I want to continue doing.” Reynolds leaves for the T.V. show in a week or two. “That’s just me, hunting and fishing,” Reynolds said. “If I’m not hunting or fishing, well, I’m usually hunting or fishing.”