It's a 20 minute walk to the river from where I live here in downtown Edmonton. One day of fishing could net you enough fish to eat for a week or more. Unfortunately keeping any but one species (Northern Pike) would be illegal and done so at your own risk.

Regardless of the location (and there are lots of fishing spots within a 30 minute drive) I'm much more confident of my fishing ability than hunting...especially considering I've never hunted.

Air rifles are regulated in Canada so that you can't buy powerful ones. The only alternative would be to buy a .22 that I could put in my BOB and start practicing! I've been trying to find out if the US Survival Rifle is legal in Canada. I suspect it's not because it's so easy to hide and has such a short barrel.