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Well 2010 deer season came to an end around here on November 30th.

Between a lot of changes at work, and committing to coach my sons hockey team my time has been at a bit of a premium since about the start of October.

3 weeks vacation in November was definatly a well deserved break.

My buddy came up from Texas for a Hunter Host hunt, it's a crying shame he can only come every 3 years, as the time spent with this gentleman is quality time like no other.
He went home with his 4th Alberta buck, in as many trips up here.
He travelled light this time, as he borrowed a friend of mine's rifle, a nice shooting 270WSM, in a SS Rem 700, this rifle digests 140gr. Berger VLD's with zest. A 175 yd shot saw Ken anchor this very respectable Alberta whitetail.


Then on the 27th I filled my WT tag with a 320 yd shot with my LH Win. Mod 70 in 270WSM, the 130gr. Accubond found it's mark and performed flawlessly, dropping the buck in it's tracks,



The biggest treat of this November was watching my son take his first ever deer. He turned 12 on the 18th, and as that age is the legal BG hunting age in Alberta, he simply told his teachers he was going to be absent that day as he was going hunting.

And hunt he did, we got into a field that I'd been seen lots of deer in, and as the daylight pushed back the darkness the danged deer were all some 400 to 500 yds north of our spot. We got up and used a fence line for cover to stalk closer to the deer, as the light improved, and the range lessened we spotted a ridiculously large bodied deer, with a cartoon sized antler set, I mean a 250lb buck and this iddy biddy rack, but that did'nt diminish my son's quest for this deer, he said he's be fine with that for a first deer, so we pressed on closing the range, as the buck dipped behind a knoll we moved in fast, as I knew the deer was heading to the road and the big bush on the other side. We managed to get to within 150yds as the buck came out from behind the knoll, at which time Richie had steadied himself on a fence post, and a low vocal grunt from me froze the deer. Richie squeezed of his shot and as I watched through my binos I saw the deer shudder, and then bolt, alas the deer stumbled and fell some 80 yds later, in a big puff of snow.
The little 7mm-08 NEF single, Richie uses put the 130 gr. Speer BT right where Richie held, through the deers shoulder and destroyed both lungs before exiting right by the off side diaphram.

The amount of pride I felt that day is un describable.