Sako, what you are missing is that there is a boundary line.
North of the boundary line a NRA can hunt;south of the boundary line he cannot.
Not all the country north of the line is solid bush...at least in the eastern portion of the province, where I hunted not far from the Manitoba border.
So, our hunting area consisted of mixture of bush,crown pasture land of mixed cover,and some farming areas containing big grain fields and agricultural crops,all of which was harvested by hunting season.
We hunted it all and sometimes stands were in the bush, or the pasture lands, and farm fields at the edge of bush as well.
Trust me if the outfitter were doing something illegal the whole camp would have ended up in Court in Regina.Wardens know where outfitters operate and where stands are located, etc...
I have killed bucks in the bush,and in the farming country as well.
In other words, not all of the Northern Forest Zone, is "forest".
I am not saying a 300 magnum kills a deer better than a 308 at 150 yards....I am saying that there is not a thing wrong with using a magnum if you want to.
IIRC this was your first hunt in Saskatchewan? Did you kill a good buck?
