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That pic is a reminder of the deer I used to see in parts of PA.

Now I don't know the time of year in your photo, but In late November it was not uncommon to see that many deer and NOT AN ANTLER IN THE CROWD!

That is an amazing photo you have there though.

I'm trying to put something together for the last week of the season up in the Meadow lake to Goodsoil area. How is the weather up that way SKB , starting to cool off yet?

We had an early cold snap, but now we are experiencing an "Indian" summer.

Enviro Canada

I cannot say with any certainty what the weather will be like in November.

However, the deer population looks to be good and healthy.

Can any of you tell me roughly when the rut occurs in Northern Alberta? I'll be hunting around Lac La Biche the week of Thanksgiving.

The last three weeks of November the rut is going strong. I was there one year in the second week of Nov and watched with binoculars a huge heavy racked buck following a doe about 800 yards from my stand, and it was about 55f degrees.
Hunting the week of thanksgiving will give more consistently chilly weather, so the deer will feel naturally more active.

I have hunted about fifty miles south as well as north of Lac La Biche, you should see a lot of deer. I hope you can stay off the trigger for a few days unless you see a GOOD one.
Good Luck!

Thanks for the info StrayDog. I've prepared myself mentally to leave empty handed if I don't see anything over 160.

MasterBlaster..by any chance are you going with Bob Irving or Ron NacDonald..Ill be just east of you the week of Thanksgiving

oldguns, I'll be hunting with Dale McKinnon from Percival - McKinnon Outfitters.

master blaster...I know Dale and Doug..real high end outfitters

I live about 225 miles north of lac La Biche, and it looks like we are going to have a GREAT year for big racked white tails.
Many of my friends work up here two weeks on , then head south for four days off, and I am getting very good reports on deer numbers when we meet up! :>)
Cat

All the horns are shedded that is why we see no horns. They grow back in spring time.

There is late rut also in first part of December for deer.

I LIVE IN wmu 356 ,HAVE SEEN SOME NICE RACKS COME IN BUT NOT TAKEN ONE MYSELF usually working 12hour days 6-7 days a week at the hunting season,

good mulies up here to if you can get a draw

That is a good time to hunt around Lac La Biche. Last year we saw lots of deer that week, my son shot a nice mature 4x4.