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If one goes to SK expecting to shoot a monster, even in the best of times, many alien non-residents come home disappointed.
You go with the expectation of a good hunt, freezing your arse, hearing nothing but ravens and jays (my personal favorite) and, finally, being in a spot where the potential for a real jaw-dropper to step out without nary another human ever laying eyes on him.
If one obsesses on the deer population and how bad it's going to be, you're defeated before you even get there and that disposition will make for an ugly vacation. Go with an open mind, and, have fun. Chance favors the prepared mind.
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hearing nothing but ravens and jays (my personal favorite) and, I love hearing ravens or crows they're the non-city sound. Living in a large city I never hear them until I'm out of there. +1 about the mind set.
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Mike, One pays a rather hefty stipend for the eery silence.  Still worth it in my book.
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Just think of all the other exciting things that go with the hunt. Like trying to figure out how your going to pee through 10" of clothing when you only have a 9" dick , the smell of your own farts creeping out of your turtleneck and then getting caught in your face mask and staying there. Figuring out how the hell can I keep my sandwich and cookies from freezing before I want to eat them. Praying that the urge to have to drop a deuce doesn't hit you while on stand from the 15 Swedish meatballs you had as an appetizer the night before. Better yet figuring out how your gonna keep from crapping in your coveralls with all these dam thermals on . How about wondering why the [bleep] did I bring this big azz backpack full of chit that I didn't use all week. Last but not least this dam propane heater doesn't do chit ! 
I Kill Things......deal with it..
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wildone:  Thanks for the belly laugh here on a Friday before Thanksgiving sir! I just read your response to my co-manager - you know to illustrate an example of what I can learn on a hunting forum. Reminds me of the old Saskatchewan addage, "never fart in your insulated coveralls....."  All the best to you in your hunts and Happy Canuck Thanksgiving to you. Dwayne
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Wildone...[quote=wildone]. Like trying to figure out how your going to pee through 10" of clothing when you only have a 9" dickquote] Damn...9" of dick...Im feeling pretty inadequate...I usually have to tie a piece of string to the end of my dick so I can reach in find the string and then remove it
I don't always venture out into the sub-freezing darkness, but when I do, it is deer hunting season, and I carry a Remington. Stay hungry my friends.
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Bravado and crude language won't help boys. Facts are facts. The big ones will be really scarce, and you won't hear that from your outfitter. You'll get the big picture when you compare notes with other hunters in the airport on the way home. Good luck boys.
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Bravado and crude language won't help boys. Facts are facts. The big ones will be really scarce, and you won't hear that from your outfitter. You'll get the big picture when you compare notes with other hunters in the airport on the way home. Good luck boys. that bad huh?
"Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered."
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Let's put it this way. The winter of 06 & 07 just about wiped out the big bucks in non resident areas for a few years. This past winter was much worse. You'll probably see some in the 120 and 130 class gross but those 150 + will be few and far between. No one travels to SK for a 120-130 buck.
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Wow
Do you live in sask?
Was one side of sask hit harder than another? East vs west?
"Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered."
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I hunted Alberta mule deer in November 2007 and most of the hunters on the plane from Edmonton had actually hunted whitetail in Saskatchewan, and they were showing some pictures of great bucks, some 170 - 185 class.
That is when I decided I had to hunt whitetail at least once in Sask. which is this year.
The built in problem is the good outfitters are booked full by late January of the hunt year with 50% deposit. Which is way to early to know what kind of bucks will be available in November.
So it's sort of like playing stud poker, by the time half the cards have been turned over, you already have too much in the game to just drop out.
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Enjoy your StrayDog, its always fun hunting there. Not all the big guys will have died over the winter....I would have still hunted Sask myself if I wasnt going on a vacation in January...always that dream buck running out there.
We have land in SE Sask and the deer were hit very hard there...not many seen this summer and fall around there.
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I'm all in this year as I have been the last 8-9 years I'm a canadian resident. So I go there and put my own bait piles up with cameras and wait to see whats hitting them. If nothing really nice is on pics, I walk, drive and post on the fields and forest areas and wait. Last year we had our best year as all our group had chances on big deer, only 3 of us connected all great bucks above the 160 class, the rest of us didnt shoot. Its been like that for all the years at least one of us will see something great even in the worst of years when we lost over 80% of the deer in our zone. Theres always some big deer left and in that short period we have to hunt and with no advanced scouting makes it even harder, but some of those deer I've seen and not had a chance to shoot are worth going to Sask every year!!
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Down near my parents' place in 21 there deer have been decimated. I spent a month there and there were so few deer around (and almost no sign of them - tracks in the mud on back roads, etc) I couldn't believe it. But the winter kill in that area was horrific so it's no big surprise that the numbers are down. I won't be going there to hunt this year out of deference to letting the population rebound. Hopefully the winter treats them well and we see numbers like we have in years past.
"This duty fell upon me and was the worst job I ever had in my life.
I have known men I would rather shoot than the worst of dogs."
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I just got back from hunting elk for a week at our bush camp on the edge of the Porcupine provincial forest, East Central Sask. Lowest amount of deer sign I've ever seen in 15 years. But, when I got home to our farm in central Sask, my brother informed me that he has been seeing a really nice 6x6 buck that has main beams way out past the ears, best buck ever seen on our farm. So you never know, I'm wishing good luck to all our visiting hunters.
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I have some e mails from a friend hunting in north west Sask now. Bad news confirmed. It ain't looking good.
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I have some e mails from a friend hunting in north west Sask now. Bad news confirmed. It ain't looking good. awesome thats where im headed!!
"Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered."
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I have some e mails from a friend hunting in north west Sask now. Bad news confirmed. It ain't looking good. awesome thats where im headed!! All We need is one good buck  To make his appearance. But I really hope its not as bad as what everyone is saying. Elmer
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Nate, if it looks bad there's a casino in Regina. Alcohol & reasonable girls!
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