For me a horse would be useless in Saskatchewan, seeing where I often use my quad I need to duck down and then often get twacked by limbs. We don't have mountains in my province so i use my ATV in the forest/fringe areas. I distance my self from the logging road hunters when in the forest as well, instead of staying on the semi road allowances I go deep into the forest looking for lakes/swaps/natural meadows to find my quarry by ways of topo maps and scouting. Once I locate such areas I leave my ATV at distance and use my boot soles to get into my preferred location. So once again my ATV is not for ripping up the country side but rather a mode to allow me to get off the beaten path and transport stuff to the location. In many cases where we set up camp is miles from our trucks and trailers, so hoofing all the gear required to deal with moose would not allow us to distance ourselves from the majority of bush hunters like we do.

Shatodavis, as to the guides wanting you to harvest smaller animals for less work involved, not sure where you have hunted but being I guided for a number of years in my case nothing was further from the truth. I was not only judged on my reports for service but also the quality in which was harvested, my outfitter's would much rather see lower success rates with high scoring animals than vice versa. Personally if I was going on a guided hunt as a client this is also what I would expect, in most cases where the trophy is a big part of the goal your expectation must be met in work ethic but equally must be realistic in harvest..not every hunter will drop a B&C Animal that is a fact! Guys with topo maps I can also say nothing pee'd more than a new client trying to tell me where he should be set up. I am paid to know where to go, I had back ground area knowledge and spend countless hours before his arrival scouting the woods/locations. I would say humor me, this is what I am paid to do and it is in my best interest to put you on a good animal...it may not happen today, it may not happen tomorrow or it may not even happen all week but rest assured I will do everything in my power to make you go home satisfied! Never once did I not get a positive review. To those who were vets to hunting sask. and/or the area sure I would take suggestions, quite frankly when things aren't going right out of the box thinking is required and welcomed.