I have hunted Alberta the last 2 years in Sept. I went the week of the 9/12, and then the week of 9/20 last year. I was primarily there for bear, but both years I bought a whitetail tag, and hunted whitetails in the morning, and bear in the afternoon. After I tagged out on bear I hunted both settings for deer. I personally wont hunt Sept for deer again. It was something to do and kept me in the woods, but the bucks were not moving at all either year. My friend did not see any either. I was hunting in a town called Lac La Bishe an hour south of Fort McMurray. The area we were hunting takes some awesome deer in Nov. 4 deer over 200 inches in the last 3 seasons, but Sept is not a very good time to be pursuing deer unless the weather is below normal. Next time I will save the money on the tag, and just focus on bear.