ORIGINAL: archer125
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.
You went 1 week two early! The deer up here ( I live 50 miles from where you hunted) start to move hard the first week of Oct. Dont know why but they do.
If your up there hunting bear, dont be cheap! pay the 200-300 bucks for the tag. You paid all that money to come up here to hunt bear and have the bouns of whitetail.
Some of the biggest deer I have seen have been in the first few week of Oct..........way before rifle season........and a little note bow season runs from the 1st week in Sept.......to OCt 31......then look out its rifle season
So Doc death I would also do the same........besides where your going crops will be coming off the feilds then and the deer will move.
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