Yeah the river breaks or hills would be a good bet, really anywhere that takes effort to hunt. What I meant by hammered means pressured big bucks don't stick around where they get a parade of traffic each day...so if your looking for something big look in off the wall places. This province is chaulked full of deer, so it doesn't suprise me that you still found them in the heavier traffic areas but ifyou don't find what your looking for in these places then start branching out to the path less travelled is all I am saying. As hunting season dwindles on here the deer get pretty wise to the program, often a slight change can make a difference.

Never heard of checkboard hill!! Hunted more in the Sand Hills, south of leader though and again not for whitetails ever.

I hunt mostly the forest fringe areas (area that butts up to theforest zones) but also have been spending a lot of time in theSMZ (Shotgun/ML/Bow Zone)near home the past few years.