I arrived back home in Texas late Sunday night after spending 6 long days of hunting near the Meadow lake /Pierceland area of Saskatchewan. The hunting was good, great people and outstanding food. I am a true beleiver now in how the weather effects the hunting, the first 3 days were cool as it dipped below 0 degrees F with snow. My group saw alot of activity. The temps then up from there and you could see the drop off of the deer traveling. The time we spent up there watching buck after buck frantically chasing does was a sight to see for sure. Man those guys just wouldnt give up. I was able to get 2 nice bucks breeding their does on video with one of them taking like 4 mintutes! I went high intentions of getting a 170 class deer with a 300 lb body. I hunted hard for 6 days straight and passed ona couple of150-160's.
I was holding out till the very end, it just didnt happen for me.In the waning minutes on the last evening, a 4x4 came out of the bush chasing does, it happened so fast, only seconds for a shot and I took one instinctively on the run. I have to admit I should have passed on him but the fact is I did not and it'smy mistake. It was a 23" wide8 pt that pushed 130. Man , sitting here typing this frustrates me, I showed the videos of the larger bucks I saw to wife and friends and they all agree I should have taken one of the 5x5's I saw on 3 different occassions, but then ya know what they say about hindsight.
All in all, it was a super trip up north, the colder weather was not a problem with me but my guests, a nephew and a dear friend were a bit cold at times. The nephew put his bow up after 2 days of being in a tree stand shivering and took a dandy 5x5 that scored 169bc with a rifle.

Another guy took a 164bc 6x6, my bud , in which I really wanted him to get a big buck got a whopper of an 8 pt, this deer was just HUGE. Though the antlers didnt score well butthe outfitter and everyone one agreed it is the epitome of Canadian deer. 300+ lbs, huge neck, thick thick mass and was aged at 6 1/2. The person who I booked this hunt through also showed up(Cabelas) scoredon a unique 5x5, it had 11" G1's. We are looking forward to seeing some of the pics in their catalog.