In Alberta a general tag costs 33.25 for a antlered whitetail deer special license its also 33.25 but in alberta pretty much everywhere its general whitetail. There is public land to hunt on but there is mostly privately owned land and big bucks. Most of the farmers and ranchers are reasonable and will let u hunt.Yes it is what the T.V shows make it out to be in alberta especially for Mule deer the world record mule was shot in alberta and there are some HUGE muley's is the area of Drumhellar. The calibur i would recommend is a 7mm with a low grain shell and same with the 30.06 just use a low grain bullet if your after the meat. Oh and yes the deer are that damn big. For example her is a picture of a small muley taken in alberta and it scored about 152