Actually right around Sakatoon has awesome deer, but access is next to impossible being the acreage property boom in the past 5 years. A buddy has video of 2 bucks that will easily make book these bucks mill in broad daylight on the posted tree hunger land only after dark do they cross the fence and road to the side he owns to chomp on his hay[
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Taz. while half the province is actually forest, the bottom 3rd is farmland. In the south like the pic deer will hunker down on that fence row you see in the pic and you' ll not know they are their. Hunting in these parts consists of fence/tree rows, slough bottoms, ravines, willow bluffs and some small/med sized popular/willow stands. For most guys they choose to sit in funnels, spot n' stalk or push the areas(deer drives). We do have pasture (Public) land that offer large wooded tracks like you be accustom too. A tree stand is next to impossible in these open areas, a lot of guys hunt on the ground in natural cover or have box blinds/tripods if ambushing. However others ride the cushions(road hunt) since the agriculture has roads running E<W<N<S allowing access, they try and catch these bad boys cruising, which accounts for long, fast shots and many a dead hawg so cover isn' t an issue but a fast trigger finger and truck can be[
]. I think most hunters in the south grew up hunting the fields by driving the first hour and then assembling a group to push deer, I know I did. As I grew older my standards & hunting partners changed I adapted to the terrain and situation. If I hunt these open areas now I usually get set up on a draw for the am/pm and then slowly walk through these areas with the wind on my nose during the day, however I much prefer hunting the forest fringe areas which offer larger tracks of bush and still have food sources like hay & cereal crops. The payoff to hunting the farmland is deer like saskbucks took have the choice foods in turn eating better than the cattle due which lead to great racks and body size. The down side is lack of cover and some days of seeing nothing but sky
