Otis-Availability of crown land and ease of obtaining permission varies greatly from area to area.As well some zones are only open to saskatchewan residents.If you hunt in the far north there is a lot of crown land but deer densities are lower as is the chance of killing a large buck.If you hunt in the central agricultural zones crown land can be scarce.Private land near cities is much more difficult to obtain permission to hunt on but permission is easy to obtain in more remote areas where hunting pressure is much lighter and farmers have not had as many problems with hunters tresspassing or damaging property.One more thing to consider is that people such as skeeter and myself have hunted these areas for many years whereas a person hunting the area for the first time or two can not realistically expect to be nearly as successful.