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The buck you saw followin a doe - was that the biggun you were watchin for this year Skeet?

Happy holidays guys, I am off to Hawaii tomorrow, so will chat withy ou all in the new year.
well get some posts of some nice sheds we all find :D

Relax, and start dreamin about next season! Merry Christmas all.

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AG,

Yeah same deer
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Enjoy the fun and sun. What island are you heading too?

I never stop dreamin':D Same to you and have safe travels. Take some pictures of the sheds you findon the beach for us poor parka wearing fellas;)

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The silence was deafening...I see Skeeter spoke up and the thread is once again active. No new news on my front as the season has come to a close. Just finishing up work for the year and getting ready for the holidays. We're making a trip to Montana for a little shopping spree and I'll see if I can find a blind for a decent price. It seems I have all the toys one could want (or need) as a hunter so the wish list is pretty short. What I really need now is my own piece of land so most of my savings is starting up a fund for that. Problem is it;ll be a while till the account is big enough for my piece of heaven. Santa if you are listening!!! :D

All the best over the holidays fellas!!! 06 was a good year for most and hopefully 07 is even better. Merry Christmas!!!

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JD, safe travels and all the best to you and the family!!

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Skeeter, I've also been looking at the possibility of a DSLR lately. The photograghy opportunities up here are too good to pass up. Haven't done too much looking and I maystill go with a new digital instead. Let me know what you end up with and how you like it.

JD, Have a safe trip and happy holidays.

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10-4. I will say nothing beats the quality an SLR can produce but the lens to get that are what sets you back!! I'd reccomend looking at Nikon my F80 has been a dream and the amount of aftermarket lenses available besides Nikor is second to none. The Nikors are sweet but my 30-135 was more than body itself so it can get pretty spendy. If I were to buy an DSLR it would be the D80/10 MP but at over a G note it's an investment. I sold my telephoto lens because I wasn't happy with it (not nikor el cheapo off ebay[:'(])so would be looking at 600 and up for that - 1600 plus seems a bit steep right now and the size has me thinking of the ultra zoom point and shoot instead. My partner bought the Sony H5 and so far his pictures have been impressive thatI have seen. Mom has Canon IS2 which is also been very good. TheSony H's you can buy a telephoto adapter that almost doubles your zoom capability (x1.8 I believe), so that would get your optical zoom in the 20-24x range,just an FYI. Here in Canada they sell for 250.00 but I have seen them on ebay for less. As mentioned the Sony H2 has the inside track due to price and the ability if required to up the optical zoom. Though the Canon has a tilting preview screen and according to reviews/break downsa slightly better image stabilzer and movie mode(if that is a concern). While the H5 screen is simply awesome the cheapestI have found it for is 499.00 with reg price being 540, seems like a lot for 1" bigger screen with 200K pix count. The 1 additional MP so I havebeen toldreally means squat in the grand sceme of things and in the case of the Sony the Zeiss lens usedis pretty much at the peak performance with the H2/6.1 MP. It seems everytime I think I favor one I second guess myself, so it will probably come down to what feels best to the hand and wallet:D! Then again I might do a complete 180, I'll keep you posted. Iwas giventhis site by a couple camera shops, it is thorough and may help you some www.dpreview.com

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Hey guys hope everything is going well with all of you. Sorry i ain't been around lately was home from school a grand total of 12 hours then I went on a seismic job down in Carlyle, Sask. I had my bags all packed just about to leave for stoon and then I get a call to go to work lol ah well ads a lil christmas jingle. Sorry skeet i never called to cancel. On a diferent note the bones are dropping like a bugger back home i guess. Dad has found 2, neighbors have picked up a few and we also have a buck in the yard packin one side. Heading back home today after i finish my shoppin here in stoon, have to get out and look a bit but with all that snow it will be hard going. Picked up 3 tubs of minnows though planning on sittin on the lake tomorrow with some buds and who knows maybe get into some wallys. As for the wholesale sports thing, i stopped there yesterday to check out some stuff and pick up some yote ammo for the 7mm. Well the lighest they haqd was 160gr, what an opperation. I was then lookin at the morel yellow jacket broadhead target and they wanted 87 dolars for it, when i seen it in cableas for 35 or so. So even with exhcange lets say 50, wow. I told the guy i wanted it but never wanted to pay that much, he told me if i could find it cheaper someplace else to go right ahead. Well thats what this cowboy will do. I was eyeballing some gorrila treestands there as well the baby kong was cheap but the platform is just to small. I also found that stand 10 dollars cheaper at wally world. There were some others there A little bigger but i have a hard time beliving that wholesale would be my cheapest option. I finally picked up a ccard so i am going to do some online shopping as well to hunt for somke deals. Can't wait till that cabelas comes in to ab, going to be some heavy shopping roadtrips i believe. Anyways just wanted to wish you guys and your families a Merry Christmas and all the best in the new year. I am headed out to my drilling staff party here in a few hours, they got me an outdoor edge game processing knife set, with the comapany and my name engraved in it so i was pretty pumped. Anyways tc guys and talk to ya after the festivities.

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Dan Alias Hia

Pass on the Gorrilla stands, bought a few for the price reason a few years back and find after a few years use they started to get squeaks in the floors. Only happened when it got to the minus degree thing here and you know where we live ,it's minus quite a bit:D.
The price is usually what sells them but take itfrom me and experience stay away from the Gorilla low end stands like the baby and next one up.As for targets ,just go to a local farmer who grows corn and get a gunny sack and fill it with old clothes,spay paint some circles on it and your good to go,best dang target I ever owned, most targets now days takes a strong back bone to pull them,with this target all you do is pull with one finger and out they come. You'll never get a pass through unless you you use a broadhead, LMAO,yes I've done it[8D]I've been shooting at mine for 6 years now and still have yet to get a new sack to replace it.
Sounds like a great place and bunch a guys that you work with to give you such a usable knife set. Who is the oil co you work for here in Alberta Dan? My son-in-law works for Ikeda down in the Medicine Hat area. He's done some scouting for me on the antelope's down their for next season as I should get drawn after 3 years trying and also for some mulie bucks. He's into themall the time in the area he's working ,so it's nice to have eye's watching for me all the time in an area I have no idea about.[X(]
And for the rest of you guys who are still popping in hereI have to wish you all the best and thanks for being helpfull in so many ways. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and God Bless.
[:-] Rocky[:-]
PS No sneaking looks while the wifes away under the tree:(

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Hi there I new to the site, from Madoc Ontario
Looks like some great areas to put up stands I used to live in rocky
Mtn House, a while back never had the chance to hunt though how is it?

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Welcome Harold

Madoc Ontario huh! Well where the heck is that ? LOL. Edmonton Alberta here and ,no I haven't hunted Rocky Mountain House,but have fished it's many rivers and lakes .The only reason to not hunting it is cause of the travel. Good to have you aboard and welcome to Huntingnet. A great bunch a guys in here and almost everything you ask will be answered asap[8D]Very intelligent bunch of guys in here and informative too.
Rocky

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Hey Rocky, didn't you get the PMs I sent you? I was curious what you two guys saw or had a chance at during your 2 weeks in the Zone?I know it was FRIGID the week of the 20th.[:@]

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Jeff
Scroll up a bit and you'll see where I decsribed the hunt to everyone,I also sent you 2 pmsletting you know about ther hunt itself. Will be going shed hunting next week with JimHole.I asked himhow his season this year was and he said ,no monsters were taken.
Rocky
PS Jeff I believe the snow was a factor but not the cold. Actually it was only cold for 6 days.-36 with windchill Burrrr[X(]

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Dan nice score on the gift. No problems the nut bars came for a visit soI had to dothe "you might be a redneck" thing!![8D] Hope you had safe ice dangling, serm and red cross issued thin/poor ice cautions for the northern and eastern portions due to the heavy snowfall.

To all hope your Christmas was good, safe and enjoyable. Plus santa was good. The wife bought me a new digi -Canon IS3, guess she was sick of me pouring over which one to get and complaining about my other camera. I've only played with a little but so far so good, hopefully will get out soon to do some horn looking and testing the camera in the field.

All the best in 2007.

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Nice score on the camera Skeeter,

Xmas has been a lot of fun. Went to visit the wife's side down in Southern Sask for a few days. Weather was great and the days were spent sledding and eating (in excess). Santa was good to me this year. got some clothes, DVD's and last but not least a Garmin GPSMAP 60cx from my wife and parents. I can't wait to get home and start mapping trails and scouting/shedding for next year. :D

Happy new year.

P.s. Welcome Harold:)

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TOUCHE:D You'll enjoy the Garmin

PS Happy 2007!!!!![8D]

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Happy New Year !!:D

Back at work now[:'(]Holidays always fly by so quickly:eek:

Iwent out for a few hours yesterday to stomp the bursh for sheds, put some mileson the houndand try out the new gps. I think it will be a great tool,especially the track features. I didn't find anything, no real surprise but I always hold out hope for my first moose shed. However,I did gps all the trails I walked and once I get the software up an running I can project the trails onto satellite imagery (borrowed from work);)The result will hopefully be maps of all the trails and significant sign in any of the areas that i hunt. It's probably overkill but i'm walking the trails anyway so I might as well record it.

2007 Hunting resolutions:

1) Shoot a personnal best mule deer (assuming I get drawn).

2) Shoot my first bullmoose.

3) Spend at least 2 hours scouting for every hour hunting.

4) Get off my a** and get permissionwellbefore the season starts for once.

5) Shoot a personnal best whitetail (this one is on the list every year).

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Hey Saskabush

Best of luck on all accounts bud,:Dall I can say is get that mulie stand in place and I'll make the drive up and shoot him early with my bow. That's thetop reason I bow hunt Saska. No need for putting in for a draw and waiting a few years for it to happen:eek:I love my GPS too, guess you can show me how to use it when I come up LMAO j/K.;)I use mine mainly for location for when I invite friends to hunt they can find the stand on their own with out 2 bodies stinking up the location.
Happy New Years to you all and best of luck in 07.
Rocky

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Sask...WTF!! That's alot of resolutions for 1 year:eek:and after your 06 whitetail, I'd strike that one from the list:D.
Hope everyone had a good holiday, myself...looks like I got a touch of the flu and was in bed for a good chunk. No trip to Montana either as the roads sucked the day I was finally healthy. Ah well, just saved a bunch of $$$ that would have been better spent. All the best shedding boys!!
Still never saw early's pics:(

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JD, you're right. Three of the five are more goals than resolutions,my bad[&:]The whitetail remains on the list. Half the fun of(trophy) hunting is trying to do better than last year. It may not happen, but that is okayas long as I give it an honest effort.
Sorry to hear about the trip, good luck finding some sheds if you make it out.

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JD happy new year to bad about the down time.

Saskabush looks good to me, best of luck git er done!

My 2007 hunting rez's at this point:

1) Spend more time on building up the bow muscles

2) Hunt elk even deeper and harder then last year (streak stretched to 7:D)

3) Not gethawg tied-whitetails (use time more effectively)

4) Antelope draw tag

5) Be more like JD with the camera;)

6) Get a bear rug for the wife.A shoulder mount for moi hopefully will follow.

I don't need motivation to scout it's a given but I plan to spendmore time checking out new area both deer and elk.

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OK here goes nothing...mine are as follows:

1. Really concentrate on getting a decent mulie buck with the bow, that means more scouting, time in the field and practicing.
2. Once again trying to shoot a 140+ whitetail (be it up north or wherever I find him)
3. Be more like Skeeter:DSee 1 & 2
4. try my hand at Taxidermy (on birds for now) already starting to read up on it.

That's about it. Basically get to be a better deer hunter and less a photographer (actually I like the picture part) but more with me holding up a nice buck.

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How are myCanadian friends doing? I hope you all had a niceChristmas and a good New Year! I have a question reguarding rattling and the use of a decoy during the rut.I started hunting in the Edmonton Bow Zonetwo years ago (assome already know)and '07 will be my 3rd year. :)
Oneof the things that I have learned, and this seems important, is that once rattled in, a buck is on full alert and won't stay around very longonce he realizes thereare no other deer in the area. Quick in, quick out! [:@]Wouldn't a buck decoy, if properly placed, keep the buck focusedon the decoy and not on where the sound came from, keeping him around longer? They get realnervousreal fast! This would alsolessen the chances ofgetting busted? I asked something similar a while back but maybe I'll get new, and oldfeed back. All thoughts and experiances will be appreciated. ;)

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Jeff "AKA Early In"

This is a question that can have a few different responses, yesto your 1st qestion,yes to the second part of the question too.Also yes to a less chance of getting busted while you make the shot.A decoy in it's presence make's a huge difference and the way it is set up also makes a huge difference too.Always have the tail of the doe orthe antlers of the buck closes to you making the buck come in on the side where your chances of getting ashotmore of anatvantage.Or how do I say it!!! at a position that will allow you a shot in the open on the buck.Thein comming buck will always come into a doe in estrus downwind and from her rearend so he can scent her. On a buck decoy he will also come in downwind but will come in facing him to fight head on. So Set up with the butt of the doe in an area so you can get a clean shot and same with the buck. Hope this helps Jeff. Oh yeah were still waiting on the bucks picture.Happy New Year back to you too.;)
Rocky

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Rocky, have you personally ever used one with any results? Does Jim Hole ever use them as part of his "program"? ;)

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Holidays are now over:(. Managed to pick up 9 whotetail sheds and a small bull moose paddle while i was at home. I got alot of video footage of sheded bucks in fact i only saw one buck packing while i was home. Wierd weird weird. After our boxing day festivities i ice fished everyday except new years day was huddled up on the couch watchin college ball for 13 hours. Did not bad on the pike and perch around home, managed to put 2 nice wallyes on the ice but that was it. My boss and i went up to Cowan lake, booked a cabin, and fished for a day. I pounded the heck out of the pike but never had time to explore more for wally's or perch. The sweidsh pimple and an eyeball was really hot for me and i had some belly meat set up on a tip up that the bigger ones were pounding. Biggest fish i caught was only around 6 pounds but still plenty of fun. I am thinkinbout that again next year but maybe a more walleye infested lake would be in the picture. Ice seemed to be good up on that lake but very poor at home on Greenwater lake. I buried my bike 6 times and was digging for quite some time in floodwater and slush, really a mess. As a result i never did get to the north end of the lake to fish at all. Never did see my big buck while i was at home, that area was pretty heavily snowed in so i went in on foot one day and wandered around looking for his sheds, never found his but see they are hitting some red clover pretty hard so hopefully that will sustain him over winter.

Oh saskabush, i ran into kevin Y at the boxing day dance, then i heard he smoked a moose later that night with his ford on the way home.[:-]

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Hia,

Nice work on the ice fishing and sheds. I have been out walking a few times but haven't found any yet. I think most of the bucks are still packing up here.

I haven't even dangled a hook yet even though i've been out to the trout lakes several times. Not much for perch in the area, I'm really missing Blackstrap in that regard.

Glad to hear you bumped into Kev. He's still forwarding X-rated emails so I'm assuming the moose didn't do too much damage to him (if not his truck)?

Any of the sheds you found big? pictures? Hopefully your big boy makes it. good luck finding his sheds next time you're back.

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JD please you don't want to aspire to dinkitise do you? LOL

Good stuff hia. Nothing like fish through a hole!!

Shed huntinghas beenslow (though only made it out once). I found a few little ones, plus a smallbuck skull(this year). I thought I found ITbut when I looked at it closer I realized something was up, the fellas staged it with a split brow I found prior. With friends like that who needs enemies[&:]? The fellas were pretty cagey since the deer i have been pining over wears split brows.Got to tip my hat to the effort that went into the scam:D!

Good news is the deer are holding on my alfalfa. The bad news is a winter wheat field just over a mile s isprime pickings for anybody who doesn't want to walk to far. As of last week mine were the only track on it so hopefully that won't change, that is where I found 2 sheds.

Early in, I can't help you in your quest about decoys and rattling. I tried it years ago and it never really did anything for me. Though during the time when rattling is best I don't have a bow in my hands either;). Worth a shot.

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Skeeter...forgive my stupidity but I'm not a farmer and want to know a little more about crops and such. When you say winter wheat what do you mean by that? Also how do I know what Alfalfa looks like? The fields above our hunting spot are all planted with different crops, I'd like to figure out what is what. Any good tips?

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JD, winter wheat is planted late(heremid august to mid sept)so it sprouts prior to freezing (looks like a grass field), then it becomes dormant in the winter andthe springtime continues growth till harvested, usually in august timeframe. Super find for deerin the november timeframe, much like peas(which are usually early as they are the first to be taken off usually -late julythrough oct)they simply can't resist these food sources.

Alfalfa is a green weed looking plant(spined stalk) that flowers with a purple colour in spring and then turns to seeds where it is cut for hay for cattle feed (round or square bales). By late fall it will usually have a brown tint to as it becomes dormant with freezing. Cattle farmers also bale pasture lands which is essentially grass, so don't just look for bales. Cattle farmers usually don't let their cows on an alfalfa field until after freeze up, do to bloating. High nutrient and favour of all 4 legged grazing animals;)!

Other crops such as rye, wheat, barley, oatsand canola are also viable food sources for deer here. Deer and elk seem to like the canola when it is in the flower stage (yellow flowers), then after it is combined and frost helps I have found. The others will draw in the sprouting stagesthen after they mature, as natural grasses are at their peak during the summer months so found isn't as much an issue.

Hope it helps, maybeacow pokelike Hiacan add more to this for you.

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Thanks skeeter...I'm feeling like a farmer already:DSo can the deer decimate a winter wheat field, lets say 1/4 sect. big? I've seen some big herda and winter is looong. Also are there differences in the crop based on the bale? Round & big or small and rectangular, same crop? Why? One last one, I see some fields out here with what looks like blinds (wood boxes) all over it, I have been told it's for the bugs, but that doesn't seem right. Any idea what they are there for? Thx!

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How big are they JD? They might be beehives. I've seen them in alfalfa and canola fields up here, must help with pollenation. Just a guess.

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I hunted on alarge farm in the Bow Zoneand there were bee hives all lined up along the back edge of one of the HUGE fields. This was kind of in the middle of no where. It had me wondering, for what? That's intresting

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When deer get yarded up for the winter they can do serious damage to crop and hay bales.

As to the size of bale no, it has to do with the equipment the farmer/rancher has to make the bales (hay bind) and demand for the bales(sale wise). Square hay bales are used for sale tohobby farmsor in horse applications. Rounds for the cattle farmers. You'll usually find more rounds then squares as it is less work for the farmer.

2 types of bales, hay - feed(alfalfa, grass, etc)and straw(combinedcereal crops - wheat, barley,oats)- bedding.

Wooden boxes, plastic domes, etcare for bee's. Alfalfa/bee's go hand and hand!

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Y'all are startin to sound like a bunch of ol farmers.;) Ya those are prolly leaf cutter bee huts there jd. Some farmers choose to let their alfalfa go to seed and get these little bee huts placed on their land during the spring-fall. The bees are removed for winter and stored in a large constant heat building. Honey bees do not due that great of a job pollinating alfalfa, has a flower that causes problems for the honey bee so many farmers go to leaf cutters for pollination. It is actaully a pretty big business in my area and even bigger to the north of me up around Nipawin, Carrot River. I had one person from regina think they were ice fishing huts one time. oh boy......

I like to first see if there is any crop left out that never got harvested. Oats, wheat etc the critters will have the swaths dug up and picked up come spring. Close second would be fall rye, winter wheat. We have grown fall rye several times b4 and it has seemed to winter well even with all of the critters on it. Ski-doos will kill a heck of a lot more than the animals. They also like to nibble on red clover if a guy can find any of that around. I have some pretty god spots in my area but no time to get there.

Like skeeter says bales can vary but either they are feed or straw. Straw will be lighter color almost a yellow most of the time with oats, wheat and barley being the biggies but some also bale flax straw.Occasionally you will get some green feed bales, crop that is baledwithout being harvested while it is still green for cattle, usually this is oats.Feed haywill be darker and may be clover, alfalfa, timothy, slough grass etc. From my travels in alberta especially in the south there seems to be a big shift to the big square bales only reason i can think of is nicer to haul and stack. Most of the colonies down around lethbridge, cardston, taber etc do not use the round bales anymore. If the deer or elk find a stand of second cut alfalfa bales look out baby. Many guys here have put up elk fences around their hay to keep the buggers out. We applied to get one of these fences from the government but we would have had to drive an hour to take down this one that wasn't being used, bring that material back to the farm and set it up so the papi said pee on it. More enjoyable to scare them out with the truck. Thing is about elk is they will not just eat one bale. They will nibble on as many as they can, roll them around, bust and push twines off the edge making it a beach of a mess. We had 10 or so hangin around the farm while i was at home but never did too much damage. The big herds are the killers.We are feeding the deer in the yard oats and lil square second cut bales everyday but i guess that isn't good enough. They are eating at this one round bale also which has another bale stacked ontop of it.They have that bottom bale ripped apart pretty good now and prolly a few more days i think dad might walk outside to find fresh meat layin under that top bale lol. Naw he will move it off within the next few days. Curious, nibbling like buggers.[8D]

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I wanna go farm now:DSeriously though, thanks for the info fellas. I'm trying to get as educated as possible so I can start undrstanding these friggin animals better. We hunt a coulee right along the river and I see the deer heading to the fields on top or see them in the mornings. I know there are tons at night as the farmer says he sees real nice ones with a light. Funny thing is we never see BIG ones early on too often. I know they are nocturnal but they still gotta eat. Thing is they seem to stay down low where the cattle graze while we hunt. I need to know how to find them or trails, hotspots, etc. early in bow season when the rut is not happening. Ah well I figure just keep going out there and try to pattern as best I can. Thanks again guys!!

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No doubt about if jd, they doeat on cropbut while your long gone. I have similar problems here but find myself moving closer and closer to where the deer are bedding. Lots of them big buggers don't get up until there is 10 minutes of shooting time left depeding on the pressure they have had. I hate hunting a bucks bedroom for fear of spooking them but to kill a buck who is almost always nocturnal thats bout all you can do. The land my big boy was on this fall i drive by it everyday in summer on my way to work at the bee house and never once did i see that deer. He hung up in a river flat/swampy area and never showed himself once out in the crop until the late stages of the rut. If a guy can figure one of these mosters out its not hard to pull it off because they always do the same thing whereas in the rut tail takes over the mind. But patterning a big boycan often take a guy years before they can figure it out. Ask shed33, he has hunted deer for a few years b4 he has eventually connected. He killed his pig a 80 yards or so away from its bed, had video and previous sheds from him. Homework does pay off, for those who are paitent enough to do it.;)

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Here skeeter i thought u maybe could use this after the storm. Dad called today and said the grader was having to take multiple runs at some of the drifts on our grid road. Buried it once but managed to weasel his way out. The wife and kids said that the university even closed down. She must have been one rude storm.

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Oh yeah it was something!!! An adventure drivingthe couple blocksfrom school yesterday afternoon,sustain wind wasover 70km, snowing and you couldn't seepassed thefront of the truck!!25cm or 10" they say we got but in areas drifts where 4-6' high. We sparked up a snowblowing crew last night, 4 blowers it took us 3 1/2hours to clean out8 driveways & the street as our corner got hammered due to the wind direction. Heard of a 20 car pile up on circle, took my brother in law 4 hours to get from lawson heights to silversprings (normally 20-30 mins in heavy traffic). People stayed overnight at Canadian Tire, Co-op, Costco, etc. Every highway was closed, all the bridges were closed by 5 pm, many streets as well, cellphones service went down for a period due to over usage. They closed schools today on the account of the severe cold and drifts.Humdinger to say the least.

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Sounds like quite the stormI thinkwe only got the northern edge of it because we didn't get that much snow. It was still enough to shut down the school buses for a few days. Talking to a buddy in Saskatoon yesterday, he said it took him 5 hours to get home[:@]from downtown to Lawson heights. A couple other buddiesjust camped out at work[:'(]Another had a snow drift in his basement from the wind blowing into his furnace's air ducts.:D

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I'll tryagain to post a pic.