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Ag,

In alberta you need a hostto hunt biggame. A hunter host can take guys fromCanada & USas long is is not for profit. Though Alien non-residents, those who are not canadian are stipulated to differentregulations under the hunter host program, as is the host permit. That is my take on it any way.I have a very good buddy in Alberta and I have hunted with him on a couple of occasions since he moved from here(been awhile though), he required a hunter host permit and I needed theto buy thetags, win, etc.

Saskatchewan you can hunt birds(waterfowl & upland), whitetails and black bear solo (no host required[:@]).

In BC - Canadian resident and BC resident apply for an accompaning permit, of which only 1 can be given to that BC resident and 1 hunter per hunting season. This also extends to immediate family members from other then canada(alien non-residents). I believe it is a 1 on 1 only thing, though I am not sure if you can hunt more than one species if they are open at the same time or not? Other than that as a canadian resident I can apply for a license then find a guide to hunt with. I know a guy who does a swap hunt with a fella form BC every few years, whitetails for elk or moose is what they do. I am not sure all the particulars what can or can not be hunted, process, etc so I'd contact the DNR for more precise info or your hunting regs for general items(possible links to further info).

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Pics from Sat. my cousin missed a couple of nice mulie bucks twice!!![:'(][:'(]Ah well he's feelin it today. I had nothing come in close but saw a ton of good bucks. This guy had a growth on his chest (right side) like I've never seen. Was kinda gross[:o]

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moon over the badlands.

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w.t. buck going to feed...may not be easy to see.

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So then, if say you wanted to come hunt mountain goat, and me and you got the applicable 1 on 1 accompanying permit, that would work?

If I understand you correctly yuou guys can hunt any species?

If thats the case that is cool, I should start lookin for AB/SK residents who want to shoot a moose/elk/goat etc that they cant find in their province! lol


Nice pics JD, as usual. Weird thing on that goose - I duno if Id eat it?
One time i was mulie scouting and I jumped a doe, she had a huge tumor on her neck that looked exactly like a bell on a moose, cept it was about the size of a basketball[&o]

Kinda strange - makes you wonder what animals were exposed to to get cancer?

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Weird lookin rack on that goose there jd, cool pics though. Skeeter i could almost swear that you spent time planning your next few days:Dbest of luck to ya and find some rubs for ol hia. Ag sorry i ain't much help on the bc hunting laws.

Interesting develpoment on my new hunting spot. I just got off the phone with my best friend who bought this alfalfaland and is away drilling by grand praire. He has hunted that land for a few years now and claims the big boys all like to follow that run i have my stand adjacent to. My gut insticts were correct in placing the stand and i really think i got a shot this year at breakin my boonie cherry. Me and him talked bout the big deer that were taken in that mile radius over the past 6 years or so and the numbers do not lie, the pigs are there for some reason. F i am pumped, bring on friday baby.

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Wish you the best Hia, JD, and Skeet this weekend!

If you shoot a booner ill lose it!

Im heading out with a large (4 person) crew this weekend, to do alot of hunting. Were hunnt hit the bush hard, and maybe know a few deer down.

Im only shooting new records for myself - 160" + for mule and 130"+ for whites, so well see how ti goes. Will be exciting if anyone else gets anything though, as its always great to get out!

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Nice to read that everybody is getting out and about so far. I just recently got back from a 8 day bull trout inventory on the Kakwa River southwest of Grand Prairie. Lots of fun and beautiful scenery, one of the few places left in this province that hasn't seen a lot of activity (that will be changing soon). The highlight of the trip was getting to hold and release a 74cm bull trout, not many fish get that big anymore.

As for hunting, I've been out for grouse a few times. There seems to be a pile of them around this year. I actually ran out of shells the other day (I guess two heaping handfuls wasn't enough).

I also made my first deer/elk trip of the year tonite. It wasn't much of a hunt. Infact, it was more of an armed scouting trip to see what has changed since my butt hardly left the truck seat. I did see a pile of WT does, some mulie does and a pair of impressive mulie bucks. To top the evening off, as I was heading home with a few minutes of light left I decided to check the oat field I shot my bear in. This particular field has been well used by elk in the past but all I have ever seen is a few WT does and bears. It is fairly close to a main road and gets road hunted fairly hard so I wasn't really expecting a lot as I drove the trail in. Well Sht! it was full of elk and yours truly was caught with his pants down. They saw me before I saw them and were gone. I hope they give me a second chance as i will now be glueing my ass to a ground blind somewhere in that field for the forseeable future in hopes of filling my cow tag.

The field itself borders a large river valley to the east which is where they ran to when I spooked them and a smaller ravine to the south. Road access is from the west. Unfortunately, there's no seismic lines or other cutlines to set up on. it's pretty much solid bush to the east and south. Any of you elk experts have any suggestions on how to get a crack at them? Should I try setting up further back in the bush or simply hope they show up in the field again?

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Im by no means an expert, but I would set up a small ground blind on the edge of some cover, and call with a "Fighting Cow Call".

ive only hunted elk a couple times, and have had huge success with this call. Get skeet/JD opinions tho

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Whacked up my partners mulie doe and another guys whitetailhe arrowed yesterday. Wow them deer aren't fat yet but the meat looked & smelled awesome....ummmmm deer meat!!![8D]

AG, like I saidI am not sure of all the particulars, so check your regs or with the dnr to find out all the ins and outs of this process, species, etc. I am sure you'd find a few takers on a swap!

Hia...you suck!!;) LOL good luck bud I hope you get your pig this weekend. I hear your area got 2" of rain saturday, here at the house we picked up 1" 3 10ths...I thought that was a lot!!! Got some wet snow this am, never stayed but boy is she cool -7 temp tonight they say with a high of +2 tomorrow. All week - nights and hardly a double digit day high in sight. Could be a great weekend for the feed bag. I hope to get some of your karma and find me mulie buck to send packin' with the fify cal.

Saskabush, nice to see yeah again..good luck!! As far as elk....road hunted hard, spooked at site of you? I'd say find the trail and get back off the field edge, if at all possible. If you still have some leaves look for the trails that are bare...thats your elk moving;). If not hopefully you have some moisture to point to where they enter the oat field or where they stage. Not sure when 1st(peak) rut is but if its been a few weeks, you may attempt cow calling, spike squeals or immature chuckles. If it is apparent no cow will even be close to the 2nd estrus then I'd just stick to your cow/calf/herd talk and hope it lures out something by way of safety in a familar voice. It's kind of a crap shoot what to do when calling, Ibelieve low keyed cow calling never really hurts anything.

JD, good stuff. Maybe when he hit the fence post he busted up...lol!! Heard a rumor of a 20lb honker brought in the SWF from the tisdale area last week...that is greater and then some,if true. Bloody geese have been doing fly byes of the house every night darn near for the past 3 weeks..mostly snows and specs. Boys down the street have been pouding birds, 62 geese this morning butmostly snows. I used to be into goose hunting, really should devote some time to the feathersbut snows nah...give me mallards, canadas and specs though.:)

Keep on keeping on fellas...good luck

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Yes the flood continues in the area. The river is flooding over the road on the backroads by my place grrrrrr. the ol dodge makes it but i gotta giver a bit of a lickin'. Sauturday we just finished cleaning up the ducks and geese and the rain hit and kept steady till 9pm or so and at that point we had over 1.5 inches then the rain turned to snow. We came home from a wedding at 3am and it was still snowing. Most of it was gone by then time my headache went away the next day. Just sittin here in Brandon watchin it snow like a some beach. Really seeming to cool off now,could see the nuts on them bucks tighten up a bit earlier than usual. oh and of course if it does snow and stay skeeter u better be moose huntin and all of us chasin deer in it. Nothin like huntin in snow especially the first few days.

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**crosses fingers**

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damnit that didnt work lmao sorry - anyone know how to do that?

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hey squirrel don't hurt yourself lol. Listen and listen good. Go to the url on your photobucket pic and cut it. I prefer cut over copy cause sometimes copy don't work worth a dam. Then paste it in your brackets exactly like this.........



play around with it in the test forum near the bottom of the forum indexpage.

good luck......... some peoples kids :D:D

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No snow but -10 core but they say it feels like -16......I'm gone for a few hour hunt as we speak!!

Hia, if it snows and stays..no way in H3LL I'm going moose hunting!!!:D

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If you guys only had 7-9 days to hunt whitetails in Alberta of Sask, when would you go?

I'm looking to make a trip and I've heard you ought to wait till the leaves fall and till the bucks get rutty. Tell me what you think?

How friggin cold is it usually Nov 15 in Central Alberta? How do you dress? Wool over good long johns for bush pushing?

Thanks, Spring Tom, the name indicates I like Springtime but I'll face the cold to chase a big bruiser buck in Canada.

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Well when I go, I head towards Sask, but only b/c thats the only spot I can.
Ive alwyas hunted the Nov 21 week - and the past 2/3 years it been WAY to warm, somedays wearing a t-shirt after 10am.

Others on t his thread are more knowledgable than me on those provinces though... g'luck

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Tom, If I could pick only one week to hunt it would be from about the 20th-27th (3rd week)of november. To me this always seems to be the week when the bucks are really moving and things are in full swing. However, depending on the weather the rut may kick in a little earlier or later.

Traditionally you can expectthe weather to be anywhere from +15 degress C to -30C. It seems that the last few years temperatures have been closer to the -5 to +15 range. Prepare for the cold by bringing lots of layers. You can always take some off if you're too warm.

If you look at some of the older topics on this board there are several threads that go into detail about what to expect and what to bring to alberta/saskatchewan. I know Skeeter and others have always provided sound advice.

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Tom where are you located? If USA then you'll require an outfitter in saskatchewan, if canadian you don't have a choice as your regulated to 1 week (unless you want to hunt the forest or SMZ/RMZ muzzleloader/bow zones) or your booking through an outfitter. So it depends on the first question!

For me it is Nov. 15th - 22nd. I have harvested more whitetail buckson the 15th than any other day....18th is close though! Though this really depends on where your hunting, style, etc.

As far as what to expect in november warm, cool, cold and freeze your arse off. Could be no snow, maybe nice dust, 6-12" orbettermeasured in feet! You prepare for it all and hope for something inbetween like -10, 12" snow &N winds. You'll need good undergarments- Polyproplene (what most wear is helly hensen, myself included). Top that with layers of wool/fleece, gortex shell to cut the wind and water proof. I like yukon fleece as topper outfit. Here in rifle it must be solid orange, red, yellow or white and any combination of these colours (except the cap - can notbe white). Snow or blaze camo are NO GO! Gortex boots/thinsulate/ wool socks and handwarmers. For your head varying weight of toques (caps_ wool or fleece(my preference). I like the wool fingerless flip overs for my hand wear, I wear a pair of helly hansen gloves underneath and top them with hand warmers when brisk. If bitterly cold I wear trapper mitts and thye helly hansen gloves underneath,I also have a neck warmer and would reccomend for long stands a body bag or sleeping bag for additional comfort.

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Ag whats the story on that mule i posted up for ya?

Tom another thing thatis skimped onare the booties. I like to go with 2 different pairs depending on the temps and how i am hunting. If it is -5 or so and i am stand hunting i can get away with insulated rubber boots. If its -10 and i am stand hunting i go to my big baffin insulated rated for -100 and somethin. If i am doing alot of walking and moving i stick with my insulated rubbers cause your movement keeps ya toasty. Most like if you are going to be oufitted you will not be walking around to much but probably sittin in a blind or stand all day long. Check with your outfitter some of them spoil ya and have little propane heaters set up in em.I am with skeeter as for the prime time in november i see most of my bucks in that time span with the majority of the bigger ones towards that 20th and on. And as he mentioned many of these questions we or your outfitter can better answer once you book a hunt. All i can say is book early, my bud here is booked up for the next 2 years already so get your foot in the door.

Well let me say my time to go home and hunt has come. Finished my midterms today and i lit em up. Not sure how I all of a sudden got soambitiousbut my average is 97 no lie. I am so happy and proudi could go shoot a deer. So ya one class to go and i have a meeting tomorrow night involving mr.mathews, mr stand and hopefully big papi. Goin to finally get out there and gotta make up for lost time cause i only have 2 weeks of archery left then it turns to rifle. Don't hurt my feelings any but i would like to stick one for myself and the contest.Flung quite a few arrows during turkey day and things seem to still be in good order with the equipment, form and accuracy. I am startin to teach on monday and will not have my net hooked up at home but i will keep tabs with u boys from my school. Good luck over the weekend boys.

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Hia, great news congrats and good luck to you bud!

This am was a no go, belt blew so all i could do was wait and then turn back home as I had to be back for some meetings. Maybe next time, which is in2 minutes..LOL. Seriously thinking of a 26oz flu tonight but 24oz's and just go hunting tomorrow instead of working. Moose I really think forget it, I need to get in some q time with the deer and DEAR...mrs. 7mm;).

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Aye g'luck this weekend guys.

Im hittin er hard sat and sun - but more so for others than myself.
Im saving my tags for a couple more weeks when we see some rutting action start.

Will post satnight my happenins!

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Hey all.

So I ended up taking a friend of mine out all day yesterday and today - he had a limid entry hunt for bull moose.

Well while we were hunting Muley bucks for him yesterday (different zone than his draw) we ran into a little mating sessions of some moose. Ill post the pics below, but basically what happened was a young moose (just too old to me legal here in BC) was doing his 'uhh-ah' sound which caught out attention. upon stalking up towards them we found there was a cow and calf, and he was chasing and attempting to mount the cow.
She wasnt too into it - he was only half her body size (apparenly size DOES matter ;)) Anyhow after determining that he wasnt legal, we watched and started calling them in to us. Theystarted jogging uphill to us, then suddenly from the thick timber behind them a much louder and aggressive 'uhhhhh-ahhhh' was let out - which instaltly turned them and they ran in its opposite direction.

My best guess is that it was a much mroe mature bull coming to start some trouble? Regardless we didnt get anything, but called another bull in this morning, but he never showed himself - only made some noise int he bush. A very cool thing to see that attempted courting though!


Here is the picture of the two adult moose:



Here is a picture of the young bull chasing the cow (mounting time!)


And here is a pic of a mulie doe i stalked upto while lookin for moose last night:


hope your all having a great weekend!

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Good stuff ag!!!

I never went moose hunting, instead focusing on deer and home. Last night was a great evening, mild, no windand the deer where on the move hard.I passed several bucks, saw onegoodie but he deceided to loop back and never materialized for a shot. On the road(after dark)I saw the typical from before the seasonnear the area I was focusing on before last evening. The sly sucker has moved SWand living at this point in a small strip of buck brush which is nasty and right next to the grid road...urg![:o] I plan to do a little recon/scouting(no sunday hunting here)early tomorrow am and see where he comes back to this strip from or if he is moving strictly under darkness.

This morning I went for whitetails, mainly scouting but with the Muzzleloader;)! Saw lots of deer including a couple of decent bucks but nothing to bust a cap over.OOPS Lied...did roll a coyote, powder and bullet were getting a little old being just over a week since the last trigger pull...LOL. Got home just in time for the crew to be getting mobile, made a nice breaky, tackled the honey do list and had a feed of deer straps from last weeks mulie doe....umm good! All in all, good weekend.

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Well update me tomorrow on your scouting. Any unique characteristics/size about this whitetail you saw, or just a typical beautiful Albertan buck;)

And what about that bigger mulie that slipped off - how big was he!?

G'luck!

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AG WTF....I'm in Saskatchewan!!;)

The one on the grid road was a mulie as well. I believe him to be the typical from my scouting missions prior to season - 190's(the best typical i saw in scoutingor have seen). Will do,I am heading out well before sunrise to hopefully confirm it is him and what he is doing.

The other one was also a 4 typical that I could tell, not super high but very heavy chocolate horns w nice width 28-30, the distance was a bit of factor in seeing all the details but my impression was shooter(not sure he'd score as well as the night buck but I love them dark/heavy horns!!).

Based on my scouting I have come to the realization that this zone isn't what it use to be, so I am hoping for 180/junk or character, being realistic while holding out hope I may be suprised.

As far as whitetails from this am, biggest was a young(3 1/2 is my guess) 5x6 - very close to 150 was my guess. Also saw a mature 4x4 that would probably hit mid 140's, very tall tines, tight spread-just outside the ears)and heavyboth in horns and on the hoof. The rest were young ins and women/childern.

Update from sunday am recon: notta didn't see the mulie from the other night, in fact saw very few deer in the area PERIOD. Either he went south behind the brush and creek, moving under complete darkness or freak sighting?? Calling for some moisture today and turning to snow so I may head back tomorrow for the first hour or so before work in hopes I may get some clues or a glimpse.

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Sounds good skeeter.
Sry dont know what I was thinking, I knew you were in Sask - weird.

Got my trail cam pics from my first few days, only does so far. Hoping too see some horn soon though!

Update us if you have any luck tomorrow though man

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Hey no prob, was just razing you!!:D

She is nasty right now, windy and wet snowdriving down that isn't suppose to let up anytime soon. Needless to say tomorrow may be a no go if it freezes[:o]! Will make the call in the am.

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Wish yah the best, hope the weather lets up!

once it does, you should see some good movement, mayb youll catch one of thos big boys moving to/from his bed! :D

Where are the rest of our Canadian forum crew? lol

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WTF!!! It happened again[:@][:@]...pushing bush where I shot my mulie last year in bald a$$ prarie, what decides to come out, a freakin bull elk! I was stunned, pics to come. Ended up seeing a nice mulie buck in the morning, but as usual too far for the bow.Set up a perfect push/ambush later only to have whitetails come in real close for a shot. Nothin real big but cool to have them so close. Saw a ton of pheasants which will make for a good Sat. next week. 1-2 inches of snow on the ground as I type but not likely to stick around. Got a bunny with the bow only consolation this weekend:D

Anyone else have as bad luck???

Ag, how do you get to post so many pics on one post???

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Put your pictures in a www.photobucket.com account, then below each picture you upload there will be three copy/pasteable lines. try them each out, as different ones work for different website - put them inbetween

if it doesnt work, post here and ill try to help.

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Didn't go yesterday she was nasty in the am and very slippery so deceided I'd work like a banshee and take a sick day today instead;). Well you could not have asked for a better morning -7 c, w N at 15 and very low ceiling so she started verydim until past sunrise. I figured after the storm and crappy weather deer would be on the move, I was right but not the Mulies for whatever reason theyweren't moving. Back where I have been spending the majority of time and had the near bumper deer, after not seeing a mulie still hunting was on the menu. A little recap/history: in my recon trips I had come to the conclusion that the mule deer were travelling in the thickets from S to N (using the ridgeline of the creek) then head mostly E to alfalfa fields that are tucked into a hidden corner. I formulated this plan in my brain with a N wind I could sneak along the creek ridgeline from the SW and hopefully intersect them while travelling from the NE to thisS pocket they tend to hang in(the nasty stuff I mentioned prior). Needless to say it worked but the final picture wasn't what I invisioned in my plan or head. I intercepted them a group with 2 bucks the wide 4 typical and a high junk head, watched them working thier way along the small pockets of brush and got to a spot where if they went came to the SW they'd be in very close proximity, but if they went lateral or basically W they would be a little further. I found a little scruff and if the god lord didn't allow a perfect rest with a nice forked willow tree. I did a quick range find and the lateral if they remained on this property was 219 yards to the posts. Not a problem I have practiced to 200 yards and beyond a knew what to expect for my setup. They are just milling, stopping and grazing nothing but time it was really just like the shows. They keep going lateral so I know my shot will be 200 ish and have deceided I am taking junk all the way (he is trailing the group by a10-20 yards), he is just about at the post I LRF'don a walk and I give him a fawn bawl.He stops and perfect broadside, the crosshairs are placed just on the crease of his shoulder and top lung - solid as i ever remember them beingand I gently squeeze...Boom. He reacts at the noise but then stops, I commense to cram another down the throat of the Muzzy and they had enoughand bound off. I keep an eye on him for as long as visible I really notice no effects that would tell me he was hit, I walk over check the spot, follow the tracks and find nothing. I am kicking my arse for missing but something just doesn't add up, how could have I missed the replay in my mind is clear and their is no way in heck that "I" clean cut missed that deer. I deceide to come back early and head to the range just to double check, here is what I print on the paper at 100 yards:
#1) + 9 1/2" / 1 1/4" L
#2) + 6" DOC
#3) + 1"/ 8" L
NO adjustments as I haven't verified a group yet

25 yards
#1) DOC +3"
#2) shade left +1
#3) shade R+2

Conclusion: Zeiss scope goes sour at the worst possible time![:@] I never had time to try a different scope so not sending it back yet but with the scope off at 25 yards it put 2 into the same hole with irons...so i am pretty sure its the scope. Literrally sick to the stomach but it could have been worse I suppose like a gut shot and/or lost buck. I have my remington as backup(all sighted in)and my partner is coming by in a few with his savage but haven't deceided if I should head back or just say Foock it for awhile!!!

Sorry wish it could have been better and with a pic ofa mulie attatched but just as much a part of the hunt is the failures we endure.

T/Cfellas. Maybe I will gojust never know what may happen!! Plus I hate feeling bummed out when it is still hunting season[8D]

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Skeeter...my heart breaks for ya man[&:]I could literally see the action as I read your post. Not only do I get dissapointed in my hunts now you add to it during my work week[:'(][:'(]Sorry isn't the right word, who really knows what to say to someone in atime like this. Instead, I'll get you to look at the bright side:)...you had no dragging to do, no bloody (hands, clothes, etc.), no work to do now (skinning, butchering, etc.) and best of all, think of all the $$ you saved on taxidermy costs:DSee it's not so bad, really a blessing if you think about it hard enough. Who am I kidding[:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@] I think that says it all!!! My Zeiss best not be a brother of yours!

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Howdy guys.. I must of laughed outloud a dozen times reading this post...you guys are hilarious..good stuff


Great looking bull Skeet... Congrats!

Good luck to all you guys up North... (hia hurry up and break that mathews in on a hawg buck)

Hope ya dont mindthis Northern Idaho boy poppin in now and then to check up on all your bucks, bulls, bearsand other photos... I'm still packing my tags in my fanny pack...won't be long though...weather is getting good.. Hia call me if ya hammner one!

Troy

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YOur more than welcome Shed. Spread the word of our Canadian giants lol.

SKeeter - I feel for you man. I dont shoot a muzzy, but I can presume its kind of like missing with a bow/shotgun. Or for that matter - anything. Totally bums ya!

Anyhow, you know as well as all of us that there are more deer than that around, and its just a matter of time before you get another good setup. Fix that Zeiss of yours, and get back out there! In my experience, getting out there and seeing mroe deer helps me feel better once I miss one for whatever reason. I know ill get another shot - you always do!

The best of the hunting season lies in the next month or so, so dont get down on yourself yet! the best is yet to come my friend, I have a feeling that one of us Canadians (prob not me being in BC) is going to tag a booer this year, so dont do us all a favor and drop outta the running!

HEar from yall soon with reports of success! G'luck

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Thanks fellas for the comments, sheet happens I will move past it but think it would have been easier to swallow that I just flubbed vs equipment failure:eek:. I decieded heading out tonight wasn't really productive, the mind just wasn't into it so I saw no need. The time was better spent reading toand playing a board game with my girls.

JD, it is one of 3 zeiss I own and never aproblem. It can happen to any and have not lost faith in the Zeiss scopes. Don't let itenter your mindwhen you dawn your 7 mag topped with a zeiss...I knowI won't in a few weeks;)(I have the same setup but on the south side!!!).

Shed good to hear from you and yes please join in anytime.

AG, yeah really only 1 crack with a ML though I don't see it any different than a rifle. The only shot is the first the rest areusually "lead in the air hope in the heart" IMHO. I certainly know more than him are aroundand he is still alive as well! I won't be throwing the towel on mulies just yet but the zeiss and savage will be tabled. I have a backupsitting in the wings with my rem ML, though I may just give the mulies a break and bank my time for rifle season. Whitetails need some love too!!

Good luck all

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As promised here's some pics

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Look...I'm a cow, nothing different here:D