Anyone know of any good outfitters?

Stubble,, you intrested in guiding a misplaced deer hunter or 2 for next year?? if so let me know!!

Swampthing-As long as my father is able he will remain my only hunting partner in saskatchewan.In alberta I have two hunting partners already and am spending most of my hunting time on elk.You might try the alberta and saskatchewan outfitters associations as there are many good outfitters available.

Hey Al
Nice buck, and an entertaining story. If I break the stock on my rifle will you fix it for me the same way? Might bring me some luck. I'll tell you a tip that will help you load a deer into your truck by yourself no matter what he weighs. I wrote this up for BIG BUCK MAGAZINE some time back.

I take a 6' 6" section of allum. ladder with me in my truck. I role the deer onto it and tie it on in three places. Then I lift one end of the ladder onto the tailgate of the truck. Then go around and lift the other end up and slide the ladder (with the deer on it) into the truck box. You end up lifting about 1/2 the deer's weight twice, instead of all the weight at once.

When I get home I drag the ladder into the barn and lay one end on an 18" block of wood under a celing hook. I then lift the ladder up so the deer/ladder is verticle. I tie a rope from the antlers to the hook and kick out the wooden block. The deer is now hanging.

I shot a couple of does this season and my son shot a couple of does. Lots of nice venison but no antlers.

Have a good one.

Robin

nice buck...good story

Congrats on your deer and good story! You haven't put a tape on them bones yet???

Otis you don't need a guide to hunt in Saskatchewan as a canadian resident. There is the 1 either wt deer (rifle) for zones 1-55 last week of november or zones 56&up (forest)all 5 weeks is an option.

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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.

Otis there is plenty of crown land the forest is go where you please(all crown land). Hunting the farm land is a bit more difficult but still unposted farmland land, PFRA Crown Land Pastures and land that is posted when a farmer is asked can be accessible-depends if they hunt or have there buck yet. While a guided trip will afford you the prescouting, baiting and higher odds of connecting on a trophy whitetail, it comes with a price. I know and have ran into many others from other provinces who come and do quite well here every year. You can obtain RM maps and topo map to help in your planning. What size/class deer would you guys consider a wall hanger? While we have brutes all over the place connecting is another story...but shooting a 140 up class deer can be done without a outfitter, just some area knowledge and good old hard nose hunting skills. I would be willing to help you out some if you have a place in mind, etc. Tell me would you prefer a bush(forest) experience or farm/forest fringe...this will also dictate when you would be here hunting as I stated most of the province is the last week of november but the forest is the entire 5 week rifle season.

OOPs