MY 2003 BUCK
 

HERE IS MY 2003 BUCK TAKEN NOV 26 3:05 PM





The Story goes like this
I shoot a 30.06 winchester 180 grain pointed soft point

As for the weight dressed out somewhere around 220 pounds As I couldn't handle him by my self

On nov 26 3 pm got got to my ground blind. a little late from when i like to get there as I dropped my son of at the better blind (more activity where he was. I sat down and sprayed my hanging wicks (asswipe paper) with doe pee. I had just placed my rifle down against the small pine tree next to where I sit. I was facing up the field where the deer collect prior to coming into the fields. When I got this feeling I was being watched??........out of the coner of my eye I could see a buck through the tree 75 feet into the field on my right looking at me. I sat as still as possible, as he stompped he feet!! as I slowly grabbed my rifle and went to raise it he took off across the field like a bolt of lightning. I got a real good side view of him as he was only 200 feet away from me on a full run. I knew in an he was a shooter!.As I yelled HEY!!!!! HEY!!!!!!! to get him to stop and look back. At the tree line some 280-300 yards away he slowed to a gait and stopped for a split second just before he headed into the bush. I placed my gun at the lungs as my gun rested on a make shift shooting stick and I pulled the pin. I did not see him lurch or jump. I figured I shot over or under him. I walked up to where I figured he was when I shot him (paced it off at 330 yards).

I found only 2 tuffs of hair and NO blood. I searched the area heavyly til dark. No blood and no more hair. I followed the tracks into the bush some 100 feet and made smaller horse shoes back into the field. Nothing!!!

So I went back the following morning I found him a mere 20 feet off my track under the thickest pile of dead fall. SO I FIGURE HE WAS DEAD EVEN BEFORE I GOT TO WHERE I SHOT HIM BECAUSE HE DIED 15 FEET INSIDE THE TREE LINE.

mY KILL SHOT ENTERD THE TOP PART OF THE LUNG JUST UNDER THE SPINE 4 INCHES FROM WHERE I WAS AIMING.

NOW to make the story intersting. 2 days prior I broke the stock off my rifle. I repaired by gluing the stock back on. As I was using my other 30.06 until the day my son wanted to hunt. I let him use the new gun and I took the repaired gun out. THis deer was a scrapper!!....his left ear was shredded like a grouses tail feathers as well his nose has a big puncture in it.!!So there must be a deer as big or bigger there for me next season.

So the story is long winded but A deer deserves his story Too.......

So never give up on a downed deer!!
Al

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Congrats on a nice buck...BT

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wow really nice buck man congrats

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Wow, that is a beaute!!

I really think I have to head west next year for a deer hunt.

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Nice.

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Congrats ,oh by the way high 5s to you.

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Nice buck Nicholal
Otis-Bucks scoring 120 to 140 are quite common in many areas of alberta and saskatchewan with a fair number being even larger.Hunting pressure is much lower than in most other places.As a result many bucks live to maturity and with so much feed available they often exceed 300lbs. live weight.I spent last week hunting in Saskatchewan with my father and turned down 18 bucks the largest netting about 150B&C with a couple in the 140's and several above 120.I saw the largest buck the first morning and since I wanted to spend some time hunting with my 71 year old father and I really was hoping for a bigger buck I passed on the buck.We may only get one general tag per year but we do have larger bucks than most other places.

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:D:D:D Awesome looking buck....congratulations..what did you take him with....tell us the story!!!!!! Brampton Mike [:-[8D]

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mike you got your story?:)

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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!!

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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.

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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

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nice buck...good story

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

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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.

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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.

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OOPs

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I did post some pics but realized I made a brain fart and posted them on AL's deer story...what a tool[&o] I removed them, sorry man!

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Otis-This link will provide the saskatchewan regulations and will provide you with the zones that are open to canadian residents such as yourself.http://www.se.gov.sk.ca/fishwild/

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Otis- According to the regulations a canadian resident may take one whitetail deer of either sex in the zones that are open to canadian residents.