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11-08-2019, 01:38 PM
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Define “Big”?
I shot one 2 days ago that I think is pretty respectable. If I lived in the area and not 1100 kms away I might have had a different idea of what big is. But I don’t live in the area and with 2 solid days of scouting before the opener I didn’t see a bigger buck. With a 4 day actual hunt I decided not to pass on a buck the first day that I’d be happy with on the last. Well, there’s a bit more to the story but I also figured by mid morning my hunt might also be cut short. Once I can type with more than 1 finger I’ll tell the story...
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11-08-2019, 03:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Positrac
Define “Big”?
I shot one 2 days ago that I think is pretty respectable. If I lived in the area and not 1100 kms away I might have had a different idea of what big is. But I don’t live in the area and with 2 solid days of scouting before the opener I didn’t see a bigger buck. With a 4 day actual hunt I decided not to pass on a buck the first day that I’d be happy with on the last. Well, there’s a bit more to the story but I also figured by mid morning my hunt might also be cut short. Once I can type with more than 1 finger I’ll tell the story...
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Let's see some pics! Big or small, they are all good
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11-08-2019, 03:38 PM
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For reference.
This is small
Tastes good though.
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11-08-2019, 05:04 PM
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Originally Posted by tbrown
Let's see some pics! Big or small, they are all good
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I’ll do up a complete story once I’m done dealing with a few things and get some pics downloaded from my camera. Cell phones don’t last outside at -25 for long and since I hunt alone the camera can be set up for 10 second delay so I can get in the pic.
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11-08-2019, 05:19 PM
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Big is Boone and Crockett or something special. Maybe a non typical or it has huge mass or has a massive frame. Once in a life time critters, or once every few years for those that know what they are doing.
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11-08-2019, 05:27 PM
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Originally Posted by marky_mark
Big is Boone and Crockett or something special. Maybe a non typical or it has huge mass or has a massive frame. Once in a life time critters, or once every few years for those that know what they are doing.
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Well there you go. Big is very subjective. Mine wasn’t big by your books. Although with the frost bite I got getting him he is something special to me. May be the last one I shoot pulling the trigger with that finger. Diabetes sucks. Take care of yourselves guys.
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11-08-2019, 06:04 PM
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I shot this Monday morning, (Saskatchewan) I was born and raised in west central Alberta and moved to sask a few years ago to be closer to my fiance's family.
This is my first rifle Mule deer and my first Saskatchewan buck.
Rough score:
Gross 188 7/8
Net 185 4/8
I got drawn in a zone I had never been to and I only had a couple of days to hunt. I wanted to take a prairie buck, as I has i have taken a few 170s archery bucks in more farm land.
I went down in August and archery season to get permission but I wasn't allowed to enter the pasture until Nov 1 and the cattle was off.
Long story short, my dad came down with me and we hiked back into a big pfra pasture. We got a couple miles away from the roads and started to see does. I said to my dad, "with this many does around there has to be a buck somewhere" as we came around the next hill and this buck was bedded along the creek bed. I crawled to the top of the hill and ranged him 380 - too far for me. We did a big stock and got to 200 yards of where he should be. Shortly after he walked up out of the creek bed and I hammered him.
We had to cross the creek a couple times and pack him out, so it was a great time with my father and to top it off I shot him with my grandfathers rifle. This was the first morning of my hunt and it was the first buck I had seen. I didn't really know what I had until I got home and put a tape on him
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11-08-2019, 06:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Positrac
Well there you go. Big is very subjective. Mine wasn’t big by your books. Although with the frost bite I got getting him he is something special to me. May be the last one I shoot pulling the trigger with that finger. Diabetes sucks. Take care of yourselves guys.
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Girlfriend is type 1
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11-08-2019, 07:29 PM
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Big enough for me...today
Last edited by Flatlandliver; 11-08-2019 at 07:37 PM.
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11-08-2019, 07:49 PM
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This is my Whitetail for this year. Biggest one I have ever gotten. Splits brow tine on one side, heavy rack with lots of character.
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11-09-2019, 06:28 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tbrown
I shot this Monday morning, (Saskatchewan) I was born and raised in west central Alberta and moved to sask a few years ago to be closer to my fiance's family.
This is my first rifle Mule deer and my first Saskatchewan buck.
Rough score:
Gross 188 7/8
Net 185 4/8
I got drawn in a zone I had never been to and I only had a couple of days to hunt. I wanted to take a prairie buck, as I has i have taken a few 170s archery bucks in more farm land.
I went down in August and archery season to get permission but I wasn't allowed to enter the pasture until Nov 1 and the cattle was off.
Long story short, my dad came down with me and we hiked back into a big pfra pasture. We got a couple miles away from the roads and started to see does. I said to my dad, "with this many does around there has to be a buck somewhere" as we came around the next hill and this buck was bedded along the creek bed. I crawled to the top of the hill and ranged him 380 - too far for me. We did a big stock and got to 200 yards of where he should be. Shortly after he walked up out of the creek bed and I hammered him.
We had to cross the creek a couple times and pack him out, so it was a great time with my father and to top it off I shot him with my grandfathers rifle. This was the first morning of my hunt and it was the first buck I had seen. I didn't really know what I had until I got home and put a tape on him
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Great buck congrats
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11-09-2019, 08:21 AM
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All nice deer. Thanks for sharing the pics.
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11-09-2019, 09:44 AM
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Yesterday’s deer for a 15 year old. He owes his mother dishes for a year for allowing him to partner her license.
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11-09-2019, 10:44 AM
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That’s a good one Chuck! Congrats to you and your boy.
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11-09-2019, 11:01 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tbrown
I shot this Monday morning, (Saskatchewan) I was born and raised in west central Alberta and moved to sask a few years ago to be closer to my fiance's family.
This is my first rifle Mule deer and my first Saskatchewan buck.
Rough score:
Gross 188 7/8
Net 185 4/8
I got drawn in a zone I had never been to and I only had a couple of days to hunt. I wanted to take a prairie buck, as I has i have taken a few 170s archery bucks in more farm land.
I went down in August and archery season to get permission but I wasn't allowed to enter the pasture until Nov 1 and the cattle was off.
Long story short, my dad came down with me and we hiked back into a big pfra pasture. We got a couple miles away from the roads and started to see does. I said to my dad, "with this many does around there has to be a buck somewhere" as we came around the next hill and this buck was bedded along the creek bed. I crawled to the top of the hill and ranged him 380 - too far for me. We did a big stock and got to 200 yards of where he should be. Shortly after he walked up out of the creek bed and I hammered him.
We had to cross the creek a couple times and pack him out, so it was a great time with my father and to top it off I shot him with my grandfathers rifle. This was the first morning of my hunt and it was the first buck I had seen. I didn't really know what I had until I got home and put a tape on him [
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Beauty buck. Well done.
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11-09-2019, 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by chuck
Yesterday’s deer for a 15 year old. He owes his mother dishes for a year for allowing him to partner her license.
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Nice deer congratulations to the hunter! Only whitetail I’ve seen worthy of being taken was last night a beautiful heavy 197” non typical
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11-09-2019, 11:27 AM
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That’s a good one Chuck! Congrats to you and your boy.
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Thanks!
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11-09-2019, 11:28 AM
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Nice deer congratulations to the hunter! Only whitetail I’ve seen worthy of being taken was last night a beautiful heavy 197” non typical
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Thanks, and yes, I’d slum a whitetail like that! :-)
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11-09-2019, 01:08 PM
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That is a sweet Mule Deer for your son, Chuck!
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11-09-2019, 02:49 PM
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Nice deer chuck!
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11-09-2019, 03:12 PM
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My deer measure over 200" when I run the cable over my thumb a few times when measuring .....
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11-09-2019, 05:43 PM
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Great buck Chuck , the boy has set the bar pretty high
.congrats
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11-10-2019, 09:07 AM
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Nice deer chuck!
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Thanks.
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11-10-2019, 09:08 AM
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Great buck Chuck , the boy has set the bar pretty high
.congrats
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Thanks, and a lot different Mule Deer than I would have harvested at 15.
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11-10-2019, 09:40 AM
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Thanks, and a lot different Mule Deer than I would have harvested at 15.
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That’s like Landing a supermodel for your first girlfriend...when most of us would have been happy with Peggy-Sue from the trailer park who had the mullet and extra toe...
Congrats to your boy. You must be one proud dad.
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01-09-2020, 01:13 PM
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I was talking big deer pal not dinks
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01-09-2020, 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Flatlandliver
Big enough for me...today
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nice buck
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01-09-2020, 02:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Gilly87
I was talking big deer pal not dinks
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did you get one?
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01-09-2020, 04:18 PM
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Originally Posted by trophybook
Don't get me wrong those are all dandy bucks that would be hard to pass on, But big is 180+
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