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Old 11-06-2019, 07:46 PM
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Default Any big deer being taken yet??

I've been stuck working the first week of the season so far and im wondering if anyone is having any luck connecting on some big deer??
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Old 11-06-2019, 08:21 PM
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How big is big?
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Old 11-06-2019, 08:25 PM
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Got Brutus tied up and gettin him fattened up a bit, he's starting to look like a brahma bull, but he's in hiding can't tell anyone it's a secret.
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Old 11-06-2019, 11:22 PM
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Got Brutus tied up and gettin him fattened up a bit, he's starting to look like a brahma bull, but he's in hiding can't tell anyone it's a secret.

14th or 16th hole?
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Old 11-07-2019, 02:55 AM
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I dunno, maybe if the OP checked out the hunting section he’d know?



http://www.outdoorsmenforum.ca/showthread.php?t=371846

http://www.outdoorsmenforum.ca/showthread.php?t=371770

http://www.outdoorsmenforum.ca/showthread.php?t=371657
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Old 11-07-2019, 08:34 AM
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I’ve seen a few pictures of a couple monster whitetail and a mule deer taken this year from Facebook but they aren’t my deer or pictures to show. I’m heading out this weekend for 5 days and have my mule buck and whitetail so hopefully I pull something out!
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Old 11-07-2019, 09:16 AM
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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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Old 11-07-2019, 09:19 AM
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Your not on facebook I take it. All thats posted on there are huge deer.
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Old 11-07-2019, 09:21 AM
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I know of a handful of Booners taken in archery season... One absolute beast of a non-typical which she passed on last season when he was just tipping the 200 mark. She was rewarded for her patience and dedication to her passion.
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Old 11-07-2019, 09:31 AM
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Don't get me wrong those are all dandy bucks that would be hard to pass on, But big is 180+
Out of curiosity, have you ever killed a deer over 170”?
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Old 11-07-2019, 09:56 AM
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Out of curiosity, have you ever killed a deer over 170”?
A few. 1 even Gross over 200
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Old 11-07-2019, 03:40 PM
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A few. 1 even Gross over 200
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Got any pics?
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Old 11-07-2019, 05:00 PM
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Yes buy not for public eyes. It angers lots of people when they ask the net score and find out its typical
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Old 11-07-2019, 06:36 PM
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I know one young fellow about 14 years old that shot a nice 150 typical last weekend.
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Old 11-07-2019, 07:06 PM
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Lol apparently all the deer I've ever shot are big now. Wait till I tell my friends. Jokes on them they were wrong.
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Old 11-07-2019, 07:07 PM
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Alberta hunting addicts facebook group has 1 or 2 nice ones this year.
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Old 11-07-2019, 07:08 PM
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Trophybook, If people only knew about the pigeon bucks... Years ago I lived at Pigeon and had 40 acres on the lake. Saw some brutes around the lake lots. One day during season a "little" lake lot buck decided my back 40 was edible. I decided he was edible too. I could have shot him from my kitchen table with the door opened but I stepped out to a fence post. Never had him scored and he wasn't even close to 200 but for sure he was 170 or so. And he wasn't one of the bigger bucks I saw while living there. I ended up cutting the antlers up for backgammon pieces.
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Old 11-07-2019, 07:28 PM
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Are we talking body weight or antler size
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Old 11-07-2019, 07:28 PM
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Yes buy not for public eyes. It angers lots of people when they ask the net score and find out its typical
No problem that you don't want to share pics but I'm just curious, what exactly do you mean here?
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Old 11-07-2019, 07:50 PM
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No problem that you don't want to share pics but I'm just curious, what exactly do you mean here?
Greed. I was just a young boy with a world record
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Old 11-07-2019, 07:53 PM
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Friend of mine killed a 197” yesterday.
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Old 11-07-2019, 08:03 PM
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Don't get me wrong those are all dandy bucks that would be hard to pass on, But big is 180+
Differing ideas of what big is.
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Old 11-07-2019, 09:15 PM
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Yes buy not for public eyes. It angers lots of people when they ask the net score and find out its typical
Ya, I got a bunch of them in the 180-220 range too, I keep them in my shed.
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Old 11-07-2019, 09:18 PM
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Ya, I got a bunch of them in the 180-220 range too, I keep them in my shed.
Funny that's where some of mine ended up to.
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Old 11-07-2019, 09:26 PM
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Ya, I got a bunch of them in the 180-220 range too, I keep them in my shed.
I use mine for rattling 😀
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Old 11-08-2019, 07:30 AM
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I've see picts of 3 mule deer over 200 and 3 mule deer over 190. All archery.
I haven't seen many giant white tail killed this year
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Old 11-08-2019, 07:47 AM
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Don't get me wrong those are all dandy bucks that would be hard to pass on, But big is 180+
And you needed to answer for the OP?
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Old 11-08-2019, 10:07 AM
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220” typical mule deer taken in Saskatchewan
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Old 11-08-2019, 01:03 PM
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220” typical mule deer taken in Saskatchewan
I think I have seen pictures of this buck. It is massive, the guy looks like he is standing behind a moose.

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