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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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Tomorrow afternoon 
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11-06-2019, 08:21 PM
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How big is big?
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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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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.
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14th or 16th hole?
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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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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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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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01-09-2020, 01:13 PM
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I was talking big deer pal not dinks
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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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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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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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11-09-2019, 06:28 AM
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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, 11:06 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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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, 11:01 AM
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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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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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Nice. I'm pretty sure I shot his twin this fall (except a province away). Identical deer except a bit of junk around his brows and another three inches on the tape because of it
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The mule deer at the top of page three is what they say he is score wise.
That’s a accurate score. Guided mule deer for 10 years and that would be a shooter all day. The score is correct Kurt. You might want to stretch your tape out a bit I’ve noticed
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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, 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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My deer measure over 200" when I run the cable over my thumb a few times when measuring .....
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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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