2023 Sask WT adventures

[F250]

I don’t care how many birthdays that buck has had…. He would be wearing my tag !!

 

[track1]

 

[WNC2500]

If I had a chance at the non typical, I’d take it , there’s no way I could wait. That’s too cool of a buck.

Agree with you Chris. i like the unique ones

 

[MikeCurrie]

I think this is the buck I will target as long as he sticks around. Part of me wants to give him one more year to see what he turns into but I don’t think I have that level of self control. But we will see. He’s for sure younger then that heavy 5x4 in the post above
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What a tank!

 

[Little Big Man MT Chris]

Agree with you Chris. i like the unique ones

He’d make a great euro

 

[Stocker]

I’ve somewhat been burnt out on WT hunting for several years, but I see these heavy chocolate horned bucks and I just get this urge to grab my snow camo and head north.

 

[Wyhunter]

Im not sure I can follow this thread anymore... it hurts my soul too much to see you pass on that buck

 

[brownbear932008]

A, he can't bigger if he's dead. I think honestly it's a good pass and he is young.

 

[Stocker]

I concur that that’s a young buck. Look at his chin and belly. No turkey neck or beer gut yet. I don’t think I could pass him, but hope you do.

 

[Sask hunter]

I concur that that’s a young buck. Look at his chin and belly. No turkey neck or beer gut yet. I don’t think I could pass him, but hope you do.

I passed him today 100 yards broadside 230 in the afternoon. It was a tough pass

 

[Sask hunter]

Day 3 saw a spike on the drive in, then a doe and buck locked down right near where I was parking. Quick sneak in to reveal he was a small 4x4 hardly as wide as his ears. Sat all day with no action until 230 when goofy the non typical came rolling through. 100 yards broadside from me worked a scrape got down wind of the bait then circled back around and crossed upwind of the bait into the thick cover to the south. That was all the deer action in the bait today. Possibly heard some wolves howling aways away at dark tonight but by the time I got the heater off they quit howling so I couldn’t tell for sure what it was. If it’s wolves hopefully they stay away or wander into my bait and I will introduce them to the 300 mag. Leaning towards a short close to town hunt tomorrow. Need a mental break from sitting all day in the deer blind and hardly seeing any deer. Supposed to be warm tomorrow and Sunday night a front is supposed to come in so I’ll get refocused for then. Weatherman says cool down starts Monday but Monday and Tuesday are supposed to be super windy before it drops off Wednesday.

 

[rogerthat]

Great job passing goofy! I concur with everything that went into that decision. You won’t shoot an exceptional 4.5 year old next year if you shoot a good 3.5 year old this year.

 

[Sask hunter]

Day 4 was a relaxing day. I needed a mental break from the all day sits and had some housework to catch up in as well as refill propane. It was 45 here today so good day to take a break. I did go for a little deer drive this morning and night just in case I could get lucky close to home. Saw a few moose and a few does only. Supposed to be about a high of 40 tomorrow with some sort of front rolling in Sunday overnight bring a lot of wind so hoping the deer move tomorrow ahead of the front. Guess we will see. Monday on it’s supposed to be colder and colder so that will help. I go back to work Thursday so time for one more good push between now and then to see if I can get lucky on my target buck

 

[Sask hunter]

10 minutes into light this morning

 

[Gellar]

A lot of people have been teasing with dimpled primer pics this year and I think it’s crap! It’s been 10 minutes since you killed the buck, put it on hunttalk so the people can see it!

 

[Sask hunter]

Well was driving to my parking spot right at first light. I like to get to the bait a little after light to let the see feeding there at first light bugger off so I can sneak in. Anyways just pulled up to my parking spot and looked over And I. saw a buck and either a really small buck or a doe 125 yards away in the field. Got the gun out and couldn’t tell if he was the buck I was after as he was even tighter in person then he looked on camera. He trotted over a ridge out of sight to a brushy fence line so I walked forward about ten yards and he was standing looking at me then I could recognize him as the buck I was after as his beams almost touched. He was about 125-150 standing broadside so I aimed offhand a shot I hate but I was rock solid. Boom whap he went nose into the dirt for about five steps and was done then the doe he was locked down with on the fence line busted out. He was locked in the same spot where a doe and a small 4x4 were at on Friday so not sure if he stole his doe or had a different one. Ironic I spent all these hours in the blind in the first few days and shot him within 20 yards of the truck this morning.

 

[Sask hunter]

This one really shows off how tight he is

 

[Sask hunter]

Wish I had loading pictures. Ratchet his head up as high as I could then attached another and did the same to the back legs. Then still had to pull with all I had to get him in the truck. Sure was huffing and puffing by the time I got him in

 

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[SwaggyD]

Helluva buck. Congrats. They truly are built different up there with body size.