Well people just a couple more days and she's on.. I will be off work on the 3rd then a course in Nisku the 4 - 6 then pretty much open until the end of the month,, courses again from the 19 -22nd so that leaves a few pretty good days. I am hoping for at least 12 uninterrupted days afield.

The quest is once more about to begin !! Read on line yesterday that according to the moon phases the peak rut may be a little late this year, they are predicting it around the 3rd week of Nov..

Good luck to you guys eh axe.. You guys have any other tags this year or just chasing whities ?? Can't wait to see some of your pics when you get back.. Going to set up the big camp again ??

I am shipping out for 2 weeks tomorrow and then back
After that I have the rest of November to try for a nice mulie buck and fil the freezer with a couple fat does

My buddy Jesse got a bit of a head start on us last weekend. Nice little meat buck:
He can't make it up to camp with us this year so he took a buck on their property out west.



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Looking forward to it.  Got my hunting partner back (Dad).  The folks just moved back from Nova Scotia and have bought a house so they are buys bonding with my 2 year old boy. Hopefully I will be able to get out for a few days with Dad in Nov.  Good Luck out there everyone. 

My buddy Jesse got a bit of a head start on us last weekend. Nice little meat buck:
He can't make it up to camp with us this year so he took a buck on their property out west.

Nice to see a hunter with the smile of success instead of a blacked out face.

A "trophy hunter" might call that a "cull buck" as he may not have had the potential to grow a truly high scoring rack.
A "novice hunter" might call it a "Nice buck" as to some it may be by far their biggest buck.
A "meat hunter" might call it a "Meat buck" and taken so early in the season it would be fine fat venison.

Any time a hunter decides to pull the trigger and is happy with the deer they take, I am happy for their success.

Recently a friend was out with his daughter.  They had two little bucks walk out, a little bitty spike with 2" spikes that would be classified as an "antlerless" deer and a lille fork horn buck (antlered deer).  She chose to shoot the antlerless buck and use a supplemental tag and save her buck tag for later.


Like walleye said, It has been hunting season for some time but to me November and snow on the ground are big ingredients of my deer hunting.
Each year i tell myself that I should at least shoot one supplemental deer to put some meat in the freezer so I can hunt the rest of the season with no pressure to harvest something.  But I just never do.  I was with mu daughter when shetook a doe a few weeks back and that was rewarding for both of us.

Off to Smith/Hondo today and looking for my calf moose tomorrow.