Post by RJ on Nov 28, 2005 1:24:26 GMT -5
Great trip : right up till the part where the airline lost my luggage ( all my hunting gear and clothes .... still no call from the airport )
Also .... many pic's didn't turn out ..... ( must have got some dirt in the camera ? )
Anyway here are some that survived ....
1st day spent time in a blind .... these are some of the critters that went by ....
mule deer buck chasing doe at east side of blind
coyote at west side
saw many other mule deer and some whitetail deer but nothing big ...
2nd day we moved the blind to a pasture ridge
got to be carefull when these mule deer bucks sneak in thru the bush .... this guy looked like a whitetail until he stepped into the opening a 150 yards on the east side of the blind ...
later a mule buck to the north west of the blind
a small mule buck crossing in the south front field ....
a small fork horn mule buck chased this doe right past the blind at approx 12 paces ..... sorry for the blurry picture , it was low light and I must have been shaking from all the action around me ....
I saw some small whitetails as well but nothing big ....
3rd day ( Wednesday ) .....we started to spot and stalk some real nice prarrie cover with the sun coming in and out of the clouds ....
Here is Garett Tully scoping out some coulee's ( prarrie grass and aspen tree cover areas ) .... he was my guide and the new owner of Lucky Lake Outfitters ....
lot's of cool hills , draws , and coulee's ....
this mule buck busted out of a coulee and headed up over a hill .... I wasn't quick enough with the camera to catch him on his bed but it was typical of what you see when you come over a ridge to check out a slough , or coulee ....
you also got to watch out for these guys ....
at approx 9:30 am , Garett spotted some movement in a coulee and confirmed it was a whitetail buck moving in the field approx 400 yards away on the other side of a hill we were going by .... Garett figured the buck would end up crossing a low draw area ..... so I hustled in a crouch approx 300 yards to intersept him .... I peeked over the ridge and saw he was still trotting towards the pass , so I hustled another 200 yards in a crouch to try to cut him off .... I waited what seemed like forever when he finally appeared from behing the ridge at a trot ....
The wind was bad blowing towards him .... I grunted loudly and he stopped in his tracks .... I slapped the trigger of a borrowed Remington 7600 pump and sent 150 grains of Federal power shock behind his shoulder ...
gravity did the rest as he hit the ground solid ! here is the walk up pictured and one happy camper later .... my first mature Sask. whitetail !
I'm told he is small for Sask. Garett said we might have seen some bigger, but he was a beauty trophy end to a real cool spot and stalk hunt and I wasn't passing him up !
Here are some other pic's that I took ....
some sage grouse ... saw lots of them ...
many old farms for sale cheap ....
a small whitetail buck and doe getting off there beds in some field cover....
a nice snowy owl on a post with a small whitetail fork horn and doe laying in a field behind him ....
one of the many cool country lanes between farms ..... the sage grouse seem to like them ....
some mule deer I saw across a pond when Neil D. was driving us up to his property ....
Man I had a great time ..... hunted 2 1/2 days .... saw lots of critters .... then got to visit an old school buddy .... hooked up with Neil D. for a tour .... then dropped in on one of the older gents in our group that retired in North Sask. approx 1 1/2 years ago ....
I'll be back for sure ..... especially sine Neil D. showed me all the Monster Bucks he has taken from in and around his property !!
Anybody wants some info on Lucky Lake Outfitters .... send me a PM and I will give you Garrets number or check online at www.luckylakehuntingadventures.com they run a great set up .... lodge , meals etc. .... very friendly bunch !
Also .... many pic's didn't turn out ..... ( must have got some dirt in the camera ? )
Anyway here are some that survived ....
1st day spent time in a blind .... these are some of the critters that went by ....
mule deer buck chasing doe at east side of blind
coyote at west side
saw many other mule deer and some whitetail deer but nothing big ...
2nd day we moved the blind to a pasture ridge
got to be carefull when these mule deer bucks sneak in thru the bush .... this guy looked like a whitetail until he stepped into the opening a 150 yards on the east side of the blind ...
later a mule buck to the north west of the blind
a small mule buck crossing in the south front field ....
a small fork horn mule buck chased this doe right past the blind at approx 12 paces ..... sorry for the blurry picture , it was low light and I must have been shaking from all the action around me ....
I saw some small whitetails as well but nothing big ....
3rd day ( Wednesday ) .....we started to spot and stalk some real nice prarrie cover with the sun coming in and out of the clouds ....
Here is Garett Tully scoping out some coulee's ( prarrie grass and aspen tree cover areas ) .... he was my guide and the new owner of Lucky Lake Outfitters ....
lot's of cool hills , draws , and coulee's ....
this mule buck busted out of a coulee and headed up over a hill .... I wasn't quick enough with the camera to catch him on his bed but it was typical of what you see when you come over a ridge to check out a slough , or coulee ....
you also got to watch out for these guys ....
at approx 9:30 am , Garett spotted some movement in a coulee and confirmed it was a whitetail buck moving in the field approx 400 yards away on the other side of a hill we were going by .... Garett figured the buck would end up crossing a low draw area ..... so I hustled in a crouch approx 300 yards to intersept him .... I peeked over the ridge and saw he was still trotting towards the pass , so I hustled another 200 yards in a crouch to try to cut him off .... I waited what seemed like forever when he finally appeared from behing the ridge at a trot ....
The wind was bad blowing towards him .... I grunted loudly and he stopped in his tracks .... I slapped the trigger of a borrowed Remington 7600 pump and sent 150 grains of Federal power shock behind his shoulder ...
gravity did the rest as he hit the ground solid ! here is the walk up pictured and one happy camper later .... my first mature Sask. whitetail !
I'm told he is small for Sask. Garett said we might have seen some bigger, but he was a beauty trophy end to a real cool spot and stalk hunt and I wasn't passing him up !
Here are some other pic's that I took ....
some sage grouse ... saw lots of them ...
many old farms for sale cheap ....
a small whitetail buck and doe getting off there beds in some field cover....
a nice snowy owl on a post with a small whitetail fork horn and doe laying in a field behind him ....
one of the many cool country lanes between farms ..... the sage grouse seem to like them ....
some mule deer I saw across a pond when Neil D. was driving us up to his property ....
Man I had a great time ..... hunted 2 1/2 days .... saw lots of critters .... then got to visit an old school buddy .... hooked up with Neil D. for a tour .... then dropped in on one of the older gents in our group that retired in North Sask. approx 1 1/2 years ago ....
I'll be back for sure ..... especially sine Neil D. showed me all the Monster Bucks he has taken from in and around his property !!
Anybody wants some info on Lucky Lake Outfitters .... send me a PM and I will give you Garrets number or check online at www.luckylakehuntingadventures.com they run a great set up .... lodge , meals etc. .... very friendly bunch !
