2025 Sask WT adventures

[Sask hunter]

Cold weather has had the deer really hitting good but all small bucks and does and moose

 

[vanish]

Seems like action has been slower than normal this year?

 

[Letthemgrow]

Been a grind but rain baits today. Season is come to a close in less then a week. Possible saw target buck 3 a mile from where I can hunt locked with a doe. Haven’t had pictures of the big 5x5 since November 18. Did check camera today that’s not cell cam and had pictures of target buck 2 in at noon yesterday. Seems to have shifted his area as my other spots haven’t had a picture of him since the 16. So will get a blind setup tomoroew and maybe I’ll get lucky.
Here is the one I’m setting up the new spot for
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If you kill him I would love to see the hanging weight on a deer like that.
Good luck.

 

[Sask hunter]

Seems like action has been slower than normal this year?

It has been a tough year. More deer around then last but struggle to get mature deer in during daylight for sure

 

[Sask hunter]

If you kill him I would love to see the hanging weight on a deer like that.
Good luck.

Not sure what you refer to hanging weight but so far evey mature buck I have shot during our rifle season all dresses in the 140 range. When I say dress that’s gutted, skinned and legs off. Ready to start butchering

 

[Sask hunter]

Different view today. Up close about 40 yards to this bait

 

[Sask hunter]

Right at first light I hit up a different spot today. It’s just a field deer feed In at night and often all under the cover of darkness. But I was running a touch late so drove past it. Caught a nice mature buck and a doe locked down right off the trail about 100 yards. He wouldn’t have scored any good but a nice big framed mature buck 3x4 since he had broke a brow off. If the freezer wasn’t in such good shape from our Elk and moose from last year still he would have become sausge real quick.

But I’m holding on hope that this big boy slips up in the last few days of seaosn. Can’t tell but looks to be a big framed buck in behind the moose

 

[F250]

Not sure what you refer to hanging weight but so far evey mature buck I have shot during our rifle season all dresses in the 140 range. When I say dress that’s gutted, skinned and legs off. Ready to start butchering

In the east hanging weight refers to “ hog dressed”… or everything south of the diaphragm removed. Some will remove heart and lungs too.

 

[SaskHunter]

It's been very slow this year around here. The "war on antlerless elk 3.0" really threw a wrench in the mix the past week.

I've never seen it that bad before, EVERY FIELD WAS CONTINUOUSLY BEING DRIVEN ON. All deer on camera went nocturnal once the lazy truck hunting army hit the field on the 20th. Hoping things get back to normal now that the 2025 elk rampage is over.

Getting a big cold front and snow today, hopefully gets things going again.

 

[Sask hunter]

It's been very slow this year around here. The "war on antlerless elk 3.0" really threw a wrench in the mix the past week.

I've never seen it that bad before, EVERY FIELD WAS CONTINUOUSLY BEING DRIVEN ON. All deer on camera went nocturnal once the lazy truck hunting army hit the field on the 20th. Hoping things get back to normal now that the 2025 elk rampage is over.

Getting a big cold front and snow today, hopefully gets things going again.

Good luck! Busier then usual here too but that was before elk opened. Elk vacated my area in September. Deer numbers are finally creeping back up so I think everyone decided to chase them again

 

[Sask hunter]

It also doesn’t help the 3 bucks I’m after I don’t think I’m in their core range and they all seem to really wander so daylight is tough on them. Although I’m hoping my new spot works for the one big 4x4 as I had him in at noon on the 25th