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Grizz Axxemann

Grizz Axxemann

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Well, the opportunity has come up to go on my first Deer hunt this fall.

I've never gone after anything bigger than a gopher, so I don't know what all I'll need in terms of licensing and courses, etc.

I'm from Alberta, and will be hunting here, so anyone with info that can point me in the right direction will help a great deal.
 
Well, this is a good place to start :)

http://www.albertaoutdoorsmen.ca/huntingregs/

I don't know all that much about alberta hunting licensing, but i expect you'll need to take your hunters saftey course and that'll likely be about it, provided you have your gun license. Then you'll recieve your hunter number and you can buy licenses and game tags. Someone from alberta can likely give you more details.
 
i wish i could offer some advice but all i can offer is to check the regs out and contact your local fish and game club as well as your local MNR or Conservation authority for info on licences and courses. as for the etc part a decent call a set of antlers to rattle a comfortable rifle/shotgun that can do the job and permission to hunt in a friendly farmers fields is an excellent place to start
 
you could challenge the test, but if you dont know anything about hunting big game it is much better to take the course, the cost is the same anyway to challenge the test as the course, i know, i am an instructor and have done a few punks and kids, the book and stuff was 15 bucks last year but last time i taught it to someone it was 20 bucks, any charge on top of that is what buddy will put in his pocket for his time,,anyone that asks for 100 bucks to do the course is spanking you, if you were down in the south of the province i would do it for ya for 20 bucks..if ya get quoted some high numbers let me know. i might have a few ideas for ya..
 
One thing about tags.... the availability of undersubscribed licenses (tags that normally need a draw, but are available because not enough hunters applied for that WMU) is available on August 17 by calling 1 877 289 0999. You might have a few more options for licenses in the WMUs that you plan on hunting.
 
I'd take the course - It's real handy for a newbie - I did mine with the AFGA out of the East end - they normally run through September. They'll take you out to the range for the last couple of days, teach you some survival and tracking stuff, it's real handy. I wouldn't worry about undersubscribed tags for your first year - You can buy 3 whitetail liscenses over the counter, and that's more than enough to keep you busy and fed.

Get in touch with the AFGA - there's an office down on Calgary trail and 66th or so - and they'll help you out.
 
Yes lots of zones near you where you can buy a general whitetail and 2 suplemental antlerless whitetails. I drive a meer 150 km to my hunt camp and its filthy with deer. Season opens Nov1 and closes on the 30th but normally we run out of tags or just get tired of shooting deer after about a week :)

no need to rattle call or smear yourself with smelly crap like they do in ontario, deer here are easy to find and kill and they are bigger and tastier too :p (had to get my shots in :D )

call the fish and game association take the course or challenge the exam, then buy your WIN card and tags and have a suscessfull hunt.

Let me know how it all turns out :)
 
Foxer said:
Are we still talking about hunting? :)
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Ya I find them ontario boys strange sorts. :D

I really don't want to know too much about their hunting habbits, kind of gives me bad vibes, deliverance like :D

My poor brother in law is one of them eastern boys and dam he tries hard and rattles and does all sorts of weird stuff in the bush, he even goes out before the sun comes up, while I'm still making eggs and baccon, :eek: uncivilized sort of hunting really

Then I go out and come back with a deer before lunch and another after lunch and have a nice civilized supper and wait till he gets back after dark with his calls and antlers, but no deer :D

I just don't get it, :D

Its hunting its a vacation, its not work
 
Thanks for the advice, guys. If I can find some free time to make some calls, I will. I just started a job that'll have me working TONS of hours, but gives me little free time.
 
Well at least get the book and start reading. That'll make it that much easier when you have time to do the course.
 
woodchopper said:
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Ya I find them ontario boys strange sorts. :D

I really don't want to know too much about their hunting habbits, kind of gives me bad vibes, deliverance like :D

My poor brother in law is one of them eastern boys and dam he tries hard and rattles and does all sorts of weird stuff in the bush, he even goes out before the sun comes up, while I'm still making eggs and baccon, :eek: uncivilized sort of hunting really

Then I go out and come back with a deer before lunch and another after lunch and have a nice civilized supper and wait till he gets back after dark with his calls and antlers, but no deer :D

I just don't get it, :D

Its hunting its a vacation, its not work
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Yeah your a Hunting hero Chopper... Your brother in law is not typical of eastern hunters if he does not get his deer. My guess is if you left your home turf you would be as successful as him.
When we have a hunter come from elsewhere to hunt in the east we don't make a point of ridiculing him. We show him the ropes and some hospitality... even if he is a relative.:rolleyes:

RIDICULE is a weak weapon when pointed at a strong mind; but common people are cowards and dread an empty laugh. Martin Tupper

There is no respect for others without humility in one's self. Henri Frederic Amiel
 
are you telling us that you shoot varmits without at least a smallgame licience:eek: here we need a licience to shoot any type of critter
 
are you telling us that you shoot varmits without at least a smallgame licience here we need a licience to shoot any type of critter
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I talked to alberta's minstry about that once - they don't really consider things like gophers to be 'hunting' - more like pest control from what i understand :)

BC requires a license for everything not on your property as well. Some things can be shot on your property without a license, but not many.
 
No license or bag limit on varmints on private property, but you have to have permission to be there. Our shoots in Viking have all been permitted by the land owners.

And that is according to the current copy of the hunting regulations I have on my kitchen table.
 
BIGREDD said:
Yeah your a Hunting hero Chopper... Your brother in law is not typical of eastern hunters if he does not get his deer. My guess is if you left your home turf you would be as successful as him.
When we have a hunter come from elsewhere to hunt in the east we don't make a point of ridiculing him. We show him the ropes and some hospitality... even if he is a relative.:rolleyes:

RIDICULE is a weak weapon when pointed at a strong mind; but common people are cowards and dread an empty laugh. Martin Tupper

There is no respect for others without humility in one's self. Henri Frederic Amiel
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Yeah, with all those smiley faces he put in - I thought he was serious too.:rolleyes:

It'll be ok.;)
 
My poor brother in law is one of them eastern boys and dam he tries hard and rattles and does all sorts of weird stuff in the bush, he even goes out before the sun comes up, while I'm still making eggs and baccon, uncivilized sort of hunting really

Then I go out and come back with a deer before lunch and another after lunch and have a nice civilized supper and wait till he gets back after dark with his calls and antlers, but no deer

I just don't get it,
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Actually rattling is a very successful hunting method out west as well,and I myself am out at legal time which is one half hour before sunrise.However if I was willing to settle for any legal deer,I could wait until the sun was up then go out and shoot one in less than an hour pretty much any day of the season.
 
A.H.E.I.A. runs the hunter ed. course, pay by donation. If you already have a WIN card go to your local CT store and ask for a wildlife certificate, if you get one, you're in the system for good. But I'd recommend the course, I took it with my boys years ago and it was good.
 
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relax, I didn't think anyone took me that seriously :rolleyes:



Point I am making is different areas require different hunting techniques, learn from the locals how its done.





and I did have coffee, toast, eggs and bacon ready for him when he came back in after his morning hunts. He's learning



as for Bigredd, everyone is entitled to an off day now and then
 
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