Where are they during hunting season? >:(

Zeth

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We were out sledding yesterday just outside of moose jaw (east, towards regina) and we came across some valleys (not huge, but not too small either) Well me and my buddy's sleds were probably not up to par and decided it wouldn't be a good idea to try going down. Good thing too! The other 2 guys went down and did their thing, one guy came back and the other stayed down and went a different direction, 30 seconds later, boing boing boing 3 BIG mulie bucks came hopping out! My other buddy came back up and I asked him if he saw the deer and his response: "What deer?" :bangHead: He was basically right beside them too at one point.
 
They were prolly there...just bein sneaky.
Course mulies aren't the sharpest deer on earth...
when I used to hunt the draw in Southernish Sk.(Leader,Abbey,Sk.Landing etc.) I would hunt the river breaks and those little valleys.going into them was a low yield proposition so I would just walk the ridges and throw rocks down into the brush below.More often than not the deer would bounce outta cover and up the other side on their way to disappearing over the next ridge.Make the right noise(a high pitched MEEEE)and the brakes come on for a standing shot as they check for the source.
I filled every tag I ever bought,and always the first day.took a couple of wall hanger bucks in the process,and flushed a coupla monsters when I was holding doe tags. :(
Maybe not the response you were lookin for,but a good strategy that worked very well for me.
 
That's a great response really. It's basically exactly what my buddy did, by accident. He went down made a crap load of noise with his sled and spooked them.
 
yup,the difference being that he didn't see the deer.which is how it started with me.I'd go into the coulie and find beds and fresh sign but not see any deer.after a while you get tired of climbing up those steep hills,so I figured I'd save time and use the fist size rocks that were everywhere.You can cover alot of ground walkin the high road without gettin tuckered out.
The nice thing about it is you get a chance to look them over before a shot if you stop them on the side hill across from you.Alot of them stop on their own on top just before they disappear but I don't shoot into space and prefer the sidehill as a backstop,that way I know my bullet isn't going anywhere else.
and...because it was a noise and not a hunter that roused them,they usually end up 1 or 2 coulies away,if you see a shooter but don't get the shot.
If you can't make the noise,there are countless little calls out there that do.the little plastic jobs with the rubber band are good just make sure it's fairly taught so you can give it a hard blow.

it's a good way to see lots of deer and it makes for some really enjoyable hunting.

worked for me :D
 
Ahhh... the case of the disappearing and reappearing deer...happens everywhere...:) The nice thing about sledding is that you see stuff you would never see at any other time of the season. It is always good to see them.
 
C Broad Arrow said:
Ahhh... the case of the disappearing and reappearing deer...happens everywhere...:) The nice thing about sledding is that you see stuff you would never see at any other time of the season. It is always good to see them.
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Indeed it is. Too bad it was -30 without windchill factor lol
 
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