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Back from Alberta; Hard hunting
Topic Started: Oct 27 2008, 01:47 AM (130 Views)
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Havelock

Well I just got back from Alberta. I was hunting around the gorgous prarie badlands and had a blast. I didn't endup conecting but closed the distance on several nice mulies but got busted by does that I couldn't see. The deer population in the area is way down due to the massive CWD cull. The government culled around 4000 animals in the area I was hunting. It made for extremely hard hunting especially with a bow. If I had a muzzeloader it would have been a different story. lol. My friend who is a proffesional guide was awesome and really showed his stuff just to be able to put me on some quality animals. He said that there is 1/10th the population there once was 3 years ago. I seen piles of moose, pronghorns and a few elk too. The government seemed to concentrate their culling to mature mulie bucks and does. Personally I think its a waste of time and resources trying to kill the deer, because their not culling other big game species and the outfitters and ranchers are worried about the mulie population in the future. All I know is the deer are so on edge its unreal and way out of character. I guess I would be too if I was being hunted year round from blinds, helicopters and white trucks. :lol!!!: Its actually really sad at what the future holds for the deer in the eastern regions of Alberta. I know a lot of the ranchers we were talking to said that letting the ministry cull deer on their property was a mistake and it won't happen again. I deffenetely will be returning to the badlands again, its an amazing piece of land to hunt. woohoo
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did a bit of bird hunting close to the badlands, it sure is an interesting place with loads of character
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they have been killing 4,000 whitetails a year out there and finding a 1 % infection rate. It is doing nothing and is a waste of wildlife.
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Shane
Oct 27 2008, 01:28 PM
they have been killing 4,000 whitetails a year out there and finding a 1 % infection rate. It is doing nothing and is a waste of wildlife.

You couldn't be more correct Shane. Lets just hope that Ontario never has CWD.
I don't always chase tail, but when I do; its whitetail. Stay camo my friends.
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When we do get it I can just see it now , ban all baiting and spend millions of dollars researching it for years and eventually coming to the conclusion that they dont know any more about CWD than they did befor. Biologists will get there names in the papers with there chins held up high , for quoting other biologists from there studies. Hunters will be divided and some will cheer for the ban saying its about time . Self proclaimed experts will be called apon to further educate us on something they themselves know nothing about. There will be a lot of " assumed" " thought to be" " it is beleived " and " probablys" thrown out to amaze us with there brilliance. Everyone will suddenly get the hots for food plots as there is no other alternative. PETA will applaud the decision and continue to work on the ban to bait bears. Its a common tale that bounces from place to place and all have the same results.
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