Saskatchewan Live Hunt
Contributors to this thread:Whitetail Deer
From: Pat Lefemine
11-Oct-21
Our live hunt starts tonight
Our live hunt starts tonight
I'm here in Canada right now and we're going to discuss our Live hunt. First hunt from Canada since Covid!
Getting here was actually quite easy. You have to be vaccinated, and you have to get a Covid Test within 72 hours. Bring your paperwork with you and that's about it. IT WAS NOT HARD AT ALL! I expected worse.
Unfortunately, these outfitter up here are struggling. I was originally the only guy in camp all week, but Rob got a guy from Winnipeg to hunt too, so there's two of us now.
The biggest problem I've had since arriving is finding out that my new package of Slick Trick broadheads have bad threads. Not one of them would screw into an insert. There was another thread about this earlier in the month and now I've experienced it first hand. But if that's the biggest problem I have on this trip, I'm doing OK!
We will be posting daily at the end of the evening. It may be late for many of you but we'll keep after it.
Yes, the hunt is baited. Get over it. I am not interested in turning this discussion into a pissing contest about baiting.
From: molsonarcher
11-Oct-21
Good luck Pat!
From: Rock
11-Oct-21
Buy a thread die and run it over your threads it will clean them up so that they will work.
From: Pat Lefemine
11-Oct-21
Rock, yes - plan to do that when I get home. I shouldn't need to do that however.
From: Old School
11-Oct-21
Have a great hunt Pat!
From: Twinetickler
11-Oct-21
Kill a big one Pat! Stinking Slicktricks. What are you using now? Hopefully you had some old stock on hand? Shoot straight!
From: Rackmastr
11-Oct-21
Good luck Pat!!! Sounds like Rob sure runs an awesome camp up there.
From: Bob
11-Oct-21
Good luck. Enjoy your hunt.
From: MA-PAdeerslayer
11-Oct-21
Good luck Pat! Kill a bruiser!!
From: Treeline
11-Oct-21
Good luck! Looking forward to the results!
From: Bake
11-Oct-21
Good luck! I'll be following along
From: deerhunter72
11-Oct-21
Happy hunting!
From: APauls
11-Oct-21
Good luck Pat! There’s never a bad time to be hunting deer in Saskatchewan!
From: Pat Lefemine
11-Oct-21
Twine, I still have a batch, (pre-conglomerate) and they are fine. Just replaced the blades.
From: No Mercy
11-Oct-21
Awesome! good luck Pat!
From: midwest
11-Oct-21
Good luck!
From: njbuck
11-Oct-21
Good luck Pat, I hope you get one bigger than the one you got a few years ago!
From: 12yards
11-Oct-21
I smell a future blood trail challenge. Good luck!
From: Medicinemann
11-Oct-21
I believe that the previous Slick Trick related thread was about ferrule/washer tolerances. Now your threads aren't up to speed. Disappointing to say the least......Are you shooting Standards, Magnums, Viper Tricks, Wicked Tricks, or something else? I was just curious if the challenges are restricted to one specific model of Slick Trick versus all of them.
From: Pat Lefemine
11-Oct-21
Slick Trick Standards, 4 blade 100 gr. This is not a washer tolerance issue. The threads are not machined correctly. Impossible to screw in and totally worthless.
From: BigOk
11-Oct-21
Good luck!!
From: SteveB
11-Oct-21
Send them back and let them know who you are. Good luck!
From: standswittaknife
11-Oct-21
Will be there in a month... good luck!
From: Pat Lefemine
11-Oct-21
Three bucks and a doe so far. Two 8’s and a 4. Nothing mature but it’s not even 3pm yet.
From: MA-PAdeerslayer
11-Oct-21
Your in em that’s all that matters pat
From: BC
11-Oct-21
I get em Pat. Good luck, kill a big one.
From: Guardian hunter
11-Oct-21
Whats the temperature and weather
From: Pat Lefemine
11-Oct-21
30's today, 20's tomorrow.
From: Treefarm
12-Oct-21
Be patient (I know you are), a mature buck with perfect symmetry will show up. My prediction is 174 5/8” 10 point.
From: GhostBird
12-Oct-21
Hope you get a poke at a 114.
From: Pat Lefemine
12-Oct-21
Earlier
From: njbuck
12-Oct-21
Nice one Pat
From: MA-PAdeerslayer
12-Oct-21
What do you get for tags Pat? 1 buck tag?
From: Pat Lefemine
12-Oct-21
Yes, just one buck
From: Hancock West
12-Oct-21
Pat, obviously you are looking for a nice buck when you go that far north but what exact characteristics or minimums are you looking for? Certain width, chocolate racks, 150", 5year+, etc?
From: Pat Lefemine
12-Oct-21
Hancock. If I like him I’ll shoot him. Not holding out for a giant or anything like that. I’ll shoot that buck from earlier if I get a chance. If Rob has a really big buck show up I will focus on him for the entire hunt. As of now it’s mostly 150-160 bucks on cam.
From: SIP
12-Oct-21
From: nijimasu
12-Oct-21
I've been looking forward to this. Thanks so much for the updates, Pat.
Sorry to hear about your SlickTrick woes. I've shot 125 grain Magnums ever since ST's were available, but their post-Gary prices, and issues like this have me a little leery of restocking my quiver with them. Hopefully you'll have a nice juicy entry/exit wound channel to show us that will change my mind.
From: Bowboy
12-Oct-21
Good luck!
From: RK
12-Oct-21
Saskatchewan is awesome. Have fun and good winds
From: Helgermite
12-Oct-21
I look forward to reading about your hunt there every year Pat. Good luck!
From: T Mac
12-Oct-21
I always enjoy this thread good luck Pat
From: joey1656
12-Oct-21
Following! Tell Rob hello from Joey in Louisiana. I will be there on the 24th for a week long bowhunt. I shot a 160" beautiful symmetrical 10 with my rifle two years ago. Last year was supposed to be my first bowhunt, and got pushed back. Glad to see you are seeing some bucks. You'll get a good one.
From: Bowfinatic
12-Oct-21
Always enjoy your Canada and Kansas deer hunts. Good luck
From: Pat Lefemine
12-Oct-21
No Kansas hunt this year.
From: bigswivle
12-Oct-21
No Kansas hunt this year.
NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
From: MA-PAdeerslayer
12-Oct-21
That’s a day ruiner…..no Kansas
From: Rut Nut
12-Oct-21
Good luck Pat!
But I’m a little confused! You said in the feature: “It was touch and go with all the border closures and restrictions, and it was a pain in the ass to adhere to all the requirements, but I'm glad I persevered. I am the only hunter in camp. The other guys that booked decided not to take the risk.”
But you said here: “ Getting here was actually quite easy. You have to be vaccinated, and you have to get a Covid Test within 72 hours. Bring your paperwork with you and that's about it. IT WAS NOT HARD AT ALL! I expected worse.”
That sounds a bit contradictory....................
From: Pat Lefemine
12-Oct-21
No update tonight.
From: Overland
12-Oct-21
That's a good thing, right? Exciting update tomorrow...?
From: badguybuster
12-Oct-21
You have to get a test 72 hours before you arrive or after arriving in Canada?
From: Sean D.
12-Oct-21
Good luck Pat! Sure wish these restrictions would have not happened and I was up there with ya. I'll be sure to send you updates from Kansas though.
From: FORESTBOWS
12-Oct-21
Rob is one of my favorite guides all time. Awesome funny guy!
From: bowhunter24
12-Oct-21
Where's the boot pic?
From: Shuteye
13-Oct-21
Enjoy your hunt Pan and I hope you get a big buck. I have a nice one hanging around my back yard.
From: EmbryOklahoma
13-Oct-21
Good luck, Pat! I did have the ferrule, blade and washer tolerance issue that Jake spoke about. The bad thing is they spun really well and are razor sharp. Unless I hear they are gonna hold their quality in a little higher regards, I’m moving to another COC head. Pretty sad.
Again, best of luck!
From: pav
13-Oct-21
Good luck Pat!
From: Two Feathers
13-Oct-21
Hope you took your long johns along. That's about 50 degrees colder than what we've been experiencing.
From: t-roy
13-Oct-21
Rob found a bunch of sheds last winter (if I remember correctly from the pics) Does he have any of those bucks on camera, this year?
From: APauls
13-Oct-21
No updates? Hunt finished early?
From: Ambush
13-Oct-21
Pat just can't get the trophy pics to rotate ; ) Looks like the deer is hanging already.
From: joey1656
13-Oct-21
Quick question, where was your first point of entry into canada and how long did it take to get through customs? I get into calgary and then connect to saskatoon.
From: Dino
13-Oct-21
Good luck Pat. Thanks for posting and sharing.
From: Rice3007
13-Oct-21
Looking for updates it’s the 13th You must have shot a nice one already!
From: Buckeye
13-Oct-21
Lack of service maybe? Long tracking job? too many Canadian whiskeys? wraslin match with a grizz? sombodys gotta know somthin!
From: SIP
13-Oct-21
Curiouser and curiouser…;^)
From: t-roy
13-Oct-21
I’m betting he got some cellular trial cam pics on his phone, and is headed back to Ohio.
Amish coon hunting season opened yesterday.
From: MA-PAdeerslayer
13-Oct-21
Hahaha T-Roy! That definitely warrants a trip back home to protect the homestead lol
From: joey1656
13-Oct-21
Quick question, where was your first point of entry into canada and how long did it take to get through customs? I get into calgary and then connect to saskatoon.
From: joey1656
13-Oct-21
Quick question, where was your first point of entry into canada and how long did it take to get through customs? I get into calgary and then connect to saskatoon.
From: Grey Ghost
13-Oct-21
Hopefully the nearby fires aren’t the reason for no updates.
From: beemann
13-Oct-21
Great buck congrats.
From: 12yards
13-Oct-21
Congrats Pat! Incredible buck!
From: jdee
13-Oct-21
Great buck. Enjoyed the video.
From: FORESTBOWS
13-Oct-21
Boy that shot but the hurt on him quickly!
From: SBH
13-Oct-21
Great video. Congrats Pat. Awesome deer.
From: greg simon
13-Oct-21
I mean, it's ok...I'm sure anyone of us could have killed that deer...If we had: Paid for the hunt, traveled to Canada, sat on that stand, and made a killing shot at the moment of truth. Heck, probably with a longbow!!!
I'm kidding!!! Nice buck Pat. Congratulations, and great shot!!!
From: M.Pauls
13-Oct-21
Congrats Pat. Gorgeous buck any day of the hunt!
From: MA-PAdeerslayer
13-Oct-21
I’m missing the video….?
From: Rgiesey
13-Oct-21
Great buck Pat!
From: t-roy
13-Oct-21
Congrats, Pat!
From: woodguy65
13-Oct-21
I don't see the video either.
From: bigswivle
13-Oct-21
Great deer, congrats
From: hdaman
13-Oct-21
A real beauty! Congrats!
From: T Mac
13-Oct-21
Well that was quick! Great buck Pat congrats!
From: Two Feathers
13-Oct-21
You were dressed for the occasion. Awesome buck and no blood trial, congratulations!
From: Bowboy
13-Oct-21
Congrats Pat great buck!
From: jdee
13-Oct-21
Wanna see the video… hit the home page… click on Saskatchewan Whitetail live…day 2
From: MA-PAdeerslayer
13-Oct-21
Pat what bow are you shooting this year?
From: RK
13-Oct-21
VERY nice. Congrats!
From: Bowfinatic
13-Oct-21
Way to go Pat. Beautiful buck! Great video thanks for taking us along
From: Pat Lefemine
14-Oct-21
Ma-PAdeerslayer, I used a Mathews V3 on this hunt. I’m getting the new Mathews bow shortly but I have no idea what it is until it arrives.
From: Drnaln
14-Oct-21
Nice buck & video
From: APauls
14-Oct-21
Congrats Pat!!!! Great shot! Way to stick it out!
With that many deer around did any ever wind you?
From: Treeline
14-Oct-21
I’m missing something????
From: Treeline
14-Oct-21
Oh, figured it out!
Great video and great buck! I love that shot angle, too! Congratulations, Pat!
From: 12yards
14-Oct-21
What organs did you hit with that shot? Just curious. It was obviously quite devastating.
From: Buckeye
14-Oct-21
great deer Pat! thanks for putting up with all our impatient asses!
From: KHNC
14-Oct-21
That was a damn big chicken! Congrats!
From: Supernaut
14-Oct-21
Congrats on a dandy buck, great video!
From: GhostBird
14-Oct-21
Congratulations... nice buck.
From: Pat Lefemine
14-Oct-21
12yards, the better question was what organ wasn’t hit? Maybe the pancreas!
We gutted him and determined it was intestines, stomach, liver, lung and heart, the broadhead was past the meat but inside the hide. My favorite shot if you’re comfortable taking it. Just remember the aiming point is way back near the ham. Also, I don’t recommend this angle with a mechanical broadhead.
From: lewis
14-Oct-21
Damn that was short and sweet congrats on a great hunt super 8 thanks for letting us tag along Lewis
From: deerhunter72
14-Oct-21
Congratulations Pat! Great shot on a great buck!
From: spike78
14-Oct-21
Where is video?
From: yooper89
14-Oct-21
Great buck!
Spike- go to the home page
From: Pat Lefemine
14-Oct-21
From: M.Pauls
14-Oct-21
Love the video. That buck went “all systems down” pretty quick. Man that’ll get a guy fired up. Gorgeous, and congrats again
From: iceman
14-Oct-21
Congrats, Pat. Nice buck.
From: Rut Nut
14-Oct-21
Congrats on a fine buck! Wow- day and a half hunt................is that your quickest ever?
From: wild1
14-Oct-21
Body mass + antler mass = a happy hunter! Congratulations!
From: Mad Trapper
14-Oct-21
Congrats brother!
From: goyt
14-Oct-21
Congratulations Pat. Great looking buck!
From: Two Feathers
14-Oct-21
Nice shot. That's a lot of organs you took out. When I get a quartering away shot my focus is on the opposite front leg. Did you get to put that awesome buck on the scales yet? Congratulations again!
From: Bou'bound
14-Oct-21
What a brute. Okay well done
From: SteveB
14-Oct-21
Well done Pat!!
From: midwest
14-Oct-21
He's a beaut! Congrats Pat!
From: MA-PAdeerslayer
14-Oct-21
Hell of a shot Pat. I’ve taken that shot once on a doe before I couldn’t get a shot off and had similar results. 30 yards and fell over dead.
I just shot the V3 at the shop last weekend…a “used one”…
If the season didn’t open Monday I’d have left with it…
From: spike78
14-Oct-21
That buck seemed to have a nice dark aiming point on its hair that would have hit the opposite shoulder. Curious on the outcome if hit there vs Pats hit. Nice deer!
From: happygolucky
14-Oct-21
Great buck and a hell of a shot.
From: Mike Ukrainetz
14-Oct-21
Fantastic shot! That hard quartering away shot is of course very deadly, but also very difficult to pull off!! I’ve screwed it up myself by shooting too close to the front leg and passing it through the armpit. Congrats!!
From: BC
14-Oct-21
Congrats Pat. Great hunt.
From: carcus
15-Oct-21
Awesome buck Pat, I cant wait to get in the stand!
From: Altitude Sickness
15-Oct-21
Mike, Here is a buck I shot last year that came out a little further back than I like. Came out in the armpit.
It still didn’t go over 120 yards. 1950s Bear static recurve 50#
heavy arrow, IW broadhead
From: Slate
15-Oct-21
Very nice congrats
From: Shuteye
15-Oct-21
Nice shot, really nice buck. Congratulations Pat.
From: njbuck
15-Oct-21
Great buck Pat, congrats!
From: Bou'bound
15-Oct-21
What a brute. Okay well done
From: Zbone
16-Oct-21
Nice buck, nice shot, CONGRATS!
Crazy how the leaves have already fallen up here...
From: MaBow
17-Oct-21
Congrats Pat!!!
From: Dino
17-Oct-21
Cool buck and cool footage for sure. I too love the quartering away shot. Once that diaphragm is punctured, the animal won’t go far. Good job and thanks for sharing Pat.
From: Ermine
17-Oct-21
Congrats. Cool heavy buck
From: drycreek
17-Oct-21
Very nice buck Pat !
From: goelk
17-Oct-21
nice Buck
From: goelk
17-Oct-21
who the outfitter
From: joey1656
17-Oct-21
Goelk, outfitter is Rob Nye with Canadian Trophy Quest. They have a website and the owner/booking is done with Donnie Sealy whos contact info is on the website. Rob is prenominal guide and you won't go wrong booking with them. I'm about to make my 5th trip with them. Good luck. http://www.canadiantrophyquest.com/
From: steve
16-Oct-22
Good luck Pat get a big one !!
From: APauls
16-Oct-22
Wonder why you linked it to same thread as your 2021 hunt? Either way - good luck!
From: Nocturnal II
16-Oct-22
Congrats Pat, Dandy!
From: Bou’bound
17-Oct-22
good luck keep us updated
From: mattandersen
17-Oct-22
Nice buck and great shot! I'm new to slicktricks and love how they fly and the buck I shot on 10/7 sure didn't like them! I also had one ferrule that wouldn't screw into any of my arrows...just sent an email. Hopefully they will replace. Congrats!
From: Carbon Defiant 34
17-Oct-22
Any yotes up their in Canada?
From: rattling_junkie
17-Oct-22
Ive taken that shit with a mech and complete pass through, out the neck. It's a devastating shot angle.
From: Bowboy
17-Oct-22
Good luck
From: Lewis
17-Oct-22
Congrats Pat great looking buck Lewis
From: scentman
17-Oct-22
Congrats, you decided on a main frame eight... that's the sexy choice lately! ;0)
From: 12yards
17-Oct-22
I'm confused. Are you guys congratulating him for last year's buck? Or did he already kill one on this hunt again?
From: boothill
17-Oct-22
What am I missing here? This is the live hunt from 2021 not 2022.
From: CTBobcat
17-Oct-22
Agree. Also confused. Is the 2022 hunt now?
From: stealthycat
17-Oct-22
why do they use alfalfa bales/hay instead of corn ???
From: bigswivle
17-Oct-22
What is going on here?
From: Buffalo1
17-Oct-22
Very nice Trophy Pat- Congrats !! Excellent video. Thanks for taking us along on the hunt.
From: scentman
17-Oct-22
I think this site is on auto- pilot to tell you the truth.
From: fastflight
17-Oct-22
I am glad others th8 k this is weird. So crazy how many replies an old thread can get
From: sitO
17-Oct-22
I blame Steve
From: Mike Ukrainetz
17-Oct-22
Yeah not too mobile friendly from main link on bowsite. I’m confused too
From: Pat Lefemine
17-Oct-22
Sorry for the confusion. Steve posted before I had the chance to start a new discussion thread and then I couldn't get an internet connection until just now. I'll start a new thread. That 8 was from 2021, today was our first day.
