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Saskatchewan Elk Hunt

Mike Brunson
This past September I traveled to Saskatchewan with members Joe Wheeler, Gary Smith and Danny Spann. Mike Mirelas of Sarita, Texas also joined us on the trip. I was guiding Mike as a return favor for many of the trips he has guided me on the Kennedy Ranch in south Texas. We flew into Edmon-ton, Alberta and then drove northeast just across the Saskatch-ewan border near the town of Pirceland. Ed and Pearl Ansel are the owners of Beaver Valley Ranch and this was my third trip and it just gets better every year. Great home cooked meals with fresh Elk back strap the mainstay.

I always come back a little heaver each trip. The weather was excellent 50-degree nights and 70s during the day, anything to get out of the Alabama heat. Gary got things started by scoring first with a super 10 x 8 scoring 389. One of the front tines on Gary’s elk was 29 inches.

Joe told me he had mass on his mind for the elk he was looking for. Joe’s elk was an 8x8 and mass was what he got. Mike arrowed a super 6x6 on the second afternoon with a spine shot, incredible to see a twelve hundred pound animal hit the ground instantly with an arrow. Danny was very patient and ended the hunt with a great 7X6 with his bow on the last day. I stayed for two more groups of hunters and we finished with nine hunters taking ten elk. I have been on the ranch with around thirty elk being taken and this year was definitely the best. I was guiding for six of the hunters, what an exciting trip.

I don’t plan on missing a September Elk hunt for many years to come. I returned the week of Thanks-giving and took my largest whitetail to date a typical 12 scoring 167 gross.
I have already booked the ranch for the month of September 04.
Does anyone want to join me?