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Has anyone hunted there recently ? What are the deer numbers like ? What time of year did you book your hunt ? I was there 10 years ago and wanted to know what it is like now. You will never hit the target if you don't take the shot. | ||
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I looked for Anticosti Island on Google Earth and the quality is not up to standard. It looks like a island way up near the arctic circle with lots of trees.  Get the 'power' or optic that your eye likes instead of what someone else says. When we go to the doctor they ask us what lens we like! Do that with your optics. | |||
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Hi guys Savage_99 you are right it does have a lot of trees but nowhere near the arctic circle it's only about 100 miles north of the State of Maine.Bill DRSS | |||
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Deer are not native to this island.If I remember the history of this island it was bought by a wealthy american a long time back and he introduced deer to it.It is a place someone goes who is dying to shoot a white-tail deer-any deer.I have never been there but heard from many people who have.You will probably end up shooting a deer the size of a dog.I dont know if white-tail hunts are still good out in Manitoba-Saskatchewan,that is where I would look(check success rates).Alberta was always expensive. BTW,it is called Anticosti island. | |||
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No where near the quality they used to have. Better off going to Sask or Manitoba | |||
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Used to be legendary as I recall from stories about 30 years ago. I guess the herd has been poorly managed if trophy deer were the long-term plan. | |||
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My son won a raffle hunt to the island 4 or 5 years ago. He had heard from me of my trip in the 1970s and was avidly looking forward to his only to be disappointed. Yes he saw a ton of deer and he killed two bucks but none of the twenty hunters in camp killed anything that scored of 100" or weighed more than 125#. The hunt was billed as a $4,500 extravaganza in the SCI raffle. I should add these hunts were never "trophy antler" hunts even when I was there. One goes for the experience of hunting ocean side and great lodging with gourmet food. | |||
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My wife, who once lived in Niagara Falls, laughs when she speaks about Americns coming across the border with snow shoes on the roof rack.  Grizz Indeed, no human being has yet lived under conditions which, considering the prevailing climates of the past, can be regarded as normal. John E Pfeiffer, The Emergence of Man Those who can't skin, can hold a leg. Abraham Lincoln Only one war at a time. Abe Again. | |||
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This about sums it up. I've hunted it a couple times and it's a great experience. It's a still hunters dream. You can sneak through the woods all day and see a large number of deer. I'd go back in a heartbeat. I might add some fine wine too. | |||
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BTW: french chocolate Tycoon Menier not american at all. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anticosti_Island | |||
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