We talk with Bobby Burney of Melbourne Florida who went Whitetail hunting with Chaparral Hunting Adventures in northern Saskatchewan.
Back in my day when I was a young man, I did a lot of sweat equity. I do a lot of ranch work, work on tractors and different stuff and in fence work. That in turn instead of money, I’d get a chance to go hunt there on these private ranches. I love to hunt so I do all kinds of stuff just to be able to get out there
The biggest Whitetails there are, are up here. Land of the giants is where we’re at. That’s what you come here for. Looking for that, for the biggest Whitetails, to me, there are, is up here in northern Saskatchewan. I want to come up here to experience that, shoot these big giant Deer.
We seen where they had set the bar here at 150 and above and we’re like, man, that sounds like it’s got our name on it. five star lodge and the five star food and all that. We’re like, how could we go wrong? We want to come to somewhere where it’s first class.
Oh my god! When we got here and I seen everything, I just couldn’t believe it. If Chaparral don’t light your fire, your woods wet. We've been other places, there’s no comparison.
I’d seen some smaller bucks and I’d seen a couple of eight-pointers. I said, Well, I’m gonna have to wait a little bit.
I was actually texting my cousin on the stand he was on and we were talking back and forth and all of a sudden he stepped out and I said, “Whoa, let me go.” I said, “A hammer just walked out, you know.” I said, “I’m gonna get this stud.”
Oh my gosh! He sent us his Dropbox. I was wearing it out every day looking at it. See if he added to it. Added to it. You know what I mean? I was I was hitting that, I wore my phone out, the buttons on it, checking the Dropbox, you know, because I mean I enjoy hunting that much and I enjoy looking at the pictures
They fix you right up. I ain’t kidding. When I got up there, I’m talking right down to your backpack, your gun, carry it in there, set your chair up, get your gun out for you, and hand it to you.
I say, God bless them, you know. I mean, how could you ask for anything any better than that. I’ve never been treated that well at a hunt. Made me feel special.
I like this shack, it’s not a shack though. The dressing room is separate over there where you hang all your gear and all. And it’s real big where all the hunters can get in there in the morning and get dressed.
We’re like, we need to treat ourselves somewhere where they’re going to feed us and take care of us with lodging and all because we’ve been to places where it was a lot rougher. Chaparral, it’s first class,.
Well, number one, how good they treat you, the facility and the food and all that. That was number one.
Number two, the the guys I met. You couldn’t meet a nicer bunch of guys. You know, you meet guys from all over the country. You know what I mean? They were, that was super nice, you know, I mean that was, I mean that’s a plus when you go somewhere that everybody gets along, you know what I mean?
Third is the the Deer itself. That’s what you’re here for. So I mean the Deer hunting itself was just fabulous.