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On this page you will find blog posts written by the owner of Chaparral Hunting Adventures, Greg Lavoie. This is the place to be if you want a glimpse into what’s happening at Chaparral.
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Whitetail Management with Greg Lavoie
Chaparral Hunting Adventures owner/outfitter Greg Lavoie talks about Whitetail Management, naming deer, deer baiting, tree stands and more in this video, shot in various location across his deer hunting lease. The end goal to the management program is simple we just want to hunt and kill big deer. You know my end goal is, for…
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The Last Day Buck
Hunting Whitetail Deer in Saskatchewan Canada during the last week, in fact the last day of the season, when Robbie Tieman takes his buck! The hunt day starts with a flurry of activity as the guides and hunters prepare to set out for the hunt day. Greg Lavoie (outfitter/guide) at a bait site: For our…
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2024 Whitetail Season Summary
I want to start with thanking all of my Friends/Customers that passed up some incredible deer this year, so we can “Watch Them Grow”. We know what our lease can produce, if we just give these bucks a chance to grow up.This lease has produced several bucks in the 180 to 200 inch class over…
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Scott Winchester Hunts Saskatchewan Whitetail
My name is Scott Winchester. I’m from Auburn Massachusetts and I’ve been hunting big game for over 50 years. I’ve been hunting whitetail for 53 years back home there’s a large number of deer but there’s no comparison to the size and the quality of the deer here up in Chaparral Adventures. Moose, elk, bear,…
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Chris Carlson 2024 Saskatchewan Whitetail Hunting
Talking with Chris Carlson of Big Lake Minnesota about his experiences during his 2024 Saskatchewan Whitetail hunting trip with Chaparral Hunting Adventures. So I’m from Big Lake Minnesota and I’ve been hunting big game my whole life so basically 50 years and I just love it more every day. Well whitetails are big back in…
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Josh Groen 2024 Saskatchewan Whitetail Hunt
Josh Groen of Wisconsin hunts Saskatchewan Whitetail Deer with Chaparral Hunting Adventures and describes “that moment when you click off the safety”. Talking with Josh at Camp: You know, knowing which deer is the deer, really boils down to, for me, when you when you click that safety off and your your heart is about…
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Collection of Chaparral Hunting Stories
See below for links to our Chaparral Hunting Adventures mobile Web stories. Our hunters share their stories and experiences hunting for Saskatchewan Whitetail and Saskatchewan Black Bear. blah
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Chaparral Hunting Adventures Team
Greg Lavoie (owner): It’s a team, and when I talk about Chaparral, it’s a team. It’s like a hockey team you can’t win the Stanley Cup unless you got the best team. To decide who goes, for Bear and Deer, for who goes to which stand, you know, of course we’re using our trail cameras,…
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2023 Whitetail Season Summary
Greg Lavoie, Owner, Chaparral Hunting Adventures… Our 2023 whitetail fall season, of course, starts at the end of October, it was our fifth season owning Chaparral and it was, I think it was a success, for the simple fact is, we’re running a management program and my goal is to be a place where people…
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Tracy Lee Whitetail and Black Bear
I met my girlfriend’s father when I was 16 and he was a hunter, and he got me bow hunting in Michigan. I was raised in Midland, Michigan born in Akron Ohio but raised in in Midland, Michigan. I met the the Briggs family. Mike Parsons married one of the daughters and I eloped and…
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Whitetail and Black Bear with Terry Parsons
I’ve been hunting big game up here in Saskatchewan roughly 20 years for whitetail and then 3 years for black bear up here in Saskatchewan. So, I started hunting um with my dad and my grandpa, probably around the age of 16. We hunted the whitetail there in Michigan. That’s primarily what I hunt in…
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Testimonial – Bill Falcon
I started hunting when I was about 29 years old. I’ve never really hunted big game, I just always hunted small deer in Florida or wherever I could. Then I got involved in Georgia. My buddies would always go to Canada, hunting, and they never had room for me. So one day I got on…
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Testimonial – Mike Graham
I’ve been hunting pretty much all my life, either local around Midland, MI, up around the farm I grew up on. I travel around and try to experiences new opportunities. Pretty much all over, pretty much my whole life. Whitetail, black bear is hard, cause it’s hard to get a permit, cause it’s a draw…
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Week 2 and 3 Saskatchewan Whitetail Success stories.
Week # 2 was tough hunting! With some very unseasonably warm temps, the daytime movement was a struggle. But like always, we just kept our foot on the gas and did what we had to do. After passing up on numerous smaller bucks, Brooks was rewarded with this great buck. Congratulations to Brooks on his…
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2023 Chaparral Week 1 Harvest
Here is Dan with “Palmer”, our first of many Saskatchewan Whitetail Deer Trophies of the 2023 season. Dan got things done on day one. With no daytime pictures of this deer, I decided to hunt him anyway. We need to be there when they make that daytime appearance. Congratulations on your first Saskatchewan whitetail Dan….
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Mature Whitetail vs Almost
The topic of “mature whitetail vs almost there”, is something that us deer hunters are always very intrigued by! I have been following this deer we called “Rocky” since 2019. Rocky’s home was on the property that my wife Shelley and I own. I had the opportunity to sit in the tree this year for…
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Whitetail Bucks in Velvet!
The 2023 season is fast approaching, and things are shaping up to be a great fall! We have been managing our area since 2019 and man is it rewarding to see the benefits of “Our Work”. This is just a small snap shot of our area. When I say “Our Work” I am referring to…