What To Expect on Your Hunt

Guides: Our guides are world class and live on or nearby the ranch all year round. You will be assigned your own guide, however, DVR reserves the right to place one or more hunters under one guide's supervision in the event a guide becomes ill, is injured.

After the client has harvested a trophy animal, the guide and/or skinning crew will retrieve the animal, dress, quarter, hang the quarters in our cooler and skin out the skull and cape of your trophy.

In the event you would like to have the taxidermy work done here in Saskatchewan, we have a world class taxidermist on hand who will be happy to make arrangements for you.

Suggested Hunting Gear
for 3-Day Hunt

1 rifle (243-338 range recommended) and 20 rounds of ammunition. With regard to rifle caliber, the most important ingredient is accuracy. I watched 110 lb Joan Richard anchor a large bodied 400 plus bull with one well placed heart-lung shot from her Browning semi-auto .243. Although she followed up with a second shot, he was already on the way to the floor.

If bowhunting 1 bow and at least 12 arrows with sturdy broadheads. I have had many hunters protest that they don't need 12 arrows. You don't if you are just hunting elk. However, many hunters want to go after other game once they arrive and find they used most of their arrows on elk.

Lodge slippers. Outdoor footwear - most especially, vibram-type boots - are not allowed in the lodge.

1 complete set of rain gear and water proof leather hunting boots with virbrim-type sole. Although any significant rain fall is unusual at this time of year, it never hurts to be well prepared. The temperatures are generally mild.

1 pair of binoculars, small day pack and camera (video and/or 35mm)

2 hunting shirts, 1 pair of hunting pants or coveralls. Temperatures run 70-80° in Aug/Sept so please do not bring too much gear. 95% of our hunters overpack.

Oct/Nov: 1 light hunting jacket (fleece or wool) 1 suit of light underwear (Late October/November), 1 pair of gloves, 1 sweater, warm cap.

Personnel toiletries.

Setting The Pace

It is up to the hunter to set the pace as your guide will have no idea of what you would call a hard day or an easy day.

Please let your guide know if you feel he is moving to quickly, if the terrain is to difficult for you or if you require a rest period. Also let your guide know if there is any physical handicap that you may have or medication you take that he should be aware of.

We are here to do our utmost to satisfy the client and ensure that he/she has a great hunt. We are not here to outdo them.

Judging Trophy Size

We understand that it can be very difficult for the customer to accurately judge trophy size. The same can be true for our guides. In some cases, our guides will simply not have a proper opportunity to "accurately" gauge the total gross antler score of an elk or deer moving away, at a long distance or in heavy bush.

We make every possible effort to ensure that our customers are satisfied with the animal before they pull the trigger or release an arrow. However, the only truly accurate way to score a bull is when he is on the ground.

Body size can vary by as much as 400 lbs between bulls making it very difficult to judge total gross score accurately.

Your guide will indicate to you whether or not the animal hunted fits in your category. If the animals scores higher than booked for and you are following the guide's directions, there will be no additional charges. Ultimately, however, the decision to harvest the animal is yours.
 

Questions or Concerns

If there is an issue that concerns you with regard to guides or services, please bring it to my attention immediately - while I still have an opportunity to correct it. We always do our utmost to be fair and reasonable with our clients.