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Re: Best state for trophy whitetail or Canada?
« Reply #15 on: April 10, 2026, 05:33:41 AM »
The MASS on that pig!!!  dayyyymmn.  Did you do the 6 or 8 day hunt?  What did that score?   Would they give you crap if you wore electric socks???  lol
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Re: Best state for trophy whitetail or Canada?
« Reply #16 on: April 10, 2026, 08:32:17 AM »
Hahaha, no electric socks! I suffer the old way. He went in the mid 160s as a 4pt but my goal that trip was a mass buck, regardless of score. He had 39 7/8” of mass. No brainer for me. That was the 8 day and I shot him day 7. 2015 I was up there. Had a nice 5x5 at 150 yards or so. Heavy heavy deer. I passed on him cause he looked short. The mass was deceiving. He would have probably gone in the 170s in hindsight. I ended up shooting a small one a few days later, thinking he was bigger. It plays with your mind after looking at Wa deer for 30 years ha. But you’ll know big when you see it. If it’s heavy, you just shoot it. 

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Re: Best state for trophy whitetail or Canada?
« Reply #17 on: April 10, 2026, 09:08:24 AM »
That’s awesome!!  My toes are about the only thing I can’t keep warm, gonna try the socks this turkey season!! I just won’t tell them if I go up there!
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Re: Best state for trophy whitetail or Canada?
« Reply #18 on: Yesterday at 07:21:16 PM »
If you’re in a blind, they’ll throw a buddy heater in for you old guys 😂😂. I always raw dog it and I love it! Hahaha

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Re: Best state for trophy whitetail or Canada?
« Reply #19 on: Yesterday at 10:19:41 PM »
My dad got a battery heated vest one year it got single digits in Winthrop during modern deer... I woke up and peeled my sleeping bag off my face... Froze on my beard cause the condensation... The thermometer said 4 degrees... 
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Re: Best state for trophy whitetail or Canada?
« Reply #20 on: Today at 03:07:55 AM »
If it was just score your chasing Texas would be my go to if you don’t want Canada. Most Midwest states have some great deer opportunities but Canada has the best. Plus their deer have the biggest bodies. Got a family member who’s into big deer and travelled for them for a while so I’m just parroting him.


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Re: Best state for trophy whitetail or Canada?
« Reply #21 on: Today at 06:46:47 AM »
Just curious how those big whitetails from Canada eat?

Ive been thinking about a whitetail hunt up there. Would love big horns. But also edible venison.

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Re: Best state for trophy whitetail or Canada?
« Reply #22 on: Today at 08:08:51 AM »
I’ve shot giant bodied deer in Wa, Id, and Canada. I have never not had a great eating deer. IMO, it always comes down to field care. Even long pack outs I’ve never had a bad one. I know someone mentioned Kansas and also South Dakota, two states that are also on my radar.

 


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