DAVIDSON—Local hunters know some amazing animals roam pastures and fields in this part of the world.

Last Monday, Jan. 21, the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation (SWF) announced that one of its members, Dennis Bennett, had arrowed a deer of a lifetime in the Arm River Valley area.

Bennett was bow hunting Oct. 1, 2018 when he arrowed the non-typical mule deer. The deer was measured by the SWF’s Henry Kelsey panel measurers on Oct. 7 and scored 293 6/8 inches and was declared a Henry Kelsey provincial record. The Pope & Young Club, Jan. 9, 2019, convened a special panel of judges in Regina to measure Bennett’s buck as a potential Pope & Young world record non-typical mule deer.

According to its website, Pope & Young (P & Y) is recognized as the official repository for records on bow-harvested North American big game animals. Together with the Boone & Crockett Club, the P & Y Club maintains the universally accepted scoring system and sets the standards for measuring and scoring North American big game.

P & Y said Bennett’s buck has a five-by-five typical frame with 15 abnormal points on each side with a gross score of 303 0/8. The special panel of four measurers gave the buck a final score of 291 1/8 inches and confirmed it as the new P & Y non-typical world record mule deer. Bennett’s buck surpasses the previous world record deer shot by Kenneth Plank in 1987 by 16 and 2/8 inches.

A typical mule deer will have four points per side plus eye guards.

The size of Bennett’s buck was a surprise.

“When something like that is brought to official measure, the shock doesn’t hit until you get the official measure. It’s a shock to the hunter and to the official measurer,” said Warren Howse, chair of the SWF’s Henry Kelsey Big Game Records panel.

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Jan. 21, 2019 edition

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Last Wednesday, RCMP Saskatchewan shared its top list of non-emergency 911 calls that were received in 2018 by its Divisional Operations Communications Centre. It was a busy year for the centre, however, RCMP report that some of the 911 calls missed the mark.

Here is their Top Ten:

1. Endangered species – Caller called 911 as they located two salamanders in their yard and thought they might be endangered.
2. Everything is OK – Someone called 911 to make sure they didn’t do anything wrong and to wish the RCMP officers a Merry Christmas.
3. What’s the delay – Caller called 911 as their fast-food delivery order was taking longer than they thought it should.
4. The chase is on – A concerned caller reported a donkey chasing some horses around in the field.
5. Master chef – A dispute over how to cook perogies ended up with our caller calling RCMP for assistance.
6. Mysterious caller – A caller was uncertain as to how a 911 call had been placed from his home. After some discussion, it was determined that it must have been his cat that did.
7. Who let the dogs out – A call was received requesting RCMP attend a house as the dogs needed to go outside and the door was stuck.
8. No turkey for you – Our 911 caller reported that her Thanksgiving turkey was stolen.
9. Unwanted master chef – This upset 911 caller was asking for RCMP assistance as their guest was cooking ribs in the oven.
10. Park between the lines – Someone called 911 to report that a vehicle was parked taking up two handicap parking spaces.

RCMP remind everyone that 911 is for emergencies. In non-emergency situations, the public can call their local RCMP detachment or local police service.