Saskatchewan farmland chasing one of the most challenging animals on the prairie — moose

[MiG25]

Do you feel as a landowner, that you should be entitled to be drawn for a shorter time-period?

In Alberta isn't a Landowner guaranteed a tag to hunt on their own land (1/4 or greater)?

 

[track]

In Alberta isn't a Landowner guaranteed a tag to hunt on their own land (1/4 or greater)?

Laws have changed a-bit recently. Before, landowners would be allocated a mule deer tag and an elk tag, as long as they had applied for that species and wasen't drawn. For mule deer it has changed a-bit. If 50 mule buck tages were allotted for hunters in one zone, landowners were eligible for 25% of the 50 allocated tags. This is not for every zone, however not as many tags are given out to landowners.

Times have changed, they will always change, regardless of any subject or issue in life. This year, it is possible that things will change again in the hunting laws/regulations.
Personally, I have great respect and gratitude for landowners however, the rule of "everyone is to be treated equally" is not applied. No special interest group should receive more than the masses.

 

[MiG25]

Here in BC many Landowners have high fenced their property to keep the Elk out, because there is nothing in it for them to host several hundred Elk for a month or two. If they were guaranteed a Cow tag or 2 that attitude might change.

 

[Mr.Rigpig]

I am not a hunter, how does the flavour of a farmland moose compare to a swamp moose?

Plenty west of Edmonton, had one in my yard last week

The few prairie moose I have taken here in SE Sask were 100 times better than the forest moose we have taken up north. Just my opinion.

But! The overall hunt experience in the forest up north is 100 times better than hunting cropland, so there's that.

 

[call2arms]

The few prairie moose I have taken here in SE Sask were 100 times better than the forest moose we have taken up north. Just my opinion.

But! The overall hunt experience in the forest up north is 100 times better than hunting cropland, so there's that.

That is what I thought. Yeah hunting them in a farm field seems kind of like shooting cattle

 

[trevj]

Grew up there.

Never used to be moose on the prairies, but now they even frequent areas North and South of Maple Creek.

Would be cool to head back to our old Stomping Grounds to hunt one...

Never heard of "Moose Jaw" apparently.

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Seriously, you didn't think they named it after an animal they had never seen, did you! LOL!

The river valley systems out that way, kinda defy description, if you have never seen then first hand. They really do not fit, with the gumbo prairie landscape! But some bleed-over occurs, so you end up with Moose running across highways out in the 'bald-ass' prairie.

 

[reddog]

One ran through our decoys in Biggar Sask. my sons could not believe it ,

 

[JJ-65]

Not much for moose habitat around here but moose aren’t exactly scarce. Hard on the apple trees though.

 

[saskgunowner101]

Never heard of "Moose Jaw" apparently.

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Seriously, you didn't think they named it after an animal they had never seen, did you! LOL!

The river valley systems out that way, kinda defy description, if you have never seen then first hand. They really do not fit, with the gumbo prairie landscape! But some bleed-over occurs, so you end up with Moose running across highways out in the 'bald-ass' prairie.

First off, you should probably know what you're talking about before trying to "son" someone on the internet, especially about the province they grew up in. Look up why it's actually called Moose Jaw. If you were talking about Carrot River, you'd be mostly right though. As for wild game in general, of course they knew what a moose was down south, but that doesn't mean they were thick like thieves or plentiful. Even in my area (where they were about as common as a mermaid 40 years ago) ,you can put in for the draw, and reasonably expect to see at least a few.

 

[IronNoggin]

Never heard of "Moose Jaw" apparently.

Seriously, you didn't think they named it after an animal they had never seen, did you! LOL!

You are beyond laughable!
Might want to look into what you are posting before sticking your other foot firmly in your yap!!

Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, gets its name from the Cree name for the nearby river, moscâstani-sîpiy, meaning "warm place by the river," which described the area where the river curved like a moose's jawbone, though the "warm place" part is often forgotten, leaving just the 'Moose Jaw' connection to the landscape and Indigenous name.

 

[MiG25]

It's pretty clear from Palliser that it was Moose Jaw Bone Creek and not some dubious connection to a Cree name.

 

[trevj]

You are beyond laughable!
Might want to look into what you are posting before sticking your other foot firmly in your yap!!

Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, gets its name from the Cree name for the nearby river, moscâstani-sîpiy, meaning "warm place by the river," which described the area where the river curved like a moose's jawbone, though the "warm place" part is often forgotten, leaving just the 'Moose Jaw' connection to the landscape and Indigenous name.

And they knew what a Moose's Jawbone looked like, how, exactly?

That aside, there were a fair few moose around, and the odd Cougar (not the 'Hug and Slug' variety) when I lived there between 1992-1999.

After I left Saskatchewan, I still payed at least a little attention to what was going on there, and the reports of highway deaths from moose-strikes, were on the rise. Personally, I figure that when there was several families per Section, the moose got pretty much run outta the place if not just eaten. Now, with maybe a couple families per Township in some areas, the pressure has reduced enough that they are moving in to old territory.