Saskatchewan whitetail draw

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track said:
With this harsh winter I hope that it kills all of the CWD deer that are left in Saskatchewan and Alberta. I agree with you that the government mis-managed the deer herds. If healthy deer are dying from winter kill you would think that all CWD deer would be the first to go, but of course that won't make any sense to a government official and probably continue their useless program. Now for the Saskatchewan draw for Canadian-Residence, (I'm from Alberta) I hope that their is some fine print stating that the license fee "must"
be paid within one month after the draw, otherwise it will be cancelled. BTW, the licence fee should be $500.00. Now this should keep the "want a be" trophy hunters out of the province. I've hunted Saskatchewan whitetail since 1988 and only taken 6 animals to date. If people are going to hunt saskatchewan to bag a trophy then bag a trophy. I've witnessed and heard of Canadian-Residence shooting small bucks (between 100 to 130) on the last day to fill their tag. I'm sure that many of those bucks had potential to be true trophy bucks. The same applies with the Americans..............they as well shoot small bucks and that is from the first to last day of their hunt. I say up the license to $500.00 and pay within one month of being drawn.
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You will have to give them a visa when you apply,the money will be taken the day of the draw if you are drawn.
 
After all this debate, I had to go and re-read the document on the SERM website.

The draw model will be used this year, with no priority/pool system being used. 100% of the applicants will be drawn. By using the draw system, SERM can find out exactly how much hunting pressure is in any one WMU. Presumably in the future, they will implement the priority system to the resident draw.

Saskatchewan hunters are familiar with the 'Four hunters on one application' system. Basically, you put up to four hunters on one application, and if one is drawn, all are drawn. Everyone in the party will be issued their own tag. If you are really cheap, this saves you $12 over the cost of four individual online applications. It also ensures that everyone in your group gets drawn/not drawn, making trip planning easier.

Kudos to SERM for using the tools that they already have for managing the sustainability and quality of our wildlife.
 
Americans\Bait

I think that they should Put the Americans on Draw.They are aliens to this Country and they have a longer Hunting Season than Canadian residents up in the forestry.Is that not wrong?

Maybe SERM should also Implement No Baiting Deer in Saskatchewan,just like Manitoba and Alberta.But that wont Happen because we all know that the outfitter's in SK are Running the show.You really think that canadian Residents are going on Draw just to manage the Herds????
 
If you look at the license sales statistics in SK from 1999 to 2009 you will see a two trends. Firstly, Can Res license sales doubling in the last ten years. Secondly, Non Res license sales decreasing by 50%. Just facts. Canadian Resident licenses make up almost 9.5 % of all either ### whitetail licenses.

Edit: I agree that outfitters do have a huge say in the development of the management program, presumably for their own benefit. If I was an outfitter, I would want all the changes to be in my favor as well.
 
Whitetail Junkie said:
I think that they should Put the Americans on Draw.They are aliens to this Country and they have a longer Hunting Season than Canadian residents up in the forestry.Is that not wrong?

Maybe SERM should also Implement No Baiting Deer in Saskatchewan,just like Manitoba and Alberta.But that wont Happen because we all know that the outfitter's in SK are Running the show.You really think that canadian Residents are going on Draw just to manage the Herds????
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I agree on the outfitting aspect we dont have much trouble around here with deer outfitters but somehow the local waterfowl guide has talked a lot of the landowners around here into posting their land with the outfitters name and phone number and you have to contact him to hunt that land,of course all this does is tip the outfitter that there are birds coming into that particular field and of course no permission granted.
 
If you have land here, I have no problem. I am not trying to bash non sask people. Every year I am meeting more and more Sask people that i dont think should be hunting here. And they wont be hunting on our land. More and more disrespectful pricks every year. Its sad cause it ruins it for many very good people. Many land owners in this area have just had enough
 
It`s not only whitetail seasons that SERM likes to screw up, any body remember the elk season of 3 years ago in zone 14. Lots of bad stuff going on then and i think that was resident only hunting.
 
giveitago said:
Except some of us "Non-Sask" people own land there, have family there and spend quite a bit of money and time there. What about us?
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The big picture is that most Canadian-Resident hunters don't own land in Saskatchewan. If SERM did give Canadian-resident land owners special rights then that would be discrimination towards others or favouring certain individuals. What if Americans purchased alot of land in central Saskatchewan, do you think that they should have the right to hunt on that land? Heaven forbid that last comment, they have a screwed-up hunting system, (pay to hunt on land) let alone their country.
 
.17 said:
I agree on the outfitting aspect we dont have much trouble around here with deer outfitters but somehow the local waterfowl guide has talked a lot of the landowners around here into posting their land with the outfitters name and phone number and you have to contact him to hunt that land,of course all this does is tip the outfitter that there are birds coming into that particular field and of course no permission granted.
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The bird outfitter is paying the landowner cash to keep you out.it is illegal but it is happening.i hunt the forest fringe in northern SK and the local deer outfitter pays off a couple farmers every year to keep the SK and canadian residents from hunting on the land they own which borders the forestry where the americans are.

The one farmer told me to my face that the outfitter payed him off to keep me out.
 
If you don't like the rules, hunt in your own province. Due to prior comments on this thread I already know of 11000 acres that is going to be posted including our own, the local boys and their "bangoos" are more than welcome out, so are the dumb oilfield workers. I am sure my family and our neighbours aren't the only ones who have made that decision. Sorry to all the good ones.
 
hillbilly_deluxe said:
if you don't like the rules, hunt in your own province. Due to prior comments on this thread i already know of 11000 acres that is going to be posted including our own, the local boys and their "bangoos" are more than welcome out, so are the dumb oilfield workers. I am sure my family and our neighbours aren't the only ones who have made that decision. Sorry to all the good ones.
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Like that will make a Difference :)
 
I Have to ask this, and i may get flamed.....

Do non-resident Canadians really affect the local hunt all that much? We are limited to six? (maybe 5) days at the end of the season. (For rifle).

I will probably go muzzleloader this year just to extend my own season. Not that I couldn't get a white tail in the time provided for rifle, last year I couldn't cut the grass without seeing a pile on my land. But Dammit, it's fricken cold at the end of November, and I much prefer hanging out in the bush when I'm somewhat comfortable. Call me a wuss....
 
Hillbilly_Deluxe said:
Well for someone who cries about land being posted on the tree line it will make a difference because guess where our land is???
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Well i'll tell you what... after I get back from my annual saskatchewan hunting Trip this Fall,i'll post the pictures of our bucks and then you tell me if it made a difference:jerkit:
 
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