hunting around Ponteix, Sask?

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hello hunting forumites. just returned from one of the funnest family reunions I have ever attended. it was held this year in Ponteix, as a large portion of my family made their homesteads in Ponteix before spreading out to Aneroid. I brought my .22lr with me and had the chance to set up some targets and get some plinking in, whith a few relatives who I have not seen for years. we all had a great time. I got to wondering about the hunting prospects out near Ponteix and Aneroid. I remember my uncle Armand had a spread in Aneroid and behind one of his barns were shelves with dozens and dozens of whitetail and mule deer sheds and skulls with antlers still attached. so I know there are animals out there. I kinda like the idea of hunting in an area where my distant relatives may have hunted for their families over a century ago. is it worth it to jump through the hoops and hunt as an Alberta resident? anyone with any info or maybe even an offer of partnering up, please sound off. thanks!
 
Your too late this for this year but next year you could put your name in the draw for the Canadian resident whitetail draw. The season is ten days at the end on nov.
 
But since then whitetail licensing for Canadians not resident in Saskatchewan has changed. You must enter a draw now. If you are drawn you pay for it and come and hunt. Guides/outfitters are required for some species but not whitetail deer hunted by Canadians. Whitetail licenses have traditionally been for the entire province, not specific to Wildlife Management Zones like most big game licenses and it is still the case for Sask. residents but I don't know if that changed for the Canadian resident whitetail draw.

You can find all the details at http://www.environment.gov.sk.ca/Default.aspx?DN=86dda440-387d-4332-9f3e-d2eb231a6c80
 
archerynut said:
TheTooner, thank you for the link. will be sure to take a close look. I wonder what the density is like. herds of whitetails like I see near Patricia? thanks gents for the words!
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There are lots of whitetail around Pontiex and Aneroid. Every few years there is even a real trophy taken.

As was previously stated, you will have to enter the draw for 2014 if you wish to hunt here as a non resident.

My in-laws farm in the Aneroid/Hazenmore area and in years past this area was predominately mule deer country, but in the past 3 years we have seen a lot of whitetails moving in. To the northwest of Pontiex has been traditionally the better whitetail hunting zones for that area. Lots of ravines, sleughs, and old farm yards around there.

Send me a PM with any other questions you may have.:)
 
That Canadian Resident draw thing is the biggest pile of horse#### I've ever seen. Really gets me cranked up because my parents live 1.5 miles from the boundary of 21 and 22 so I have to decide what side of the highway I want to hunt on. So damned stupid it's not even funny.
 
BigUglyMan said:
That Canadian Resident draw thing is the biggest pile of horse#### I've ever seen. Really gets me cranked up because my parents live 1.5 miles from the boundary of 21 and 22 so I have to decide what side of the highway I want to hunt on. So damned stupid it's not even funny.
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I totally agree with you and I'm a resident. Leave it to SERM to pick the hardest way to go about things.
 
Sask_Hunter said:
I totally agree with you and I'm a resident. Leave it to SERM to pick the hardest way to go about things.
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SERM had no choice in this matter. Many complaints were laid by resident landowners regarding out of province hunters who were trespassing/hunting without permission. Therefore, it was the residential people ( I don't blame them) of Saskatchewan who wanted/needed something done to curb these problems.
 
The trespassing is a Wildlife Act issue and, frankly, do we really think that the problem was really unique to non-resident hunters? I can still trespass just as easily (if I were inclined) being confined to a single zone as I could when it was open. So what did the regulation change actually accomplish or was it just money spent with no tangible result? I'm not sure that hunter/host program would have solved anything. I think most people would hunt with a resident anyways but if you start making it difficul tyou just turn people off. If I wanted to hunt with my Dad (from SK) and my brother (from AB) a hunter host thing (especially a restrictive one like the Yukon) could really foul up the bath water.

If people break the rules the solution is never "more rules".
 
The issue wasn't totally tresspassing. It was swarms of non resident hunters consentrating on sertain areas. The zone specific draw is to spread them out and to establish quotas per zone. I live in southern sask near the border and non resident week was allways hell. The back roads were like the deerfoot during rush hour all week. Something needed to be done. I also beleave a hunter host system would work well, but this is what we got and it will better then it was. For the non resident hunters and the resident hunters.
 
Sask_Hunter said:
I agree with you as well Track but the sask gov should have went with the hunter host like Alberta/bc/and the Yukon use.
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A Hunter Host law definitely would of solved the issue of trespassers/to many non resident hunters, however the government could see dollars going out the window.(license, gas, food, accommodation, etc.) Saskatchewan has performed a wonderful job by keeping the outfitters/Americans in the forest zone and have only resident people in the draw system...............to me that is good wildlife management, or is it hunter management? At least Saskatchewan was on the right track with having the two pools, A & B, family tradition first, followed by other purposes.
 
I've only ever hunted those two zones so I wasn't aware of the problems in other areas. It's unfortunate that hordes of knobs roaring around can screw it up for everyone. That seems to be the way that everything goes these days.
 
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