Are Ravens still protected in Sask?

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I know that Ravens have been a protected species in Sask., but I've heard a rumor that they were taken off the list. Does anyone know if there is any truth to this?
 
I had no idea they were protected in SK ever. Only one I ever shot was with a home made willow bow from off a power line at my babas when I was 8 though :p

interesting... http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/story/2009/04/15/ravens.html I would check with Sask environment...

wait, I just did :)

The Ministry of Environment will not under any circumstances issue a Sale of Wildlife permit for the following:

•fully protected wildlife including raptors, pelicans, cormorants, ravens, jays, turkey vultures, sage grouse, greater prairie chicken, black-tailed prairie dogs, black-footed ferret and swift fox


•a cougar, bear or wolf taken under landowner property protection rights


•parts of road-killed big game and animals found dead (persons may be able to obtain a permit to possess, but will never be able to sell these wildlife items)
bear gall bladders


•ducks, geese or any other bird protected by The Migratory Bird Convention Act

from www.environment.gov.sk.ca/Default.aspx?DN=4f013938-e87a-4480-9310-3e8ee23fdeca
 
And they are getting smart too. They must has seen jurassic park :p

I hope they are not anymore. We have some around here that are as big as pterodactyls and like to sift through the back of peoples pickups. That is an awesome surprise when you walk up to your truck and a pterodactyl come flying out of the bed.

Shawn
 
Sask Wildlife Federation put forth a resolution at their annual meeting calling for ravens to be removed from the protected list. The natives went to SERM and told them that they were a part of native culture and respected in their ceremonies and should stay on the list. You know who won that one
 
Here's what alberta reg's say
All birds are protected except the following: Starlings, Crows, Pigeons, House (English) Sparrows, Magpies, Blackbirds, Common Grackles, Brown-headed Cowbirds, Ravens (hunted on private land by residents) and any other birds for which an open season has been declared by the regulations as indicated in the summary.
 
dgl1948 said:
Sask Wildlife Federation put forth a resolution at their annual meeting calling for ravens to be removed from the protected list. The natives went to SERM and told them that they were a part of native culture and respected in their ceremonies and should stay on the list. You know who won that one
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sadly not the people who are getting screwed over by them
 
dan belisle said:
They used to be protected in northern MB as well, probably for the same reason. Huge buggers, used to knock over the garbage cans. - dan
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Still are listed as protected in the wildlife act. I for one kind of like ravens... magpies - not so much.
 
53moose320Elk said:
Here's what alberta reg's say
All birds are protected except the following: Starlings, Crows, Pigeons, House (English) Sparrows, Magpies, Blackbirds, Common Grackles, Brown-headed Cowbirds, Ravens (hunted on private land by residents) and any other birds for which an open season has been declared by the regulations as indicated in the summary.
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Nearly identical to BC regs.
Until fairly recent years, all raptors, including eagles in BC, and ravens could be shot at any time. The provincial game departments, encouraged the shooting of these birds.
As a boy growing up in bushland Saskatchewan, I was once walking the final steps to home from school one late fall afternoon, when I saw two grouse in a tall poplar tree, eating the buds.
I quickly got the 22 and was just starting toward the grouse, when a Great Horned Owl swooped in and took a grouse, right in front of my eyes.
Presto. War was just declared on great horned owls! Over the next couple of years I shot quite a few.
A little later I was at a meeting of the Nipawin Fish and Game Club. Guest speaker was a game warden and his speach was about encouraging all of us to shoot every hawk or owl we could, because of the severe damage these predators did to small birds and game birds. The game warden encouraged us to always carry a gun in the vehicle with us, for just such a purpose.
In later years in BC I was riding with the senior game warden of the area, on a bush trail. I had my 30-06 beside me in his vehicle. A large hawk flew up and landed in a tree. The warden stopped and said to me, "Get him."
I got out, leaned against a tree and the hawk virtually exploded.
"Good shot," stated the game warden.
 
Reminds me of a story...

Here in the farmland of Saskatchewan, plastic grain bags have become quite popular. Think of a 10' diameter plastic tube shoved full of grain. They are cheap and easy to use. Ravens are about the only critter smart enough to realize there is food inside. They peck holes in the top of the bag and can destroy a bag very quickly. So, many people have adopted the three S's to deal with them (75gr hollow point at 3400fps out of a 257 Roberts is quite spectacular BTW). One old fellow was quite good at it and somehow it got back to the Warden what he was doing. So the Warden drives out to the old boy's farm. The Warden informs the farmer that you cant shoot Ravens because they are protected. Now this farmer was born with a hairlip so you will have to imagine his response with a heavy lisp. He says "Well they might be protected, but they sure aint bullet proof!"

Warden just put his truck in drive and left.
 
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