Chasing game cross country with a vehicle.

Depends where you do it! Some places in some communities may not have a issue with it and CO's have been known to give them a lot of leeway or ignore their hunting methods that would cause some others to get prosecuted and fined heavily.

Sometimes it helps them round them up for easier hunting too!



 
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Genuinely, what would the crime be? If you go to take a shot at something and it spooks and runs to the other side of a hill so you unload, case, hop in whatever and drive to a more advantageous position on where you know they went to....what's wrong with that? Or...are you talking about LITERALLY chasing animals with a vehicle, driving behind them, until they get exhausted and have to stop because....just no.
 
TravisJM said:
Genuinely, what would the crime be? If you go to take a shot at something and it spooks and runs to the other side of a hill so you unload, case, hop in whatever and drive to a more advantageous position on where you know they went to....what's wrong with that? Or...are you talking about LITERALLY chasing animals with a vehicle, driving behind them, until they get exhausted and have to stop because....just no.
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Well, if you actually follow or go by the law -

It is punishable by law;
to chase or harass any wildlife with any aircraft, motor vehicle, boat, snow machine or all-terrain vehicle of any type;
to hunt any wildlife with, or possess any loaded firearm on, any aircraft, motor vehicle, snow machine or all-terrain vehicle of any type. Such vehicles may be used only for transportation to and from a hunting area and for transporting any game taken, except where restrictions apply to the use of all-terrain vehicles.

Harassing animals can carry a charge in Saskatchewan, costing as much as $2,000 and carrying the possible forfeiture of any vehicle used.

Senior Conservation Officer Lindsey Leko explains why those animals are protected from being chased.

"You're going to see them, but you can't be chasing them. It causes a lot of stress to the animal and can cause potential injuries, so chasing or harassing wildlife with the vehicle, whether it be a snowmobile, a truck, an ATV, it's all unlawful under the Saskatchewan Wildlife Act."

Some of those injuries can go as far as killing the animal.

"It's really stressful on the animal, running in the snow can cause damage to the lower legs and then what ends up happening is that you might call off the chase," said Leko, "But the animal is still in a pretty severe state of anxiety and sometimes death can be a result of that."

There are also a few situations that they've seen in which a rider intentionally runs over the animal.

"We've also seen situations where people have actually run down coyotes, run down rabbits, chased down deer, and actually run them over with their snow machines," said Leko, "I can't think of a more cruel activity."

People doing so can receive fines, with the chance of losing a lot more.

"Normally people who do that, we put it in front of a judge and the judge will make a decision," said Leko, "Normally the fines are pretty severe and they do sometimes risk the potential forfeiture of the vehicle that was used to chase the animals. The consequences for chasing wildlife are pretty severe here in Saskatchewan and many other jurisdictions as well."



I wonder what he meant by "Normally"?
 
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TravisJM said:
Genuinely, what would the crime be? If you go to take a shot at something and it spooks and runs to the other side of a hill so you unload, case, hop in whatever and drive to a more advantageous position on where you know they went to....what's wrong with that? Or...are you talking about LITERALLY chasing animals with a vehicle, driving behind them, until they get exhausted and have to stop because....just no.
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Witnessed the latter twice in three trips to town.
 
Me and two others, both cops, one who knew the responding wildlife guy personally, watched a guy drop a quad on land posted foot access only, and chase deer over to his buddy who then started taking shots. We phoned it in, watched them get pulled over, searched, made witness statements. Last I heard, nothing happened to the offending party.

So, sweet FA?
 
Forty years ago two statements raised my blood pressure.
"Antelope can run 70 mph"
"Antelope tastes like a butcherd billiy goat"
And one of them had to glue an Antelope horn back together to win a trophy, holy ####! Same guy is in a Facebook Photo presenting trophy awards at the 2025 Tisdale Wildlife Federation Fundraiser. He is also a past SASKATCHEWAN WILDLIFE FEDERATION PRESIDENT and past CANADIAN WILDLIFE FEDERATION PRESIDENT. ffs.

I was tramping stubble at a buck fifty before I started this thread. The TWF Hunter's Safety Alumi slammed on the brakes and stopped, as if that made it better. They had ran that little #### two miles and was stumbling when I turned off the road and held 'er.
Gotta get a dash cam and do that again. Show a little FAFO to EVERY HS class.
 
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