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finndragon

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Was looking over the regulations for Alberta and it is kind of confusing. Is it true you can't hunt on any land that is fenced or cultivated without permission? Even if it isn't the home quarter.

Do you need a WIN number to hunt coyotes?

Has Saskatchewan allowed non-residents to hunt coyotes again yet?
 
Not sure why you find it confusing. Private Property is Private Property.

You have no right to hunt on or otherwise access land that does not belong to you without permission. Simple.

As for needing a WIN, IIRC a resident can hunt (but not trap) coyotes on private lands (and public lands in the agricultural areas of AB) to which they have access (AKA permission) without a license, at all times of the year.

On public lands in the "green zone" (AKA Forestry lands) the season for coyotes is (again, IIRC) Oct. 15th to March 31st. In other words no hunting coyotes in the spring / summer.
 
What? I thought Coyotes were under varmint rules and could be shot at any time on land where you could legally discharge a firearm.

I better pull out those 2011 AB hunting regs for a re-read!
 
From what I remember, cant seen to find the map now, the green zone is basically everything north and west of edmonton that isnt farm land. Someone correct if I am way off
 
Pudelpointer said:
Not sure why you find it confusing. Private Property is Private Property.

You have no right to hunt on or otherwise access land that does not belong to you without permission. Simple.

As for needing a WIN, IIRC a resident can hunt (but not trap) coyotes on private lands (and public lands in the agricultural areas of AB) to which they have access (AKA permission) without a license, at all times of the year.

On public lands in the "green zone" (AKA Forestry lands) the season for coyotes is (again, IIRC) Oct. 15th to March 31st. In other words no hunting coyotes in the spring / summer.
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When I hunted in sask you could hunt on land as long as it wasnt posted no hunting or no trespassing. As far as needing permission for all land I think that is wrong. I looked over the rules again more closely and it seems if the land isnt cultivated, isnt fenced, isnt posted and isnt occupied you can hunt on it.
 
No, I believe sask. has changed that as well, it's up to you to find out who owns the land and ask permission from the owner or you could be charged with tresspassing.
 
Thank you.

I think it is a case of too many people pissing in the pool so to speak. I think I will take some time off every year and go hunt on our land back home. I am sure it can be tricky finding a land owner who will allow you to hunt and frankly I don't want to try and track down who owns what land. I can't hunt coyotes in sask but I can hunt deer on my uncles land. My sister has land just over the border into manitoba and I can hunt coyotes and deer there. I imagine it gets pretty crowded out there in the area surrounding Calgary anyways.
 
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finndragon said:
Thank you.

. I am sure it can be tricky finding a land owner who will allow you to hunt and frankly I don't want to try and track down who owns what land. .
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A lot easier then you think. buy a county map from the town hall.
It will have the names off all the land owners on each 1/4. Find out the good hunting grounds by driving around, then find were the owner lives, AKA a house on one of his 1/4 land lots. Go at a decent hour and ask for permision. Me and a buddy do the rounds each year and get permission for normaly 20 -30 quarters of land.
(just make sure you mark on the map were you have permisions and what restrictions the land owner put on them)
 
ben hunchak said:
No, I believe sask. has changed that as well, it's up to you to find out who owns the land and ask permission from the owner or you could be charged with tresspassing.
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The last year I was in Sask they were trying to change the owness from the landowner )posting) to the hunter (confirming)

There was also something about telephone numbers on the signs...can't remember now...
 
Hey Finn, your private messaging is disabled (yet you felt it was okay to send me one).

So here is my response to your PM:


Sorry Finn, didn't mean to come across as an a-hole. But the rules are very clear in AB, if it is private property the landowner does not have to post it or otherwise let you know, it is your responsibility to know where you are hunting.

Every year we lose more hunting lands in this province because people are too lazy (or too ignorant) to get permission on private lands and crown lease lands. It is a pet peeve.

As for not hunting here because you need to ask for permission, that is your choice. If you decide to try and get permission, I would suggest looking for access now (not opening day) and get as far away from Calgary as you can.

As someone posted in the thread, County maps are available and list the owner of every single 1/4 section. Finding the owner to ask permission is as simple as finding the home 1/4 or looking in the phone book; or my favourite: stopping in at the closest neighbours and asking who owns a particular piece of land (I like this one cause it usually ends up with me having even more land to hunt on!).

I also prefer to knock on doors over making phone calls. FWIW I have only ever been refused access 2 times in 8 years of asking, and they were very polite about it.

Hope you change your mind.
 
I'm gonna head out to manitoba next week so I will get some coyote hunting in then. I will maybe look into it next year in alberta. I won't have much time this fall with school. I will either go in the green zone or try what you said about meeting some landowners.

But thanks for all the info.
 
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