Do you have your PhD. in Hunting?

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If the answer is yes, please help out a poor shmuck.
I am trying to get my mind around all the bull#### regulations and requirements but I am having a hard time.

I picked up the Saskatchewan Hunters Guide for 2005 but that has to be the most convoluted piece of government publication I have ever seen. It explains nothing to someone who is doing it for the first time.

I thought all you needed for hunting was a gun, hunting licence, a tag for the animal you are planning on hunting and to know what zone and date you're allowed to hunt this animal in and on.

However, I happened to mention that I am planning on going hunting to a few people and they all started talking some nonsense I couldn't get my mind around.

So, I decided to ask you fellow Saskatchewan hunters for a quick break down of the things a guy's got to have and do before going on a hunt.

-What kind of licences do I need?
-Where do I buy them?
-Where do I get info on the zones, dates, and species I can hunt?
-What kind of clothing do I have to wear to be legal?
-What is this crap about buying a habitat licence to validate your hunting licence? What the hell am I paying for a hunting licence for in the first place?
-Where do I get that?
- What else are they not telling me?

Help me out here! The whole reason I wanted to get into hunting is because I want to simplify my life and get back to a more traditional life style. These people are making it almost impossible. I haven't even started yet and I am frustrated and tied up in red tape.

Is there a course I can take on this subject? I don't mean on hunting but on how to be legal and not #### up the rules and regulations.

Please keep your replies simple and to the point so that I don't get even more confused than I already am.

Talk to me like I am a moron; at this point I might as well be one! Take me throught all the step from start to finish. If you manage to make me understand, I’ll be in your debt forever.

It’s not that I am stupid, it’s the fact that there is no solid info anywhere available to someone who doesn’t have a father or a brother or a cousin who can teach them the ropes.

Thanks in advance.
 
Unfortunately the rules and regulations are not simple.. and hunting legally is second only to hunting safely when it comes to getting your PhD in Hunting.
You need to focus on one type of hunting at a time. I am sure there are Sask/Hunters here who can help... what are you hunting for first :?:
 
Unfortunately the rules and regulations are not simple.. and hunting legally is second only to hunting safely when it comes to getting your PhD in Hunting.
You need to focus on one type of hunting at a time.
I am not from SK... but I am sure there are SK/Hunters here who can help... what are you hunting for first :?:
 
Declan
#1 You need a habitat licence for $11 This money is supposed to go towards wildlife habitat long storey
You then need a species license Whitetail-$33. Anterless if you are in the forest zones $20 f
#2 You can order them online from http://www.se.gov.sk.ca/fishwild/licence/ or ask them who sells licenses in Regina.I will bet T&T gunworks sells them or knows where.
#3 The info is all in the guide you have including the map and hunting times.In the very center of the guide is a map with all the zones, starting on page 12 is the Whitetail information.
#4 wear a complete outer suit of scarlet, blaze orange or white or any combination of these colors.Head wear must be orange or red. No orange camo
#5 See #1 Suit up Dude :shock:


Rich
 
Well RR is right about all he listed but if your a first time hunter you will need to take the Saskatchewan hunter safety course as well. You should also be able to buy your license at any Wal Mart, Canadian tire, Co-op gas bar and numerous other locations in Regina. Happy hunting.

Jordan
 
I'm in BC and still feel like greenhorn every time I go out. That's the hunting part.

When it comes to understanding the law, well, I'm an avid reader of nearly everything and a working journalist and after 37 years of studying the hunting regs synopsis in B.C. I think I understand them pretty good, but every year I feel like I learn something new.

Right now a hot topic among hunters is the reg requiring each portion of a deer,elk or moose carcass to have a piece of fur on it 6 cm square.

Imagine you backpack hunt and bone out a deer. How do you stick to that rule?

What if you de-bone the ribs and brisket? The tenderloins?

For God's sake, do they want a piece of fur on the liver too?
 
Anyone new to hunting after the hunter safety education course was introduced had to have the certificate of having passed it before they could buy a hunting license. If you ever had a Sask hunting license before that regulation came in, you are exempt. They may require you to show them that exemption applies to you. I don't know, but think it likely that if you were able to show you had a hunting license in another province prior to that, or had since taken a comparable hunter safety education course in another jurisdiction, that would be good enough.

You need the Habitat license, $11, which you could say is a license to have any other license. Other licenses are specific to species and aren't valid without this one. Any Sask. resident who is allowed to hunt is allowed to hunt at least one whitetail on a license for purchase and it is good in all zones. You can get a second whitetail license that is applicable only in certain zones. The Hunting Guide shows which zones.

You can typically buy the Habitat license and whitetail licenses in in gun shops, some hardware stores, gas stations in small towns. The link RR posted should get you contact info to call SERM and find out specific sources. Big Game Draw licenses had to be applied for back in May, but if any zone is undersubscribed, the quota of licenses for that zone may be available for purchase on a first come first served purpose. Phone SERM in Regina for this, I bought mule deer tags over the phone last year using a credit card.

Info on the zones, dates, and species is all in the hunting guide. I've confused myself with it a couple of times, but always got it right eventually. I've got a copy, so if you've got a copy and you want to talk through it, PM for my phone number.

There aren't clothing requirements during bowhunting and muzzleloader season, but when you are out with a modern centrefire cartridge rifle, it's the bright colours as per RR's post.
 
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