Manitoba Elk (archery)

sean18mb

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Anyone here hunt Elk in Manitoba (archery season)? I'm planning a 2 week hunt, possibly next year or the year after, in the Duck Mountain area (assuming I'm drawn there).

I've got a few questions. First, I'd like to hunt within the park boundaries. I am planning on backpacking into the woods somewhere close to, but outside the park boundary, and setting up base camp there. I'm doing this because you are not allowed backcountry camping inside the park boundary. From here I would hunt the surrounding several miles. Is this what others do?

Also, in the western park area, there is a large portion not included as park territory. Is this private land or crown land? Could I hunt/camp there?

What about parking my truck? Reading through the regulations, I remember seeing something that said you cannot leave a vehicle alongside a road within park boundaries. Is this true?

Has anyone ever had a vehicle vandalised/broken into while they were hunting?

I've got more questions to ask, but for now this is all. I appreciate any help or advice I can get. Thanks!:)

Sean
 
sean18mb said:
I've got a few questions. First, I'd like to hunt within the park boundaries. I am planning on backpacking into the woods somewhere close to, but outside the park boundary, and setting up base camp there. I'm doing this because you are not allowed backcountry camping inside the park boundary. From here I would hunt the surrounding several miles. Is this what others do?

Sean
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Are you sure of this? Duck Mountain is only a provincial park and I know we've camped in the back woods of the Ducks in years gone by. As well we do it every year for moose in Grindstone provincial park. Maybe things have changed for the Ducks since I last hunted there. The west side of the park has provincial forest that IIRC you can hunt, but your best bet would be to get a land owners map to see what is crown and what is private. Often there's private land that tucks into these areas, and you don't want to end up some place you shouldn't be.

If you don't want to leave your vehicle on the road side, or if you can't, look for a chunk of crown land on your map and park your truck on it. Just make sure you're not going to bother the operations of the farmer if it is in use. We've only ever had a vehicle bothered with once while we were away hunting, and that was out on the east side of lake Winnipeg. It was an 1974 Ford pickup that you could open the hood from the outside, and they stole the battery. Not that big of a deal, we just used the one from our boat. Just lock it up and make sure you put anything of value out of sight.
 
According to THE PROVINCIAL PARKS ACT, Park Activities Regulation, section 37:

"Camping in designated areas
No person shall camp in a provincial park except in an area designated for that purpose by the minister."

I've always understood that camping is only allowed in the designated camp sites and certain backcountry cabins.

I think I'll head to the Conservation Office on Saulteaux Crescent and clear things up.
 
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I guess that's the law then, but it obviously isn't enforced very much. We've had the DNR check out our moose camp and they had no problem with us being there. Actually, Grindstone doesn't even have a designated camp ground, it's just cottage subdivison, marina, and a small beach, the rest is bush, and there's always guys camping in the park during moose season.
 
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