New elk hunting opportunity in Sask. Thoughts?

I agree, it’s been an increasing problem for more than a couple of years now. Typical wait until it’s larger problem vs being proactive. The govt can’t manage a good s#it let alone the elk population. Sorta like the bear population in the east kootneys. The counts say they aren’t a problem but I’ve personally chatted with a couple hunters in the Elkford and Fernie areas and the numbers are way higher then what’s listed.
 
jbmauser said:
I’m a little confused by this. I own land in 48 and was just there during elk season to clean up and get my cabin ready for winter. I did a few hikes for elk but didn’t see any. Anyway, that zone and many others have been switched to a bulls only zone but now they have a separate anterless season? Why not just leave it as an either ### zone and season like it was for years? They also ran that spring cull in that area. Do we have too many elk or not?

Not opposed to the anterless season at all but it just seems weird how they’re running some of these zones and populations.
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In zone 48 it's like that because they are clear cutting the forest from basically Round Lake, straight east. Right up to and against the farmland, or wildlife lands. So it's bumping the elk even further east, or west. Lots of elk around. Just not where they usually are.
 
remyltr said:
theyve done this
my zone 42E was normally 75 cow tags then the past few years it jumped to 250.
the landowners couldnt cope with the amount of hunters and the pressure sent the elk nocturnal.

open ALL seasons up from sept15th straight thru til jan31st

stop fckn around around with a month here and week there.
it makes no sense to me atleast.

if this nov week fails the gov is bring in the indigenous to cull the elk
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What do you mean "Bringing in?"
They will be out the week prior to the season and no one will see an elk during the week offered.
 
I was speaking to a work colleague who has a friend that works at SERM. That friend told him that SERM had divested the Limited Entry Draw process from their office to SGI. That should worry everyone because SGI only cares about reducing the number of collisions that they are responsible to repair. If that motivation is what is driving the tag allotment (and from speaking to others it would seem to be) then conservation is no longer the motivator for wildlife management in Saskatchewan. That's a message that people should be hammering home to the government.
 
And crop insurance has their say in to it also. In some zones in the past, where it is possible to get two deer tags it is because of insurance companies want to reduce vehicle accidents. Same in every province
 
Let me know if you know any land owners giving permission - I do not know any ... There are no Elk on our grain farmed family 27 1/4s, just Moose + deer + some bears; lots of birds.

I just don't know any land owners giving permission for Elk - but I sure do know alot who complain about Elk crop damage ... go figure
 
9.3 Hunter said:
Let me know if you know any land owners giving permission - I do not know any ... There are no Elk on our grain farmed family 27 1/4s, just Moose + deer + some bears; lots of birds.

I just don't know any land owners giving permission for Elk - but I sure do know alot who complain about Elk crop damage ... go figure
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Not sure if you're referencing me, or one of the fellas above, but my sister in law is the one in charge of getting permission as we'd be hunting in her stomping grounds (42W I believe) if I grab a tag.
 
jbmauser said:
In my opinion that’s pure folly to think killing a bunch of animals is going to stop the spread of cwd. It’s never worked anywhere it’s been tried as far as I know. We had those big culls here in SK to no effect, pretty sure AB tried it and the US tried it many years ago.

I could be wrong, if I am I’d like to see some evidence that it works.
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Meat eater Podcast did a big CWD episode recently. I haven't listened to all of it yet and it was a few weeks back, but IIRC they do say killing deer is an effective management tool in some circumstances. I want to say it depends on prevalence rates?


I doubt it's CWD though. Sounds like a move to appease farmers to me. Lose their support and the Sask Party is ####ed.
 
saskgunowner101 said:
Just heard about this on a fb hunting page. I'm not an elk hunter, but might consider it. Antlerless only.

https://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/news-and-media/2025/october/02/short-term-hunting-opportunity-for-antlerless-elk-in-southern-saskatchewan#:~:text=Short-Term Hunting Opportunity for Antlerless Elk in Southern Saskatchewan,-Released on October&text=The Government of Saskatchewan is,elk damage to agricultural products.
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Dive in buddy! Elk hunting is an absolute blast. Once you get into you’ll always be thankful you gave it a shot.
saskgunowner101 said:
Just heard about this on a fb hunting page. I'm not an elk hunter, but might consider it. Antlerless only.

https://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/news-and-media/2025/october/02/short-term-hunting-opportunity-for-antlerless-elk-in-southern-saskatchewan#:~:text=Short-Term Hunting Opportunity for Antlerless Elk in Southern Saskatchewan,-Released on October&text=The Government of Saskatchewan is,elk damage to agricultural products.
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Dive in! Elk hunting is an absolute blast. Once you start you’ll never stop. It becomes more of an addiction than passion and it’s not a bad addiction to have!
 
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