Sask only...wild turkeys

Check the queens printer and look up the sask wildlife act. All the information you will need is in there. You may be surprised about what you can and can't shoot... Mainly what you can't. Pay attention to 'season dates' and you would like to read up on 'game birds'.

Migratory and upland birds are in season. Your hunters sinopsis list the species and is easily available online and in any store that sells licenses. I really encourage you to read up, as "I didnt know better" will still land you a fine if your caught by one of our dozen conservation (conversation) officers.

Happy hunting and have fun.
 
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Because there is not a season on them and they are a game bird....simple as that.
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well thats the pits as my mate has found a rather large amount of them in a piece of bush

S1de8urnz said:
Check the queens printer and look up the sask wildlife act. All the information you will need is in there. You may be surprised about what you can and can't shoot... Mainly what you can't. Pay attention to 'season dates' and you would like to read up on 'game birds'.

Migratory and upland birds are in season. Your hunters sinopsis list the species and is easily available online and in any store that sells licenses. I really encourage you to read up, as "I didnt know better" will still land you a fine if your caught by one of our dozen conservation (conversation) officers.

Happy hunting and have fun.
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i did go through the wildlife and hunting act(i have them bookmarked) briefly and couldnt find bugger all.
hence why i posted on here,there are some knowledgeable people around

thanks for the appropriate replies
 
Is there a population out that way these days?

Last time I hunted out there I was living in Moose Jaw, and rumors of the odd escaped wild boar North of Regina, were about as exotic as it got. And runaway farmed Bison.

If there is a population, it will, like as not, hinge around whether they are an introduced game bird, in attempts to get them established above-board, as far as the Laws are concerned, or they are escaped Exotics, and pretty much treated as disposable, and a non-issue.

Good rule of thumb, if it isn't on a list in the Regs saying it has a season, or it has no bag restrictions, then it's most like to be protected. But not always.

I would think that wandering into one of the SERM offices might be worthwhile.

Cheers
Trev
 
I've hunted the south for 50 years and have never seen or heard of someone sober who has seen a wild turkey. If they'd be anywhere they would be in the Qu'appelle Valley , Wood mountain or Moose Mountain areas , and I've known people who have lived in these areas there whole lives and have never seen any though it would be cool if they were introduced.
 
They were probably introduced the same way they were introduced in Manitoba but maybe they haven't established a huntable population yet
 
I have seen a turkey out by Lebret in the quappell valley. I couldnt tell you if it was an escapee or wild turkey, but it was an ugly turkey. Its crazy what you might see when out in the middle of knowhere.

If you checked the wildlife act and turkeys are not mentioned you might be ok to get it. Call a warden, but pigs were not in the sask wild life act and they were labeled free game because of it.
 
I've seen a few turkeys in the Estevan area and east of here, Carnduff/Carlyle area.

If they had a season I'd have ate at least one by now. The CO said he's had a couple people ask, but the population isn't strong enough for a hunting season on them... yet.
 
When I was hunting elk in Cypress Hills six or seven years ago there was about a dozen that hung around the cabins where we were staying. Fat little guys too. All I could think of was stuffing...and gravy!
 
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