Saskatchewan OTC mule deer archery
- Thread starter rkr
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And over here in BC we have even more questionable tactics. Open season hunting in the rut with rifles targeting the largest and most productive of the species. Different seasons and primitive tools are used for game management in may jurisdictions and they can work very well. Be happy you have 200" mulies....last time I saw one of those was in the previous century on a taxidermist floor (rifle shot). So please advocate for better management always and you will get the opportunity to see those big boys. Or you will get what we have which is a lot of little guys being eaten by predators two or 4 legged. Now I must rant elsewhere....
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BrotherRockeye
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- Location
- Rural Saskatchewan
I heard rumblings about this last year and the reason that it was being considered then was the number of bow tags being filled by "other" means.
I agree...except the use of long range muzzleloaders and optics that are every bit as accurate as a out of bix factory rifle....
Road hunting ANYWHERE should be illegal....
As well as using an ATV to hunt....they should be restricted to setting up and taking down camp and retrieval of game animals. Too many road warriors out there that " f**k" up a guys hunt by driving up on him or by him when he is posted or calling.
I think the positive you can take from all this is hunting is increasing in popularity.
I think the BIG game draw should be limited to 1 animal....meaning if you put in for 4 species and get drawn for 1 your name is pulled out of the other draws.
Another big problem is out of province hunters hunting with Sask residents...using a Bear tag or Deer tag....and hunting Moose or Elk.
road hunting/shooting out of a truck is illegal or do i hint sarcasm
i had one tawt do this to me last week as i had sat in a bushline for 3 hrs waiting on elk to pass through
and he drives his truck AND trailer through a cropped field.
how can they buy a tag? i thought it was residents only
A. Road hunting is illegal
B. ATV hunting is illegal
C. Using a bear tag for Moose or elk is illegal
D. Using accurate muzzleloaders that ensure a clean kill vs what??? A POS flintlock that shoots all over the map??
That's not the point, you said there is nothing stopping people from picking up a bow. I was shooting a bow when arrows were wooden, bows were half wooden, and half of these guys weren't born yet. Recurve users hated compound guys. Everyone hated releases. OTC archery tags are a relatively recent thing, before that archers had to be drawn too. Archery, muzzleloader and rifle all separate draws. Things changed, and they're changing again.
Do you think reducing opportunity is change for the better?
I see some people here are taking a dim view of rifle hunters. I agree there are a lot of unethical rifle hunters out there but I've seen my share of unethical archery hunters as well.
A lot of rifle hunters, myself included, work very hard for their meat as well. Don't sell us all short just because we hunt with a different tool.
A lot of rifle hunters, myself included, work very hard for their meat as well. Don't sell us all short just because we hunt with a different tool.
- Location
- Saskatoon Saskatchewan
Well put.
- Location
- Saskatoon Saskatchewan
Road hunting itself isn't illegal. Shooting from vehicles is but not roadways. Cant shoot along or across a road buy you can shoot off of one.
Interesting how bowhunters zealously protect their special privilege for an over the counter Mule Deer tag every year. They seem to think that everyone should be on board supporting them.
Where were the bowhunters when the special muzzleloader draw season for Mule deer was cancelled, and everyone rolled into one draw ? As I recall, SBA was notable by the absence of their support.
Some Mule deer bowhunters have publicly stated, in my presence, that they do not fill out hunter surveys, not wanting SERM to have a clear picture of how often they harvest a deer.
It is not so crystal clear to me that I should support their special privilege.
Where were the bowhunters when the special muzzleloader draw season for Mule deer was cancelled, and everyone rolled into one draw ? As I recall, SBA was notable by the absence of their support.
Some Mule deer bowhunters have publicly stated, in my presence, that they do not fill out hunter surveys, not wanting SERM to have a clear picture of how often they harvest a deer.
It is not so crystal clear to me that I should support their special privilege.
Do you think that a rifle or muzzleloader hunter getting a tag every 5 years or so, while the bow hunter gets 5 tags in the same time period is fair?
I remember them supporting merging the draw for everyone else while at the same time asking that they be exempt from any draw. Those changes were all on the same piece of paper.
I think someone is trying to stir the pot. Sask Wildlife Federation will not make any recommendations unless something like this is passed by a resolution ar it’s annul meeting. That will not take place until the new year. Feel free to attend and voice your opinion if it comes up at that time.
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I don't archery hunt and have no problem with it.
Do you think your chances in the draw will be any better when those archery hunters enter the draw?
Or will it just make you feel better that more hunters didn't get an opportunity when you don't get drawn.
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- Planet Earth Wearing My Tinfoil Hat
As far as I am concerned there should be no special seasons based on the choice of tool used. It should all be by draw, season should be set as one set of dates and once drawn what you use is your choice. When season opens it opens for all and when it closes it’s closed to all.
