Planning a Trip

[jobbershunting]

Planning on going out to Sask. next fall for an upland/waterfowl trip (I know I cant take pheasants). Just looking for any tips on where I should be looking I have heard that the areas around Saskatoon and Regina arethe better places to go for Huns & Sharpies.

Do most people stay in hotels or B&B's or camp?
Do you hunt mostly public land or ask permisson?

Any other suggestions for things to research, or tips would be awesome.

Thanks.

[Vindalbakken]

Haven't hunted Sask. myself but know some folks who do. Seems to me they concentrate their effort in the SW area of the province.

[Big Bird]

I made my first trip to Sask this fall and by far one of the best trips I have been on. I would look to the southern part for Huns and sharpies. Ducks in the south are not as plentiful so they say, but we did manage a to take a good portion by jump shooting small ponds.This area is made for the versatile dog. Hunt upland , move down the road, see a pond, jump shoot the pond and have the dog retrieve.

The rule is unless the property is posted no hunting , hunting is allowed. Permission is always better when there is an opportunity to ask.

You got contacts within your NAVHDA chapter that have been, and I am sure they are willing to share their experience.

[RyanGSP]

You didnt go out with Bill Gourney did you Big Bird?

[jobbershunting]

I made my first trip to Sask this fall and by far one of the best trips I have been on. I would look to the southern part for Huns and sharpies. Ducks in the south are not as plentiful so they say, but we did manage a to take a good portion by jump shooting small ponds.This area is made for the versatile dog. Hunt upland , move down the road, see a pond, jump shoot the pond and have the dog retrieve.

The rule is unless the property is posted no hunting , hunting is allowed. Permission is always better when there is an opportunity to ask.

You got contacts within your NAVHDA chapter that have been, and I am sure they are willing to share their experience.

The waterfowl numbers are higher in the north or ???

[RyanGSP]

Bird numbers are low everywhere. If you planning a trip I would hurry up and leave. I am in Southern Alberta and the migration is here right now. Birds have been piling up for about a week and the water is starting to freeze over. Even now there isnt near as many birds as lastyear or the year before. I am thinking with the wet spring combined with the cold hanging around so long the birds stayed south for nesting grounds or alot of the clutches were killed.

[jobbershunting]

Ryan,


I am planning for next year but thanks for the heads up. Is there much public land SW of Regina?

Does anyone know of a good place to stay where you can cook your own meals? Hopefully I have to eat my birds while I am there to stay below the possession limits.

[WingShooter]

In Saskatchewan, they have a non-resident tag system for your upland birds (huns and sharptails). You have to tag your bird immediately after you shoot it. You get 24 hun tags (8 per day max), and 6 sharptail tags (3 per day max). When you've used all your tags, you're done (you can't buy more). Eat as many as you want, but you can't shoot more than your 24 and 6 tags.

You're allowed 8 ducks per day (of which only 3 per day can be pintails), and a two day possession limit (16 total, no more than 6 pintails). You could eat ducks and go and shoot some more the next day, though I don't know many guys that would eat more than one duck per day.

You could also shoot geese, but if you plan on flying in and out of Saskatchewan, a few geese will take up a lot of room in the cooler (you can't breast them as they must have a wing on them for transport). Other than the occasional incidental goose that we shoot for the pot, we don't target them.

We try to have a game dinner almost every night because it's a big part of our enjoyment of the total experience, not for concern of increasing our harvest. The ability to do our own cooking is important to us. We rent a small farm house.

Public land isn't really a concern in Saskatchewan. The province is sparsely populated with only 1 million people. The trespassing laws allow you to lawfully hunt private land as long as it isn't posted and is at least 500 meters from an inhabited building. But it's always best to ask for permission, if you can find someone to ask.

If you contact Saskatchewan Tourism, I'm sure they can point you in the right direction.

[Big Bird]

You didnt go out with Bill Gourney did you Big Bird?

I was there with Billy..

[RyanGSP]

I seen the pictures of your dog but didnt put 2 and 2 together until I seen this thread.

[duck duster]

PM for you Drew