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SaskGuy

SaskGuy

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I feel Sask has the potential to be one of the best whitetail places in the world, it may be, could be way better. Lopsided antlered to antlerless harvest isn't good in my eyes. Am having a discussion with some Sask people and am pumping up the midwest, quick ?. What do your hunting licenses and tags cost? They claim your revenue is the reason for better management but I bet your tags cost less...any info would be appreciated.
 
Iowa is 23 dollars for a resident any sex. you can get another doe tag for the same price. and then all doe tags after that are 11 dollars. and its unlimited does. the iowa out of state DOE only is 150. Any sex is 250. then add on another 100 for the hunting liscense and habitat stamp. The Illinois out of state Either sex tag is 250. to sum it up....if your broke, hunt in the state you live in!!!
 
Here in Illinois the tags are $15 for residents. Any extra revenue gets snatched up by our Chicago gov. I think Iowa is doing better at management.
 
Iowa resident is $27.00 anysex and same for antlerless and then $11.00 for ea antleless after that.What does yours run up there Karre?
 
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: fatboy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Iowa resident is $27.00 anysex and same for antlerless and then $11.00 for ea antleless after that.What does yours run up there Karre? </div></div>

Then for a non res, the license is 85 hunting, 15 habitat, 100 antlerless, and 250 for anysex tag. Quite exspensive for a non-resident.
 
Then for a non res, the license is 85 hunting, 15 habitat, 100 antlerless, and 250 for anysex tag. Quite exspensive for a non-resident. [/quote]


My little brother from Macomb came and hunted with us saturday and sunday.
NR liscense is 80.50
NR habitat-11.50
NR antlerless-151.50
Convenience Fee-8.14
Total 251.64 to sit in the rain and snow opening morning. I got him on some deer sunday afternoon though and he got a big doe. it was facing nose to nose with him at 50 yards on a downhill slope and he shot through her ear, into her back. paralyzed her. hell of a good shot. All day friday he was talking about getting some loins though! i laughed at him when i seen the shot placement.
 
My nonresident tag when all was said and done this year was over $400. They require you to get a $100 doe tag now along with the either sex tag. It took me three years to draw the tag too.

I have hunted in several other Midwest saes and this is the most I ever paid for a tag.
 
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If Canada wanted to generate some more revenue then let us come up there and actually hunt. Most guys dont need someone to lead them to a hut for a week. I wish Americans would just stop going up there period. I dont get there philosophy. Its definetly all about making money with the government, but they dont really seem to be capitalizing on what they have.
 
Sask- If they want the revenue, they would let the market decide the price, keep raising NR tags until there wasn't a 2-3 year wait. NR hunting is never going to be the answer to control of the herd by shooting anterless- so they might as well cash in while they can.
 
Sask
If Sask is looking for more revenue, I believe that it has some hurdles to overcome for revenue to increase by NR(US citizen). I hunted Manitoba for some years in the middle 90’s. At that time the three Canadian prairie proveniences and Texas was the place to be for big whitetail. Then, I believe in 96ish the gun registration was implemented, not necessarily a thing American outdoorsmen except that readily. If you looking at the average US hunter coming to Canada there are some issues: Gun registration (I think it is still required??), extreme cold temperatures, and price of hunt..
Now let’s fast forward to 2007 from the middle 90’s. Now the average American hunter still has the choice to hunt the mentioned areas, plus Iowa, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Nebraska, etc that has been producing as big or bigger bucks than Canada. Now the average America hunter can do some major big buck hunting in their state or neighboring state at a reduced cost(travel being considered). I believe that QDM and the increase of big buck in more US states has had a big impact on hunters traveling far distances to hunt big whitetails.All that being said, I believe that an increase in NR license for deer hunting would just make more American hunters stay south of the border, but maybe an increase in other game animals that the average American hunter can’t hunt in his state would work???
Just a thought…
 
Wisconsin is $160 for NR and $24 for Residents, you get two doe tags with this and an extrad antlerless tag is $2.00.
 
Just my opinion on this. I am not sure why anyone from state side, unless he did not have access to land, time or the know how, whould head to Canada to have a CHANCE at POSSIBLY shooting a booner? I know I will never hunt Canada when I have hunting like I do right here in WI and next door in IA and MN. I just assume spend my money on a NR Fee and on gas and lodging for the chance year after year at shooting a booner rather than drive to Canada and hope that a guide can put me on a 170 plus animal. Sure by the time it is all said and done, I may have spent $2500 in gas when I bag my booner but by then I would have 50 times more the hunts and chances in rather then heading to Cananda for a $3500 hunt for 5 days with or without that chance and then maybe have to settle for something smaller 150 class. If I spend that kind of money, I want to see booners not hope to see a booner.

I can spend my time down here on our 1000 acres in WI and on public and private lands in IA and MN watching 140-160 class bucks all year in waiting for a booner rather then spend that kind of doe in Canada.

Sure there are slobs up there but there just as many down here state side and it is sure alot cheeper. Plus the added bonus is that I did it all on my own.

Sorry if I have offened anyone but again this is just my view point.
 
I would like to hunt Sask. Just for the fact it is different territory, and I sure would like to shoot a 325lb buck.
 
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> If Canada wanted to generate some more revenue then let us come up there and actually hunt. Most guys dont need someone to lead them to a hut for a week. I wish Americans would just stop going up there period. I dont get there philosophy. Its definetly all about making money with the government, but they dont really seem to be capitalizing on what they have</div></div>
No offense Fred, but this is a very selfish "U.S resident" statement. In all honesty, I think our regulations regarding non resident hunters are far better than other provinces. Heck most regular Joe's like myself from Alberta don't hunt lberta, they hunt here b/c like so many states, the private land is tied up by outfitters. If you guys could just come here and hunt the $$$$$ would lead the charge and I could kiss my best spots goodbye.

I wasn't saying we were looking for more revenue. The discussion I was having involved the management of game and DNR etc...the fellow i was talkjing with said our tag revenue wouldn't come close to most staes. That is where I disagree, Our tags cost more than yours do, $38 for and either sex and $20 for the antlerless, not sure what NR pay...alot more than that.
 
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> I am not sure why anyone from state side, unless he did not have access to land, time or the know how, whould head to Canada to have a CHANCE at POSSIBLY shooting a booner</div></div>

I think alot of guys misinterpreted the point of my post but oh well. I will answer to this on a "hunch". I believe the reason is as follows, some may want to hunt a wilderness landscape very unlike from any in their own state, lots of snow, cold, a mentally and physically challenging hunt with the potential for at any second, a 350 lb black antlered mass mass monster may stroll into view. All the while, the only sounds they hear are those of nature, no vehicles, maybe a far off rifle shot, for most guys, hunting outfitted hunts in Saskatchewan, don't have another hunter within miles of them.

I guess the same reason, guys travel west for Elk, far north for moose, the opportunity for a hunt very different from the ones back home.
 
Saskguy, I agree, a change of landscape would be nice but to that, I personally would much rather come up there and do it myself. But for that I have not the time to spend up there getting permission on land, but I imagine there is public land up there. This is the same for me when I head out west, public land hunts, just beat the bush a little deeper than most would think of and it pays off. About the only time I would pay for a guided hunt out there as well is when my dad can not tag along bow hunting anymore and he would want to go in on a pack hunt with rifle one last time before going to the happy hunting grounds up in the big sky.

If I lived up there, I would probably have a different approach or if I was from a place where I did not have anything real good to hunt, I would probably be looking you up for a spot to hunt.

You know of any good black bear outfitters up that way? See I knew there would some hunt that I would have to go on a guided trip through. Moose as well I suppose.

Hard to leave whitetail county as good as the upper midwest. Given the right time and place I might have to considet it JUST ONCE though.
 
Another issue is the value of the American dollar in comparison to Canadian. It costs a whloe lot more for a hunt in in Canada than it did a few short years ago.
 
I was in on this talk about managment with Kaare...I started it.lol, using all you fine folks in Iowa as an example!! I feel your states managment practices are top notch. Here, in Sask, theres no doubt we have the best potential for world class deer!! I don't think anyone could argue that...but I said potential,,,in the last few years the midwest is surpassing us...why, when Iowa is 1/3rd the size with three times the population of Sask, it should be Saskatchewans low hunting pressure that wins out hands down...but this is not so...thanks to our haphazard attempt at managment...

can you believe this.... Our government says we need herd reduction of the deer population...true. so whats thier approach...get this, you shoot one doe, one 3 point buck , then you get a trophy tag to shoot a biggen....all on top of your 2 regular trophy deer tags available in the north....now you can do this again and again as many times you like... Serious, you couls shot 10-15 trophy whitetails if you liked...so yeah, for every doe harvested in all reality 4-5 bucks are shot...if some one could explain this to me, Id give him the gps co-ords to a booner!!LOL Our DNR are quickly destroying our trophy hunting in saskatchewan... Now most responsible hunters like Kaare here, refuse to participate in such B.S, but here in Sask, and Im sure in Iowa too, theres always a long line of guys ready to exploit our resource....

There im done my rant on a issue that doesnt affect you...sorry for wasting your time..lol

p.s. i would put this link on the "other" sask forum so guys could see what it should be like, but you guys are way to classy for some of them, and I wouldnt want to drag that rotten display of sportsmen into your fine forum!!!!
 
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