New for 2009
Sunday Hunting
Effective for the 2009 seasons, hunting will be allowed on Sundays across Saskatchewan for all species, beginning with the bear and snow goose hunting seasons in the spring. During open seasons, hunters will be able to hunt on Sundays in all wildlife management zones.
Fixed Hunting Season Dates
All hunting seasons for all species will have fixed opening and closing dates and they will be consistent from year to year. This will simplify hunting seasons and enable hunters to become familiar with hunting season dates and plan their vacations and hunting trips well in advance of the release of the annual Hunter's and Trapper's Guide. As part of this change, the fall big game hunting seasons in provincial parks or recreation sites will start no earlier than September 10.
Archery: September 1 to October 31
Muzzleloader: October 1 to October 31
Rifle: November 1 to December 7
(one white-tailed deer, either sex)
* White Tailed Deer (Canadian Residents)Archery: September 1 to October 31
Muzzleloader: October 1 to October 31
Rifle: November 25 to November 30
(one white-tailed deer, either sex)
In provincial parks and recreation sites, white-tailed deer hunting is prohibited until September 10.
*Elk (Saskatchewan Residents)
Archery: August 20 to September 4 and October 1 to October 4
(one elk, either sex)
Archery, Muzzleloader, and Rifle: September 15 to September 19
(one bull elk)
Archery, Muzzleloader, and Rifle: September 20 to September 30
(one elk, either sex)
Bull elk is a male elk having an antler at least 15 centimetres in length as measured on the outside curve of the antler from the skull to the tip.
The antler of bull elk must accompany the carcass in the bull elk season.
In provincial parks and recreation sites, elk hunting is prohibited until September 10.
*Draw Elk
Archery, Muzzleloader and Rifle: October 15 to October 31 and December 8 to December 19
(one antlerless elk)
*Black Bear
Archery, Muzzleloader, Shotgun, and Rifle: April 15 to June 30 and August 25 to October 14
(one black bear, either sex)
Non-residents of Canada must use the services of a licensed outfitter while hunting bears.
No color dress requirements for archery, muzzleloader and shotgun hunters.
No hunting of female bears with young of the year at heel.
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Sharp-Tailed Grouse
September 15 to December 7
3 daily
Saskatchewan residents: possession: 6
Canadian residents and Non-residents of Canada: Season Limit: 6
*Hungarian Partridge
8 daily
Saskatchewan residents: possession: 24
September 15 to December 31
Canadian residents and Non-residents of Canada: Season Limit: 24
September 15 to December 7
*Ruffed Grouse and Spruce Grouse
Saskatchewan residents: September 15 to December 31
Canadian residents and Non-residents of Canada: September 15 to December 7
Ruffed grouse: 10 daily (possession: 20)
Spruce grouse: 10 daily (possession: 20)
*Ptarmigan (All Hunters)
November 1, 2009 to March 31, 2010
10 daily (possession: 20)
*Spring Snow Goose (All Hunters)
April 1 to May 31
Hunters are not required to have a provincial game bird licence or habitat certificate for this hunt. Hunters are required to have in their possession while hunting snow geese in this season, a 2008 Federal Migratory Game Bird permit and stamp. Snow geese may be hunted all day during the spring season.
Snow geese includes both white and blue phase Snow geese: 20 daily (Possession: 60) No hunting of Ross' geese
Geese and Sandhill Cranes (All Hunters)
September 1 to December 16 (all geese and Sandhill Cranes)
Sandhill Cranes: 5 daily (Possession: 10)
White Geese includes white and blue phase snow geese and Ross' geese: 20 daily (Possession 60)
Dark geese includes Canada and white-fronted geese.
Saskatchewan and Canadian residents: 8 daily, of which only 4 may be white-fronted geese. (Possession: two times daily limit)
Ducks, Coots, Snipe (All Hunters)
September 1 to December 16
Ducks: 8 daily (of which only 3 may be pintails)
Coots and Snipe: 10 each daily
Possession: two times daily limit
Before October 15 hunting for all geese is restricted to morning only (one half-hour before sunrise to 12:00 noon) in the South Game Bird District and Zones 43, 47 to 59 and 67 to 69. All day hunting for all geese begins October 15. Exception: beginning September 1, white geese may be hunted all day east of 106 degrees longitude. (That's us)
The use of non-toxic shot is required for hunting migratory birds in Canada. Non-toxic shot includes steel, bismuth, tin and tungsten-iron/matrix/nickel-iron/polymer combinations. Lead shot can still be used for upland game birds except in national wildlife areas.