Saskatchewan Follows Manitoba

[RM Anderson]

What would it be like for an freelance hunter to come from Saskatchewan down to, say, Arkansas or North Dakota, to go do some waterfowl hunting? Would they have trouble getting access? Do the outfitters and duck clubs have things locked up?

Adam,
Yes, that would be the case. The last time my wife and I drove across the Dakotas to bring our camper back from Oklahoma, we had the Onyx app on and both states are virtually locked up. I see hunting in both our counties headed towards a non-egalitarian/elitist arrangement where only the wealthy can hunt, such as in Europe. I hope you province doesn't follow our example.
RM

 

[RM Anderson]

Adam,

I will preface this with I have never hunted ND or AR but non-resident rules are not strictly for people from another country. I can't speak from the experience of coming down from Canada but as someone who drives up from FL (sure seems like a different country) to hunt, I have found most states have public land available. While this experience is more upland related, but if I wanted to hunt private land, I would do the research to find out who the landowner was and ask if I could hunt. Sometimes the owner would say sorry, only certain folk can hunt it, sometimes they would say sure. I imagine that AR the private land is probably more locked up than ND. But looking at ND's opportunities for public access bird hunting, there is a lot of public and private land that allows sportsman access.

Dani,
ND and SD have the same five day rule being proposed in Saskatchewan. Yes, there are public lands available but since everyone electronically posted their land, you can imagine how hard these areas are hit. It was a slap in the face to our family of hunters who for years supported Pheasants Forever.
The really sad part of all this monetization was that the residents themselves are finding access difficult.
RM

 

[Adam Dyck]

Dani,
ND and SD have the same five day rule being proposed in Saskatchewan. Yes, there are public lands available but since everyone electronically posted their land, you can imagine how hard these areas are hit. It was a slap in the face to our family of hunters who for years supported Pheasants Forever.
The really sad part of all this monetization was that the residents themselves are finding access difficult.
RM

I'm noticing some land owners have stopped answering the phone since they are sick of all the requests. Some just let one person or outfitter on their land for the same reason, and others only let local outfitters/hunters on their land. Makes for interesting scouting! I try to differentiate myself from the US outfits by donating a lot of my time and money locally, which helps, but it's still getting pretty fragmented.