REGINA — A new pilot program to assist producers experiencing abnormally high wildlife damage to agricultural products has been announced.
The Big Game Management Extended Hunt pilot is another tool to help manage human-wildlife conflict while ensuring sustainable wildlife populations for rights-based harvest and harvest by sport hunters, as outlined in the Game Management Plan and Game Allocation Framework.
A Big Game Management Extended Hunt is implemented if criteria are met, including:
- Damage by game species (mule deer, white-tailed deer, or elk) to agricultural products has been reported to Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation (SCIC) through wildlife damage claims; and
- Producers in the RM have exhausted all other preventative measures or agree to implement preventative measures.
The following rural municipalities (RM) have been identified for an extended hunting season Nov. 1-10:
- Livingstone (331)
- Hazel Dell (335)
- Kelvington (366)
- Bjorkdale (426)
- Leask (464)
Each RM will be allocated 50 antlerless elk licences on top of what was available in the Big Game Draw. Licences will only be available to Saskatchewan residents through the online Hunting, Angling and Trapping licensing system.
