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Supporting Hunter Safety 07/11/03
Saskatchewan will pay the Saskatchewan Association for Firearm Education
(SAFE) more than $200,000 to train people to be safe and informed hunters.
This new contract, to March 2005, will allow the people of Saskatchewan to
continue to receive the lowest cost hunter education training in the country. [2 Comments]
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Mid Winter Deer Hunt 02/28/03
The discovery of chronic wasting disease in the area around Saskatchewan
Landing Provincial Park during last fall's hunting season has prompted
Saskatchewan Environment to take an unusual step. [1 Comment]
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Pheasants Head East 01/31/03
Wildlife officials from Saskatchewan Environment and Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources are capturing wild ring-necked pheasants along the South Saskatchewan River near Leader. It is hoped that between 50 and 100 birds will be captured by the end of the week and then flown to Ontario over the weekend. [Comments?]
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Another Saskatchewan Case of CWD Found in Wild 12/16/02
Saskatchewan's hunters have turned in another deer head that has tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease. This latest positive case was found in a mule deer doe taken this fall near Saskatchewan Landing Provincial Park. This is the third positive case found in the past couple of months and the sixth discovered since the late 1990s when the province started monitoring animals in the wild for the disease. The doe was taken in the Herd Reduction Area near Saskatchewan
Landing Provincial Park. [Comments?]
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Six Americans Fined For Over Limit Hunting 12/01/02
Six people from the state of Georgia who were hunting in the Ponteix area recently plead guilty to 13 Wildlife Act charges and were fined a total of $11,660. The six agreed to voluntarily pay the fines. [Comments?]
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Confirmation of Fifth Saskatchewan CWD Case 12/01/02
Saskatchewan Environment has received confirmation of another case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a wild deer in Saskatchewan bringing the total number of CWD cases found in the wild to five. Earlier this month this case had been announced as being suspicious. [Comments?]
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Confirmed Case of Chronic Wasting Disease 10/28/02
Saskatchewan Environment has received confirmation of another case of
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in wild deer. The latest positive sample was found in a two-year-old mule deer buck taken
this fall near Saskatchewan Landing Provincial Park, north of Swift Current. [Comments?]
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Saskatchewan Antlerless Mule Deer Licences Still Available 08/13/02
Saskatchewan's hunters are being offered another chance to get a licence to hunt mule deer, other than adult bucks. Only hunters who do not already hold an antlerless mule deer tag may apply. There are approximately 2800 licences available in the mule deer range which is across the southwestern and western parts of the province.
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Saskatchewan Moose Hunting Licenses Down 35 Percent 07/23/02
Saskatchewan Environment is taking precautionary measures to protect the moose population in Saskatchewan. It is reducing the number of moose that hunters will be allowed to harvest during the draw moose season and closing
the early rifle moose season across most of the forest fringe and forest moose range. It's estimated the number of moose licenses sold in 2002 will be approximately 6000. That's a 35 per cent reduction from the sales in 2001. [4 Comments]
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Confirmed Case of CWD 06/15/02
Saskatchewan Environment has received confirmation of another case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in wild deer. As stated in a May 10th news release, an animal had a suspicious test and a sample was sent to an Ontario laboratory for confirmation. The sample, which has now been confirmed positive for Chronic Wasting Disease, was from a three-year-old mule deer buck from the Manito Sand Hills near Lloydminster. [Comments?]
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