Local bowhunter Cal Wakelin is a skilled archer who brought down this bear with an arrow from his compound bow in a past hunt. The 2023-24 hunting season in Saskatchewan kicks off Aug. 25 with a regular archery season for Elk. Supplied Photo
The best way to plan a fall hunt in the Lloydminster region is to cherrypick the 2023-24 Saskatchewan Hunters and Trappers Guide for season dates and zones close to home.
That’s what Dwayne Davison, president of the Lloydminster and District Fish and Game Association, has done for local members with an eye to bowhunting.
To be safe, he advises hunters to personally see if the zone they want to hunt in is open, noting not all zones have the same regulations.
“Awarded draw tags are only good for the zone you applied in,” said Davison.
Regular archery season for elk is from Aug. 25 to Sept 9. All arms can be used from Sept. 15 to 30.
The elk draw is from Sept. 15 to 30 and again from Dec. 10 to 19.
Archery whitetail deer starts in most of the zones around Lloydminster on Sept. 1 to Oct. 31.
Muzzle loader/crossbow is from Oct. 1 to 31. Rifle hunting goes from Nov. 15 to Dec 2. There is no draw season for whitetail hunters in Saskatchewan.
There is a draw for Canadian hunters that want to hunt whitetail that runs from Nov. 20 to Dec 2.
Mule deer archery draw goes from Sept. 1 to Oct 31. Muzzle/crossbow is from Oct. 1 to 31. A rifle hunt runs from Nov. 1 to 14.
There is a regular mule deer archery tag in some zones that goes from Sept. 1 to Oct 31.
Regular moose tags are available only in the forest zones. That is for bull only and that starts on on Oct. 15 to 19, then again from Nov. 20 to 24.
Draw moose in the farmland is an either-sex tag and goes from Oct. 1 to 14 and again from Nov. 1 to 14.
