Canada Hunt Help
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kstone803
Official Meat Getter
I'll look for some. Didn't think about books on it.
Everyone is fine with getting into Canada. Everyone but me has been going the last 4 years but with an outfitter. Last year the hunt wasn't very good and they decided to give the DIY a try.
Yea I stalk the Refuge, don't have an account yet though.......... (I know, worst kind of person on a forum like that).
kstone803
Official Meat Getter
3 drive, one airlines into Saskatoon. On the way back, the airline guy takes the coolers with the birds and the truck takes his luggage/equipment.
When you look at the cost, take into account that you save yourself a rental truck for the time you are there. Also, with your truck, you can do stuff you wouldn't want to do with a rental.
google maps says 30hrs 15 min. Two days of of solid driving with a team of 3. Day one to Eau Claire, WI (that's french for clear water ;-) ), next day comes the long slog through rural ND and SK.
kstone803
Official Meat Getter
So we were going back and forth on what to do then it kinda fell in our laps. A friend has a house in South Dakota with a trailer full of decoys and a suburban. We're gonna fly to SD then drive to Canada (12 hours). Then pheasant season opens the week after so on the way back we're going to stay a few days and hunt pheasants. Throw in some walleye fishing and I may never come back.
CaptainAwesome
Active Member
Looks like you got a lot of valid responses.
Remember this, when departing Canada, sometimes Canadian Fish & Game will be set up just before the US Customs to check you out before you leave Canada. So be prepared, if you bring a fishing rod, get a license, they will or can pick your vehicle down to the bare bones. They pulled us into a closed garage setting and did the whole shake down after a bear hunt.
And that's just trying to LEAVE Canada, getting back in to the US is the next hurdle of bullsh!t.
Go have fun either way.
Remember this, when departing Canada, sometimes Canadian Fish & Game will be set up just before the US Customs to check you out before you leave Canada. So be prepared, if you bring a fishing rod, get a license, they will or can pick your vehicle down to the bare bones. They pulled us into a closed garage setting and did the whole shake down after a bear hunt.
And that's just trying to LEAVE Canada, getting back in to the US is the next hurdle of bullsh!t.
Go have fun either way.
j_h_smith
Ultimate Member
- Jul 28, 2007
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There may be a fly in the ointment for your trip.
http://www.americanhunter.org/artic...eling-american-hunters/?utm_source=newsletter
http://www.americanhunter.org/artic...eling-american-hunters/?utm_source=newsletter
kstone803
Official Meat Getter
Thanks for the info. Just sent it to all the guys. Hopefully since we have a good amount of lead time we can get this done. But a phone call to customs is probably in my short term future.
fabsroman
Ultimate Member
Reading through the article, it appears that there is currently a work around in place for the problem. The problem is a software problem wherein an EIN is required on the Customs online application. If Customs gets that fixed before your hunt, then this is a non-issue. If not, then you have to go with the work around. Not a hunt killer as far as I am concerned, just one more hoop that you have to jump through, maybe another bridge to cross. lol
kstone803
Official Meat Getter
Yea that's how I read it but with our luck the system will go live 2 days before we leave and we won't get it done. Then spend 7 hours at the border.
Jerry M
Ultimate Member
I would fly. Roads in northern Canada are not the best. Meeting a loaded logging truck on a dirt lane going 50 mph can be interesting.
good luck
good luck
Personally I'd say **** CA. What kind of geese are you after that you can't get in the midwest and here in MD? Too much ball busting by CA Nazis to suit me. Then US Customs to boot. Why not go to SD for pheasants and hunt the central flyways for geese. Just speaking from personal experience with border BS. Went up for a bachelor party one time and one guy denied at airport for a15 year old DUI. Had chops busted over guns etc. on a hunting trip another time. Thought TSA gave you a work over, no comparison.
CaptainAwesome
Active Member
Canada offers a much better hunt in my experiences, you are hunting birds that haven't been shot at or spooked or even decoyed.....the variety etc. First time ever to see Hutchins Geese in Saskatchewan for me.
Go do it.
Jerry M
Ultimate Member
I hunted in Quebec for years. We just to say we were shooting them up there because it was more sporting, they were tired when they got all the way here.
http://s119.photobucket.com/user/JerryM1316/media/Geese.jpg.html
http://s119.photobucket.com/user/JerryM1316/media/Geese.jpg.html
kstone803
Official Meat Getter
So I figured I would post a quick AAR from the trip. We flew into Saskatoon on 2 October and when we landed the temperature was around 65* F. We got our rentals and headed to the town we would be staying in for the next week or so. On the way there you immediately start seeing more birds than I've ever seen in my life. I may write up a long post about the trip in the future but let's just say it was amazing. Some days were 22 degrees in the morning with heavy frost and by 1000 it would be beautiful and sunny out. The very last hunt we shot a 7 man limit of greenheads and I was wearing basketball shorts and a long sleeve t shirt in my layout blind. We shot giant canadas, lesser canadas, Ross' geese, snows, mallards, pintails, Widgeon, blue and green teal, one bufflehead 
and even a limit of Sandhill cranes. The entire trip went off without a hitch and I only managed to get the rental truck semi-stuck twice. Best of all we self guided and met a ton of amazing people. Saskatchewan has some of the nicest people I have ever met. We didn't get denied permission to hunt a single field except 2 occasions where they had already given the field to another group earlier in the day. Oh and it didn't hurt that the total cost for everything was around $1500 including airfare. For 8 days of hunting that is the best deal on the planet. I even saw my first wild moose and mule deer and a ton of coyotes. If you ever get the chance to go I say do it, you won't regret it. There's a few pictures below.
and even a limit of Sandhill cranes. The entire trip went off without a hitch and I only managed to get the rental truck semi-stuck twice. Best of all we self guided and met a ton of amazing people. Saskatchewan has some of the nicest people I have ever met. We didn't get denied permission to hunt a single field except 2 occasions where they had already given the field to another group earlier in the day. Oh and it didn't hurt that the total cost for everything was around $1500 including airfare. For 8 days of hunting that is the best deal on the planet. I even saw my first wild moose and mule deer and a ton of coyotes. If you ever get the chance to go I say do it, you won't regret it. There's a few pictures below.Attachments
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