agaucher please don't think for a minute I do not welcome non resident hunters b/c that is not my point here. The hunter host idea would help in regulating sure but more importantly allow hunters from other areas to go with a person knowledgeable of the land and game it holds. This to me being an outsider would be more appealing. I regularily take friends and family on whitetail hunts that have moved away and understand the appeal it has. Some come just for a get together and others come strictly for the opportunity.

I live in Saskatoon and hunt all over it just depends on the game, season, etc. I hunt elk, moose and bear in the forest, so know a thing about rough terrain, poor access, lower density and finding animals without seeing them. I Bow and ML hunt wt and Mule deer close to Saskatoon in the farmland. When drawn I hunt the SW of the province for Lopers. Rifle season I hunt the forest fringe mainly where I have a cabin. None of these areas do I drive the roads, sorry it ain't fun to me. I don't push bush mainly because I hunt with a select group who hunt like me. I also am a trophy hunter for deer and while big deer can be lucked upon it is more productive, hard to judge size if the are fleeing and offer a second or two glimpse and rewarding to play on their turf IMO.

As you can tell I have a problem with road hunting, it does nothing for the game and other trying to match witts. I think it really shorts a hunter on experiencing some of the best parts of hunting, pursuing, learning, etc I also have had some close calls with errant, trigger happy hunter, once I lost a tail light and have had shots fired on a couple occasions in my direction. Being in a farm family I have found tracks across cropland, fences cut, gates left down, holes in bins, etc. I know not all are like this and wouldn't suggest you or your group are b/c I don't know you personally, but the excitment sometime superseeds the ability to think.

All the best on your hunt.