Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation Branch Month End Mail Out As of the end of April 2015 9 Lancaster Road, Moose Jaw, SK S6J 1M8 306-692- 8812 or 1-877- SWF- WILD (793-9453) sask.wildlife@sasktel.net www.swf.sk.ca Points to Consider: Memberships need to be in Central Office by May 20 for your members to receive the July/Aug issue of Outdoor Canada West magazine (which has replaced the Outdoor Edge) SWF 11 th Annual Habitat Trust Golf Tournament - June 16 - $85/Golfer. Limit of 36 teams call Central Office to register and/or to confirm sponsorship 306-692- 8812. Thanks! Welcome to Laurel Waldner, the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation s new Education Coordinator. For any enquires regarding NASP, Conservation Camp, or any other SWF Education Programs, please contact Laurel at the SWF Office in Moose Jaw (as above) or email: lwaldner.swf@sasktel.net Conservation Camp dates for 2015: Girls Camp July 19-26 Boys Camp July 26 - Aug. 02 Applications are now available on our website and are due May 15 th. Please forward the information on the Fish Artwork Contest to your local elementary schools. Deadline for submissions is May 31 st. We can provide plaques to the branches for your annual awards. Please send us your order with details, and the date you require them by fax 306-692- 4370 or email sask.wildlife@sasktel.net. Please make sure to let us know of any changes to your executive by calling or emailing SWF Central Office. This is most important for mail outs and emails. Life Insurance Members can get $10,000 life insurance at a reduced rate, added to the comprehensive insurance already included with their SWF membership. Details and applications are available online on our website. Just a reminder about the Great Western Brewery Opportunity for fundraising banquets, fish fries, BBQ s, and other events for all Branches. For every case of Great Western Beer (12- pack) purchased your Branch will receive a $2 rebate and Great Western will contribute $1 to SWF provincial programming. Your invoice must show exclusively Great Western Products. Send receipts from beer purchases to Central Office. We are having issues with the memberships being turned in late in the year, or the next fiscal year, when they are purchased early in the previous year these members do not have any insurance coverage and do not receive any of the benefits they were entitled to. There would be liability issues if one of our members had an insurance claim, and we had no record of their membership. Please contact your membership salesmen at least once a month and collect the sold memberships stress that the whole book does not have to be sold before they turn them in. Branches should be submitting all sold memberships to Central Office at least once a month. Thanks!!!!"#$%&"'()*+()",-,./0".1*20",.2"1(/2.".23+2-4"!!" Calendar of Events 2015 May 15 Conservation Camp application deadline June 13 Moose Jaw WF Annual Walleye Tournament Battlefords WF 9 th Annual Fish Fry June 16 SWF 11 th Annual Habitat Trust Golf Tournament Harbour Golf Course, Elbow July 18-19 Sask Landing Walleye Tournament July 19-26 SWF Conservation Camp @ Candle Lake (Girls) July 25-26 Kyle F&GL 3D Archery Shoot July 26-Aug 2 SWF Conservation Camp @ Candle Lake (Boys) August 8-9 Witchekan WF 5 th Annual Gun, Hobby & Collectible Show & Sale
BRINGING YOU THE FACTS Greg Illerbrun, SWF Firearms Chair Good news, C42 has finally received second reading and the Commons Committee Hearing was held in the last week of April. Following is the report I made to the House on your behalf: Mr. Greg Illerbrun, Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation Firearms Chair to Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security Thursday April 30, 2015 Regarding BILL C-42 - An Act to amend the Firearms Act and the Criminal Code and to make a related amendment and a consequential amendment to other Acts Mr. Chairman, Honorable Committee members and fellow witnesses, it is an honor to speak to you today. I am a former RCMP officer as well as a past president of the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation, one of the largest wildlife organizations of its kind in the world. I am also a family man and I share the shooting and hunting sports with my wife, daughters and grandchildren. I have been the Chair of the Saskatchewan Recreational Firearms Committee for over 20 years and continue to work with firearms groups, local government and the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations. These organizations comprise everyday people interested in the outdoors and the legitimate use of firearms. The thousands of people I represent support the total repeal and replacement of The Firearms Act with a new Act. We want a new Act that provides a common sense approach to firearms ownership in Canada. Therefore we do support the measures being brought forward here today. But please understand this. Respectfully, there is much more work to be done. Let us look at The Firearms Act of today: - First of all, under this legislation and even with the amendments proposed today, all firearms owners are deemed criminals if they possess a firearm. That licence is nothing more than a five year permit that prevents you from being charged with the criminal offence you are committing. At the whim of government, it can and will be revoked or it can be made very difficult to obtain or renew. Without a license, firearm owners have no defense for the crime they are committing. Firearms licenses must be made valid for life, unless the individual has lost that right through a criminal act. - Secondly, The Firearms Act continues to use the criminal code in the wrong manner. The government keeps trying to address the criminal use of firearms through licensing provisions. Now, everyone is in favor of new laws to stop domestic and gangrelated violence, BUT we must not do so at the expense of hundreds of thousands of legitimate firearms users in Canada. Criminal activity should be dealt with by severe penalties under existing criminal code provisions. Legitimate firearms owners are not the problem. Firearms licensing should not be under the criminal code. As I speak to fellow Canadians today, I understand that there is a serious disconnect between legitimate firearms users and those for who the very mention of the word gun strikes unwarranted fear into their hearts. Sadly, this is a reality which is continuously fueled by a politically motivated and sensationalist media agenda. Tabloid journalism is the order of the day. Grab a headline by using the word gun. I challenge any and all of you to recall one media broadcast of a positive story concerning firearms use. What should be regulated through rational application of facts, is too often driven by fear and emotion. We are continually reminded that it is impossible to legislate against insanity. The firearms community has a long tradition of responsible firearm use in Canada not crime. The Dominion of Canada owes its very roots to a rich and diverse cultural history built upon the hunting and trapping traditions of over 300 years. That is why legitimate firearms users will NEVER compromise nor agree to give up their basic right to own and use firearms. Legitimate firearms users are not the source of firearms crime in Canada. That is a statistical fact. Today s measures do represent common sense improvements. And for that, I thank you. However, I m here to remind you of your promise, which was to repeal The Firearms Act not try to fix it. Legitimate Firearms Users are ready to get to work. We will help you foster the discussion and assist in creating a common sense Act that stops criminalizing the traditional lifestyle of legitimate firearms users in Canada. Thank you By the time you folks are reading this, it should be at the Senate for their hearings. I will keep you posted as things unfold. As usual Never Forgive Never Forget
HENRY KELSEY Joyce Lorenz, HK Chair Thanks to the Battlefords Wildlife Federation for a fantastic supper. Thanks to all the people who brought their trophy heads and antlers to make an awesome display, you did us proud. Last but not least, THANKS to all the Henry Kelsey people who worked to make our display so spectacular, from the unloading to the loading at night, setting everything together to make our awards so special. I am so proud to be a part of all of this, and each one of you are special - THANKS. The SWF will be developing a set of guidelines for the clubs who wish to hold the annual Angling & HK Big Game Awards Banquet, giving clubs the opportunity to decide if they have the facility and motel rooms to accommodate this evening. Currently we are trying to alternate it from south to north or in the middle (next year s banquet will be in Assiniboia, April 2/16). Please remember to take care when taking pictures of your trophy as we need you to be aware we will be looking for pictures for the next record book in 2019. Basic things - no blood, no riding the animal, don t use the antlers (horns) as a gun rack, keep the tongue in the mouth, and make sure you can see the antlers and horns. We will be panel measuring the top 3 heads in every category plus the top entry for best overall starting this fall. That means if your entry falls in the top 3, you will be asked to have it panel measured. If someone does not want to have their entry re measured by the panel, it will still be entered into our record book, BUT it will not be eligible for awards. Shrinkage will be taken into consideration upon panel measurement, and all attempts will be made to ensure the trophy owner can be accommodated to minimize the inconvenience. Branches - if you have someone who is willing to become your branch measurer it would be great if you were able to supply them with a start- up measuring kit (book, tape, ruler, etc). This would mean they would start with the proper equipment and would show them you appreciate their efforts in measuring your club entries. We still have H.K. record books available for the SWF office for $20.00 plus GST and postage. Please contact the SWF Central Office: 306-692- 8812 / sask.wildlife@sasktel.net Have a good summer and get ready for the fall hunting season, line those rifles and bows for that one shot kill. Take a youngster hunting for a day - it will give you as much pleasure as it does them.
Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation 2014 Awards Banquet April 25/15 North Battleford (Junior 16 years of age and under) ANGLING AWARDS Arctic Grayling (R. Gordon Moore & Family) Chris Garland, Tisdale 3 lbs. 6.4 oz. Fond du Lac River Brook Trout (Lloydminster & District Fish & Game Association) Ron Schaal, Maple Creek (C/R) 4 lbs. 7 oz. Loch Leven Brown Trout (Weyburn Wildlife Federation) Ron Schaal, Maple Creek (C/R) 9 lbs..3 oz. Cypress Lake Burbot (Valley Trails Wildlife Federation) Heath Dreger, Yorkton 11 lbs. 13 oz. Tobin Lake Goldeye (Eagle Creek Wildlife Federation) Jenessa Paproski, Saskatoon (C/R) 1 lb. 5 oz. Nipawin Tenesha Paproski, Saskatoon (C/R) 1 lb. 5 oz. Nipawin Lake Trout (River Ridge Fish & Game League) Shawn Muhr, Odessa (C/R) 41 lbs. 1.6 oz. Selwyn Lake Northern Pike (Struthers Lake Wildlife Federation) Barry Herman, Rhein (C/R) 27 lbs. 11 oz. Lake of the Prairies Perch (Outlook & District Wildlife Federation) Lanny Nault, Lloydminster 1 lb. 15.6 oz. Lac des Iles Rainbow Trout (Witchekan Wildlife Federation) Wade Doerksen, Warman (C/R) 12 lbs. 1 oz. Lake Diefenbaker Sauger (Yorkton Wildlife Federation) Tenesha Paproski, Saskatoon 4 lbs. Nipawin Splake (La Ronge Fish & Game League) Bart Smith, Prince Albert 6 lbs. 4 oz. Snell Lake Tiger Trout (Melville Fish & Game League) Garth Turner, Sherwood Park 3 lbs. 8 oz. Jade Lake Ken Somogyi, Melville 3 lbs. 8 oz. Jade Lake Walleye (Valley View Wildlife Federation) Shawn Cassidy, Swift Current (C/R) 14 lbs. 2 oz. Lake Diefenbaker Junior Brook Trout (Prince Albert Wildlife Federation) Reid Gunderson, Rapid View (C/R) 2 lbs. 6.4 oz. Atchison Lake Junior Goldeye (Eagle Creek Wildlife Federation) Denton Walker, Swift Current (C/R) 1 lb. 4 oz. Lake Diefenbaker Junior Lake Trout (Creighton Wildlife Federation) Relan Meeks, Prince Albert (C/R) 23 lbs. 8 oz. Black Bear Lake Junior Northern Pike (Dennis Pattinson Memorial, North Battleford) Jacob Hamm, Hepburn 19 lbs. 4 oz. Devil s Lake Junior Perch (Vi & Richard Stieb, Prince Albert) Rhys Maksimow, Yorkton 1 lb. 7 oz. Whitesand Regional Park Junior Rainbow Trout (Prince Albert Wildlife Federation) Rhett Evjen, Swift Current (C/R) 7 lbs. Loch Leven Junior Walleye (Joe & Heather Schemenauer, Lake Lenore) Ally Sleeva, Canora (C/R) 13 lbs. 2.9 oz. Tobin Lake Fly Fisherman (Wapella Pipestone Wildlife Federation) Tim Dyck, Prince Albert (C/R) - Rainbow Trout 6 lbs. 4 oz. Master Angler (Mallard Wildlife Federation - In Memory of Ole Einarson) Shawn Cassidy, Swift Current (C/R) Walleye 14 lbs. 2 oz. HENRY KELSEY BIG GAME AWARDS Junior Whitetail (Swift Current Wildlife Federation) Dawson Sawchuk, Arcola Typical 168 0/8 Typical Whitetail (Wawota Wildlife Federation) Kirk Morrison, Turtleford 171 5/8 Typical Whitetail Velvet Antlers (Redvers Wildlife Archery Club) Clayton Schmaltz, Eatonia (Archery) 185 0/8 Non-Typical Whitetail (Foam Lake Wildlife Federation) Tyler Bjerland, Hudson Bay 201 7/8 Junior Mule Deer (Saveagoose Wildlife Federation) Luke Thompson, Lloydminster (ML) Non-Typical 210 3/8 Typical Mule Deer Presented in Honor of Howard Hanson (Saskatoon Wildlife Federation) Jim Clary, Lancer (Archery) 201 0/8 Typical Mule Deer - Velvet Antlers (Redvers Wildlife Archery Club) Shaun Krupski, Lemberg (Archery) 185 4/8 Non-Typical Mule Deer (Shaunavon Wildlife Federation) Evan Myers, Swift Current (Archery) 236 4/8 Non-Typical Mule Deer - Velvet Antlers (Redvers Wildlife Federation) Dane Hildebrand, Gouldtown (Archery) 226 0/8 Typical Elk (Estevan Wildlife Federation) Anthony Pernitsky, Cut Knife 362 0/8 Non-Typical Elk (Tisdale Wildlife Federation) Klint Brownridge, Arcola 373 0/8 Moose (Lucien Lake Fish and Game League) Rod Zoerb, Moose Jaw 194 0/8 Black Bear (Cub Hills Wildlife Federation) Jeremey Edwards, Hudson Bay (Archery) 22 3/16 Junior Overall Big Game Award Luke Thompson, Lloydminster (ML) Non-Typ Mule Deer 210 3/8 Ladies Overall Big Game Award - Presented in Honor of John Fefchuk (Regina Wildlife Federation) Kari Mydonick, Canora (Crossbow) Black Bear 20 10/16 Archery Trophy (Grenfell Wildlife Federation) Jeremey Edwards, Hudson Bay Black Bear 22 3/16 Fern Syrenne Memorial Award Muzzleloader Devon Ambrose, Assiniboia Non-Typical Mule Deer 231 2/8 Cory Rucks, Oxbow Typical Mule Deer 189 7/8 Ernie Paynter Memorial Award Best Overall Head (Moose Jaw Wildlife Fed.) Colten Stock, Gull Lake (Archery) Typical Mule Deer 206 0/8
Membership Update to the end of April 2015 REGION ONE (28) Target Regular Affiliate Actual REGION THREE (29) Target Regular Affiliate Actual Basin Lake 30 10 10 20 Beaver Hills 209 143 88 231 Bruno 209 93 91 184 Buchanan 123 51 65 116 Carrot River 183 75 98 173 Canora 314 114 130 244 Creighton 184 70 48 118 DELWOOD*** 31 19 27 46 Cub Hills 467 201 223 424 East Shore 179 83 83 166 Cudworth 136 58 44 102 Endeavor 41 3 2 5 Humboldt 415 233 127 360 Esterhazy 626 235 141 376 La Ronge 113 48 32 80 Foam Lake 360 112 97 209 Lake Lenore 189 93 87 180 Fort Qu'Appelle 132 53 34 87 Leask Marcelin 203 77 74 151 Hudson Bay 485 176 184 360 Lucien Lake 101 58 33 91 Kamsack 147 43 43 86 Mallard 193 101 81 182 Kuroki 186 80 74 154 Melfort 394 155 175 330 Langenburg 166 89 81 170 Mistatim 122 52 33 85 Leroy 62 20 24 44 Naiverdale 86 22 19 41 Loon Creek 160 64 49 113 Nipawin 251 106 102 208 Melville 823 386 249 635 Park View 154 52 76 128 Norquay 286 94 114 208 Porcupine 193 92 104 196 Parkland 200 94 82 176 Prince Albert 736 277 262 539 Pheasant Creek 101 35 30 65 St.Brieux 90 12 11 23 Preeceville 343 146 124 270 St.Peters 248 112 92 204 River Ridge 255 99 119 218 Shellbrook 501 267 151 418 STURGIS*** 226 112 114 226 Stony Rapids 40 17 14 31 TIMBERLINE*** 40 33 19 52 Struthers Lake 289 150 156 306 Touchwood Hills 606 285 296 581 Tisdale 761 283 318 601 VALLEY VIEW*** 108 63 72 135 Valley Trails 485 260 249 509 Watson 158 108 90 198 Wakaw 21 0 0 0 Whitesand 154 49 54 103 Weldon 151 56 48 104 Willowbrook 555 225 242 467 REGIONAL 6945 3030 2758 5788 Yorkton 266 111 90 201 REGIONAL 7342 3125 2817 5942 REGION TWO (17) Target Regular Affiliate Actual Battlefords 299 126 97 223 Beaver River 123 0 0 0 REGION FOUR (15) Target Regular Affiliate Actual CATER LAKE*** 117 65 54 119 Boggy Creek 621 204 151 355 Cut Knife 153 55 39 94 BROADVIEW*** 174 87 99 186 Dorintosh 120 48 28 76 Estevan 990 351 299 650 Fielding 230 110 85 195 Grenfell 239 113 128 241 Lloydminster 1845 1105 272 1377 Indian Head 215 99 66 165 Lost Horse Creek 207 20 23 43 Moose Mountain 306 121 166 287 Macklin 341 120 138 258 RADVILLE*** 99 58 48 106 Meadow Lake 215 67 34 101 Redvers 338 50 70 120 Redberry Lake 115 48 49 97 Regina 1194 560 341 901 St. Walburg 99 0 0 0 ROCANVILLE*** 431 217 242 459 Thickwood Hills 190 82 90 172 Saveagoose 464 222 275 497 Turtle River 130 78 49 127 Souris Moose Creek 242 75 59 134 Unity 167 74 50 124 Wapella Pipestone 405 155 204 359 Wilkie 33 22 11 33 Wawota 396 170 175 345 Witchekan 451 233 196 429 Weyburn 394 136 121 257 REGIONAL 4835 2253 1215 3468 REGIONAL 6508 2618 2444 5062 *** Indicates Branches that have met or exceeded their Membership targets. Congratulations. Branches should check their totals to this sheet every month. If there are discrepancies between the two totals, please contact Central Office.
REGION FIVE (17) Target Regular Affiliate Actual REGION SIX (13) Target Regular Affiliate Actual Arm River 59 16 20 36 Assiniboia 238 161 52 213 Biggar 470 248 137 385 Buffalo Lake 42 0 0 0 Brightwater Blackstrap 124 49 44 93 DEEP SOUTH*** 19 22 16 38 Central Butte 216 98 82 180 Dirt Hills 593 286 192 478 Eagle Creek 222 86 83 169 GREAT SANDHILLS*** 90 69 25 94 Elbow 96 23 15 38 Maple Creek 234 145 72 217 Kerrobert 221 91 72 163 Moose Jaw 525 219 200 419 Kindersley 319 149 83 232 Rockglen 42 0 0 0 Kyle 262 110 116 226 Shaunavon 188 95 81 176 LUSELAND*** 68 42 29 71 South Shore 15 9 1 10 Outlook 272 136 98 234 Swift Current 619 371 265 636 Rosetown 78 0 0 0 Willow Bunch 29 11 14 25 Saskatoon 1368 564 250 814 Wiwa Creek 97 67 8 75 SNIPE LAKE*** 21 19 5 24 REGIONAL 2731 1455 926 2381 Viscount 34 22 11 33 Watrous 265 125 103 228 Sask Falconry Assoc. Target Regular Affiliate Actual Young 49 17 8 25 33 0 REGIONAL 4144 1795 1156 2951 Branches exceeding their 2014 target 22 REGION Target Actual To Go % Regular Members 14276 Region 1 6945 5788 1157 83% Affiliate Members 11316 Region 2 4835 3468 1367 72% Region 3 7342 5942 1400 81% Provincial Members 105 Region 4 6508 5062 1446 78% Corporate Members 4 Region 5 4144 2951 1193 71% Region 6 2731 2381 350 87% 2015 Memberships to April 30/2015 25701 2014 Memberships to April 30/2014 24333 INCREASE 1368 Region's Progress 100% 80% 60% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 87% 83% 81% 78% 72% 71% 40% 20% 0% 1 2 3 4 5 6 Actual Target *** Indicates Branches that have met or exceeded their Membership targets. Congratulations. Branches should check their totals to this sheet every month. If there are discrepancies between the two totals, please contact Central Office.