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Saskatchewan · Season dates by Wildlife Management Zone

White-tailed deer season in Saskatchewan

Odocoileus virginianus

Status today

As of October 29, 2026, a white-tailed deer season is running in 68 of the 83 Saskatchewan Wildlife Management Zones North Ground evaluates, under the rules it has certified from the official regulations. In 68 units, whether a season is open to you depends on your hunt — licence, residency, tag or method. By unit: depends on your hunt in 68, closed in 15.

  • Depends on your hunt68
  • Closed15
Status for in Saskatchewan · rules last verified · a running season is not a licence
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Certified season dates

White-tailed deer seasons by Wildlife Management Zone

Units are grouped where every certified season — legal animal, methods, dates and material conditions — is identical. Different opportunities are never merged because their dates overlap.

18 Wildlife Management Zones

Depends on your hunt

WMZ 1, WMZ 2E, WMZ 2W, WMZ 3, WMZ 4, WMZ 5, WMZ 6, WMZ 7E, WMZ 7W, WMZ 8, WMZ 9, WMZ 10, WMZ 11, WMZ 12, WMZ 13, WMZ 14E, WMZ 14W, WMZ 19

Legal animalMethodsDates
Not establishedBow
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Not establishedBow, Crossbow, Muzzleloader
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Not establishedBow, Crossbow, Muzzleloader, Shotgun, Rifle
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Not establishedBow
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Running today
Not establishedBow, Crossbow, Muzzleloader
  • –
Running today
Not establishedBow, Crossbow, Muzzleloader, Shotgun, Rifle
  • –

Conditions apply

  • Turns on which licence you hold
  • Turns on what you carry

Hunt asks: Which licence will you be hunting under?

Check WMZ 1 in Hunt

15 Wildlife Management Zones

Depends on your hunt

WMZ 17, WMZ 30, WMZ 31, WMZ 32, WMZ 36, WMZ 38, WMZ 41, WMZ 43, WMZ 44, WMZ 45E, WMZ 45W, WMZ 46, WMZ 47, WMZ 52, WMZ 54

Legal animalMethodsDates
Not establishedBow
  • –
Running today
Not establishedBow, Crossbow, Muzzleloader
  • –
Running today
Not establishedBow, Crossbow, Muzzleloader, Shotgun, Rifle
  • –

Conditions apply

  • Turns on which licence you hold
  • Turns on what you carry

Hunt asks: Which licence will you be hunting under?

Check WMZ 17 in Hunt

12 Wildlife Management Zones

Closed

WMZ 15, WMZ 16, WMZ 18, WMZ 21, WMZ 22, WMZ 23, WMZ 24, WMZ 25, WMZ 26, WMZ 27, WMZ 28, WMZ 29

Legal animalMethodsDates
Not establishedBow, Crossbow, Muzzleloader, Shotgun, Rifle
  • –
Not establishedBow
  • –
Not establishedBow, Crossbow, Muzzleloader
  • –
Check WMZ 15 in Hunt

12 Wildlife Management Zones

Depends on your hunt

WMZ 56, WMZ 57, WMZ 58, WMZ 59, WMZ 60, WMZ 61, WMZ 62, WMZ 63, WMZ 64, WMZ 65, WMZ 66, WMZ 69

Legal animalMethodsDates
Not establishedBow
  • –
  • –
Running today
Not establishedBow, Crossbow, Muzzleloader
  • –
  • –
Running today
Not establishedBow, Crossbow, Muzzleloader, Shotgun, Rifle
  • –
Running today

Hunt asks: Which licence will you be hunting under?

Check WMZ 56 in Hunt

5 Wildlife Management Zones

Depends on your hunt

WMZ 48, WMZ 49, WMZ 50, WMZ 53, WMZ 55

Legal animalMethodsDates
Not establishedBow
  • –
Running today
Not establishedBow, Crossbow, Muzzleloader
  • –
Running today
Not establishedBow, Crossbow, Muzzleloader, Shotgun, Rifle
  • –
  • –

Conditions apply

  • Turns on what you carry

Hunt asks: Which licence will you be hunting under?

Check WMZ 48 in Hunt

4 Wildlife Management Zones

Depends on your hunt

WMZ 70, WMZ 71, WMZ 72, WMZ 73

Legal animalMethodsDates
Not establishedBow
  • –
  • –
Running today
Not establishedBow, Crossbow, Muzzleloader
  • –
  • –
Running today
Not establishedBow, Crossbow, Muzzleloader, Shotgun, Rifle
  • –
Running today

Hunt asks: Which licence will you be hunting under?

Check WMZ 70 in Hunt

3 Wildlife Management Zones

Depends on your hunt

WMZ 33, WMZ 34, WMZ 35

Legal animalMethodsDates
Not establishedBow
  • –
Running today
Not establishedBow, Crossbow, Muzzleloader
  • –
Running today
Not establishedBow, Crossbow, Muzzleloader, Shotgun, Rifle
  • –
Not establishedBow
  • –
Running today
Not establishedBow, Crossbow, Muzzleloader
  • –
Running today
Not establishedBow, Crossbow, Muzzleloader, Shotgun, Rifle
  • –

Conditions apply

  • Turns on which licence you hold
  • Turns on what you carry

Hunt asks: Which licence will you be hunting under?

Check WMZ 33 in Hunt

3 Wildlife Management Zones

Depends on your hunt

WMZ 40, WMZ 42E, WMZ 42W

Legal animalMethodsDates
Not establishedBow
  • –
Running today
Not establishedBow, Crossbow, Muzzleloader
  • –
Running today
Not establishedBow, Crossbow, Muzzleloader, Shotgun, Rifle
  • –

Conditions apply

  • Turns on which licence you hold
  • Turns on what you carry

Hunt asks: Which licence will you be hunting under?

Check WMZ 40 in Hunt

3 Wildlife Management Zones

Depends on your hunt

WMZ 67, WMZ 68N, WMZ 68S

Legal animalMethodsDates
Not establishedBow
  • –
Running today
Not establishedBow, Crossbow, Muzzleloader
  • –
Running today
Not establishedBow, Crossbow, Muzzleloader, Shotgun, Rifle
  • –
  • –
Running today

Conditions apply

  • Turns on which licence you hold
  • Turns on what you carry

Hunt asks: Which licence will you be hunting under?

Check WMZ 67 in Hunt

2 Wildlife Management Zones

Depends on your hunt

WMZ 37, WMZ 39

Legal animalMethodsDates
Not establishedBow
  • –
Running today
Not establishedBow, Crossbow, Muzzleloader
  • –
Running today
Not establishedBow, Crossbow, Muzzleloader, Shotgun, Rifle
  • –
Not establishedBow
  • –
Running today
Not establishedBow, Crossbow, Muzzleloader
  • –
Running today
Not establishedBow, Crossbow, Muzzleloader, Shotgun, Rifle
  • –

Conditions apply

  • Turns on which licence you hold
  • Turns on what you carry

Hunt asks: Which licence will you be hunting under?

Check WMZ 37 in Hunt

2 Wildlife Management Zones

Depends on your hunt

Regina-Moose Jaw WMZ, Saskatoon WMZ

Legal animalMethodsDates
Not establishedBow, Crossbow
  • –
  • –
Running today
Not establishedBow, Crossbow, Muzzleloader
  • –
  • –
Running today
Not establishedBow, Crossbow, Muzzleloader, Shotgun
  • –
  • –
Not establishedBow, Crossbow
  • –
Running today
Not establishedBow, Crossbow, Muzzleloader
  • –
Running today
Not establishedBow, Crossbow, Muzzleloader, Shotgun
  • –

Conditions apply

  • Turns on what you carry

Hunt asks: Which licence will you be hunting under?

Check Regina-Moose Jaw WMZ in Hunt

Prince Albert WMZ

Depends on your hunt

Prince Albert WMZ

Legal animalMethodsDates
Not establishedBow, Crossbow
  • –
  • –
Running today
Not establishedBow, Crossbow
  • –
Running today

Conditions apply

  • Turns on what you carry

Hunt asks: Which licence will you be hunting under?

Check Prince Albert WMZ in Hunt

The other units

Other Wildlife Management Zones

What the certified rules state for each unit on October 29, 2026: the season running that day, if any, and the next certified season after it.

3 Wildlife Management Zones

Closed
Season running October 29, 2026
None running
Next certified season
None certified through Mar 15, 2027

WMZ 74, WMZ 75 and WMZ 76

Questions

White-tailed deer season in Saskatchewan: answers

Is white-tailed deer season open in Saskatchewan right now?

As of October 29, 2026, a white-tailed deer season is running in 68 of the 83 Saskatchewan Wildlife Management Zones North Ground evaluates, under the rules it has certified from the official regulations. In 68 units, whether a season is open to you depends on your hunt — licence, residency, tag or method. By unit: depends on your hunt in 68, closed in 15. A running season is not a licence: licensing, legal hunting hours and local restrictions still apply.

When does the next white-tailed deer season open in Saskatchewan?

After October 29, 2026, the next certified white-tailed deer season opens Nov 20, 2026 and runs to Nov 30, 2026 in WMZ 15, WMZ 16, WMZ 18, WMZ 21, WMZ 22, WMZ 23 and 6 more.

How are white-tailed deer seasons set in Saskatchewan?

Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment sets them by Wildlife Management Zone. North Ground evaluates 83 of them. This page lists what the certified rules state for each of them.

Where do these white-tailed deer season dates come from?

From Hunting — Government of Saskatchewan, The Open Seasons Game Regulations, 2009, c. W-13.12 Reg 3, The Wildlife Act, 1998, c. W-13.12, The Wildlife Management Zones and Special Areas Boundaries Regulations, 1990, c. W-13.1 Reg 45 and The Wildlife Regulations, 1981, c. W-13.1 Reg 1, last verified by North Ground on Oct 1, 2026. The authority's own regulations are the law; confirm with them before you hunt.

Before you rely on this

What this page does not decide

  • Each status is the whole-unit answer for October 29, 2026. A season running in a unit is not a licence, and it does not tell you about restricted areas, municipal by-laws, land access or legal hours at a particular spot — Hunt checks an exact location.
  • A unit marked "Not covered here" has no certified rule for this species. That is a gap in North Ground's coverage, not a closed season.
  • This page describes sport hunting seasons. It does not describe harvesting under treaty or Aboriginal rights, which is a separate legal context North Ground does not evaluate.

Provenance

Official sources

Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment sets these seasons. North Ground reads the regulations, structures each rule and cites it here; the authority's own text is the law.