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Pierceland Outfitters Hunting Areas

  • The Whitetail allocated area is 207 sq. miles ( 132,480.00 acres)
  • The Black Bear allocated area is 315 sq. miles ( 201,600 acres)
  • The Moose hunting area is Game Management Zone (GMZ) 69
  • The Waterfowl and Upland Bird hunting area is GMZ 55 & 69

Our Whitetail Deer hunting areas are located near Pierceland along the Alberta border and also up at our cabin at Muskeg Lake which is about fifty miles north. We also hunt bear at Muskeg Lake, as well as moose and waterfowl.

Zane hunts in beautiful mixed forest, with continuous stands of aspen, birch, pine and spruce. About 25% of the total area has been logged, opening up excellent areas to spot wildlife. In addition oil and gas exploration has created a network of roads that provides access for trucks and ATV's. Whitetail hunting is in Meadow Lake Provincial Park, where no logging has taken place. The area has many lakes and ponds and provides superb habitat for deer and other wildlife.

Species of Game and Wildlife in Our Area
  • Whitetail Deer
  • Black Bear
  • Moose
  • Timber Wolves
  • Red Squirrels
  • Beaver
  • Mink
  • Weasels
  • Red Fox
  • Coyotes
  • Otter
Weather

Weather during our spring black bear season is usually very moderate, with warm spring days and cool evenings. We expect showers during the hunts, and even occasional cold conditions that result in frost and light snow. Our moose hunts take place during the peak of the autumn beauty, with warm days and frosty nights. Rain can occur but we usually have great fall weather.

Whitetail deer hunting takes place in early winter. Since Saskatchewan winters tend to vary greatly we can only promise that you might experience a range from mild, near freezing conditions to lots of snow and cold. Temperatures range into the minus twenties but we can easily dress for that..

Hunting Equipment
  • 4x4 extended cab trucks
  • 4x4 quads (ATV's)
  • Cessna 185 on floats
  • Argo
  • Assorted boats, canoes & motors
Other Interesting Details

Zane is a Licensed Fur Dealer and he has a variety of furs available in the main lodge.

Most hunters arrive via Edmonton, home of one of the largest indoor malls in the world - the West Edmonton Mall. The mall offers super shopping for spouses should they choose to come along.

Operation Maple Flag takes place each spring during bear season and hunters can enjoy watching NATO planes from all over the world. We can even travel over to the airbase and watch from a comfortable viewing area - our own air show!

Zane can arrange golfing recreation at a nearby course. The course is very new and a great challenge.

My Life in the Outdoors

by Mrs. Lorene Pikowicz
(Zane's Mom)

(Note: this is the wonderful story of Zane's 89 year old mother, a lady who is blessed with a true love of hunting and the outdoors. Many of Zane's clients enjoy meeting and talking hunting with her.)

 


I was born on a farm near Staples Minnesota on October 12, 1916. My early childhood was spent there, and I had to walk a few miles each day when I started school. In 1928 my grandfather from Laverna, Saskatchewan came to visit and he persuaded my father to move to Saskatchewan to farm his land. We moved with two model "T" Fords, carrying most of our possessions and a family of eight. That year there was a bumper crop but the next year drought came and the depression. My dad was forced to go north and he filed on a homestead near Beacon Hill in 1932.

The land that my father chose had a lot of jack pine trees because he intended to start up a sawmill. My brother and a friend had built a small building for us to live in. My dad removed the engine from his car for power to saw lumber and eventually he built a house and got the saw mill operating. He sawed lumber for neighbors and also we sold lumber in Cold Lake, hauling it with two teams of horses. We also earned money by selling blue berries and Seneca roots, and we trapped weasels and squirrels. One year we sold 1000 pounds of blue berries for three cents a pound. That was $33.00 - good money in those days. My brother Ken and I hunted to help feed our family. We shot deer, partridge and prairie chickens.

In 1939 I married Walter Pikowicz, a trapper and commercial fisherman. His trapline was near Muskeg Lake, fifty miles from Pierceland. We built a log cabin and started our life together. Over the next years we had two daughters, Sharon and Myrna and a son, Zane. The kids and I stayed home while Walter trapped and commercial fished. When Zane was old enough he accompanied us to Primrose Lake when the military allowed commercial fishing. We worked in temperatures as cold as minus fifty to sixty, but we dressed warm and kept moving and didn't mind the cold.

In the '50's we travelled to Mankota to hunt antelope, and I shot my first and only antelope. We bought a summer resort at Pierce Lake in 1957 and started up a Red and White Store in Pierceland. Walter also bought a ranch south of town, and in 1964 we sold the store and moved to the ranch. I enjoyed ranch life, but in 1976 Walter suffered a stroke and was unable to continue working. We sold the ranch to Zane and eventually moved into Pierceland.

Walter and I still had hunting and trapping in our blood so we bought two skidoos and worked on the trap line together. Walter was paralyzed in one hand, but he could operate his skidoo. I made the trap sets under his guidance. We had a few harrowing experiences, like the time a large conibear trap caught both of us. The trap accidentally snapped shut, grabbing us each by one hand. We didn't know how we were going to get free, but fortunately my hand was small enough to wiggle out of my mitten and I got Walter out. We trapped lynx, otter, fisher, mink, fox, timber wolves, coyotes and squirrels that year. One winter Walter followed my tracks across a creek, and broke through the ice into water up to his armpits. I tried to pull him out, but each time he slid back in. Just then my brother appeared on his skidoo, and we got Walter out and to our cabin. We built up the fire, wrapped him up and he never even got a cold!

Walter passed away in 1985. I still go hunting but I miss my partner. My family worries when I hunt alone, but I let someone know where I will hunt, and when I will be back. Zane is very busy during hunting season but he goes out with me when he can.

I always enjoyed moose hunting. Although I remember missing one bull four times, I have had good success and have killed 15 moose. A couple of seasons back Zane flew my friend Gladys Sharp and I into a good moose area, but we didn't have any luck. Gladys told Zane that she called in an old dry cow - that's how she described my walking over to her during the hunt!

I was recently drawn for mule deer and was able to bag one. Last whitetail season (1999) I had the good fortune to take a beautiful 10 point whitetail buck - my best ever. I guess that I got excited as Zane had to go and find my cane that I had hung in a tree after I shot the big buck! If my good health continues I plan to continue hunting for many more seasons..

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PIERCELAND OUTFITTERS LTD
Zane and Myrna Pikowicz
Box 58, Pierceland, Saskatchewan
S0M 2K0 Canada
(306) 839-4611