It appears the provincial government is open to the idea of increasing the number of wildlife hunting tags in order to break up some of the large deer and elk herds roaming in rural areas.

Larry Grant, reeve for the Rural Municipality of Val Marie spoke at the cabinet bearpit session at the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) annual convention in Saskatoon on Wednesday morning.

Grant says action is needed now to reduce the deer and elk populations in parts of the province.

The first response came from Environment Minister Dana Skoropad.

The environment minister completed his response to Grant’s question.

Premier Scott Moe provided some additional information—saying SARM President Ray Orb will be involved in future discussions.

The previous comments came from the cabinet bearpit session at the SARM annual convention in Saskatoon.