Why PRO

The Mission

Here at Prairie Rose Outfitters, our mission is to provide you with the best possible waterfowl hunting experience possible. Our guides are simply the best, award-winning guides that are very knowledgeable in both areas. We set up full-field setups twice a day to ensure you never miss an opportunity. Our chef provides amazing homecooked meals to ensure you never go hungry – all that is left for you is to enjoy your experience.

We know choosing the right waterfowl hunting outfitter can be a significant challenge. Please take your time and do your research. You will find that we are top-notch. Contact us if you have any questions or concerns or would like to contact our past guests for references.

What We Are Hunting For

We provide full-service outfitted waterfowl hunts for Canadian Geese, Snow Geese, Ross Geese, Specklebellied Geese (white-fronted geese), Mallard ducks, Pintail ducks and other species of dabbling and diving ducks!

Choose From Two Locations

Two Locations – Dafoe Camp and Camp Champetre. Read more about our hunting locations below.

Directions:

Saskatoon To Prairie Rose Outfitters – Champetre Camp Location

Departing Saskatoon, 20 miles east on Hwy 5 from Saskatoon, turn left and go north on St.Denis access. (If you are on highway 5 and reach Range Road 3042, you’ve gone about 1 mile too far). Then north through St. Denis an additional 2 miles. Then take a left turn at the Champetre sign. The lodge is 1/2 mile west on the south side of the road. You will see the saloon once you turn in.

Why is Champetre County Famous for hunting?

Having a consistent and reliable population of birds is the top factor. This is due to a combination of geographic location, farming practice, and terrain. There is an abundance of pea farming and barley farming, the favored food source for waterfowl. The terrain is slightly rolling hills, creating pothole sloughs in every field, which is heaven for ducks. The geographic location is also central in North Americas’ main migration flyaways.

On the main migration route, when birds encounter both an abundance of food and an abundance of roosting water, they pause their migration to rest and feed for several days to several weeks. Through the course of a fall hunting season, we will see six to seven “migration hops” where a group of birds (say 200,000 to 500,000) all decide to push on to the next stop point. At the same time, a batch of new birds come in from the north, typically within the same day. During these “migration hops,” the bird feeding locations change significantly from one set of the fields to another.

The last factor in making Champetre County famous for waterfowl hunting is Prairie Rose Outfitters. We are knowledgeable in the area. We know the landowners by name and handshake, and we invest time and effort into the hunters on the fields where the birds will be. We have shot 3 TV shows in the past three years (with Ducks Unlimited TV and Ram Outdoorsman), and we are proud of the high return rate among our client base.

Directions:

Saskatoon To Prairie Rose Outfitters – Dafoe (Quill Lakes Location)

Departing Saskatoon, take Highway 16 towards Yorkton. From Saskatoon, go 150km (100 Miles), you will come to a junction with Highway 6. Go north (left) on Highway 6 about 1.6km (1 mile). Prairie Rose will be on the highway’s west (left) side. It is a long driveway with a large brown log house with a ‘no trespassing’ sign in the driveway.

Regina To Prairie Rose Outfitters – Dafoe (Quill Lakes Location)

Departing Regina International Airport, turn left onto Lewvan Drive. Lewvan Drive turns into Pasqua Street, follow that for about 33 miles, and take the Ring Road Ramp. Take Ring Road to the Sk-6/Albert Street exit towards SK-11. Keep left to take the SK-6 N ramp towards SK-11N Turn left onto Sk-6 for just short of 95 Miles.

Welcome to the Quill Lakes – Dafoe Camp

Quill Lakes is home to some of the largest Geese, Duck and Sand Hill Crane populations on the prairies. Prairie Rose Outfitters is located on the west side of the Quill Lakes in one of Saskatchewan’s largest migratory flyaways. There is an opportunity to hunt most game birds available on the prairies right in our backyard. These include Sandhill Cranes, Ducks, Snow Geese, White-fronted Geese (speckle bellies), and less and greater Canada geese. Beginning in 2004, Upland birds (ie. Sharp-tailed Grouse and Hungarian Partridge) were added to the list. Bird populations for the coming hunting season look very positive.

Snow geese can be hunted in the morning and afternoon in the Quill lakes region in Saskatchewan. Electronic calls for Snow goose hunting were approved in Saskatchewan back in 2002. Electronic calls, rotary machines, and variable action decoys have all increased the consistency of morning and afternoon hunting for snow geese. Afternoon hunting for snow geese is allowed all season long in the Quill lakes region of Saskatchewan. The hunting opportunity of a lifetime is yours to enjoy on the Quill lakes with Prairie Rose Outfitters.

We usually hunt within a 20 Mile (35km) radius of our lodge. Most times, our morning drive to the hunt is less than 10 minutes. The area around the west side of the Quill lakes is surrounded by agricultural land. The wheat, barley, and pea crops provide the necessary ingredients needed to attract them migrating waterfowl. We are the first to see the migrating waterfowl; they are naive about decoys and blinds entering the Quill Lakes area.

This is the beginning of their migration. The new hatch of Snow and Ross Geese provides at least four weeks of the best hunting you will ever experience. There is an excess of 1/2 million geese flying out each morning just on our side of the Big Quill Lake alone.