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Alberta hunting seasons

What is in season today

As of October 29, 2026, North Ground's certified rules show a season running in at least one of Alberta's Wildlife Management Units for ruffed grouse (177 of 179), sharp-tailed grouse (90 of 179), spruce grouse (177 of 179) and white-tailed deer (177 of 179). North Ground certifies 4 species here; anything else is not covered on this page, which is not the same as closed.

Status for in Alberta · rules last verified
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Certified species

Season status by species

Each count is a number of Wildlife Management Units on October 29, 2026, evaluated by the same engine as the Hunt map. A unit that is not covered is a gap in North Ground's coverage, not a closed season.

Ruffed grouse

Season running in 177 of 179 Wildlife Management Units.

  • In season177
  • Closed2
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Sharp-tailed grouse

Season running in 90 of 179 Wildlife Management Units.

  • In season90
  • Closed2
  • Not covered here87
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Spruce grouse

Season running in 177 of 179 Wildlife Management Units.

  • In season177
  • Not covered here2
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White-tailed deer

Season running in 177 of 179 Wildlife Management Units.

  • In season70
  • Depends on your hunt107
  • Not covered here2
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Official geography

How Alberta divides its hunting

Official unitAuthorityUnits evaluated
Wildlife Management UnitsGovernment of Alberta179

Every boundary in Hunt traces to the authority's own published GIS. A drawn boundary is not a claim that rules inside it are certified; each species page says unit by unit which are.

Questions

Alberta hunting seasons: answers

What can I hunt in Alberta right now?

As of October 29, 2026, North Ground's certified rules show a season running in at least one of Alberta's Wildlife Management Units for ruffed grouse (177 of 179), sharp-tailed grouse (90 of 179), spruce grouse (177 of 179) and white-tailed deer (177 of 179). North Ground certifies 4 species here; anything else is not covered on this page, which is not the same as closed. Whether a running season is open to you still depends on your licence, residency and method, and federal migratory game bird seasons are not listed here.

What hunting zones does Alberta use?

Government of Alberta sets seasons by Wildlife Management Units (179). North Ground Hunt draws the authority's own boundaries; use your location or search a place there to find the unit you are in.

How current is this Alberta season information?

The status is recomputed for each day from North Ground's certified rules, which were last verified against the official sources on Sep 20, 2026. The authority's own regulations are the law.

Limits

What North Ground does not cover here

  • Mule deer, moose, elk, sheep, goat, pronghorn, black bear, cougar, the other game birds and all migratory birds are not encoded.
  • Special-licence seasons are drawn; North Ground answers them only under the licence the hunter says they hold.
  • Late elk seasons in WMUs 102-150 differ between the online guide (N17 - D20) and the PDF (N17 - D31); unresolved.
  • Rules come from the guide, a summary; the Wildlife Regulation itself is not yet ingested as the controlling text.
  • WMUs 624, 648, 651, 718, 726, 732-738 and 794 are named by no encoded row and answer UNKNOWN.
  • 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

The authority's own regulations are the law. North Ground reads them, structures each rule and cites it; it does not replace them.

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