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Manitoba 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 Manitoba's Game Hunting Areas for ruffed grouse (59 of 62), sharp-tailed grouse (59 of 62), spruce grouse (59 of 62) and white-tailed deer (51 of 62). North Ground certifies 4 species here; anything else is not covered on this page, which is not the same as closed.

Status for in Manitoba · rules last verified
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Certified species

Season status by species

Each count is a number of Game Hunting Areas 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 59 of 62 Game Hunting Areas.

  • In season24
  • In season outside restricted areas35
  • Needs a closer look3
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Sharp-tailed grouse

Season running in 59 of 62 Game Hunting Areas.

  • In season24
  • In season outside restricted areas35
  • Needs a closer look3
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Spruce grouse

Season running in 59 of 62 Game Hunting Areas.

  • In season24
  • In season outside restricted areas35
  • Needs a closer look3
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White-tailed deer

Season running in 51 of 62 Game Hunting Areas.

  • Depends on your hunt54
  • Closed8

Next certified opening: Nov 9, 2026

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Official geography

How Manitoba divides its hunting

Official unitAuthorityUnits evaluated
Game Hunting AreasGovernment of Manitoba62

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

Manitoba hunting seasons: answers

What can I hunt in Manitoba right now?

As of October 29, 2026, North Ground's certified rules show a season running in at least one of Manitoba's Game Hunting Areas for ruffed grouse (59 of 62), sharp-tailed grouse (59 of 62), spruce grouse (59 of 62) and white-tailed deer (51 of 62). 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 Manitoba use?

Government of Manitoba sets seasons by Game Hunting Areas (62). 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 Manitoba 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 30, 2026. The authority's own regulations are the law.

Limits

What North Ground does not cover here

  • Moose, elk, mule deer, black bear, caribou, wild turkey, gray wolf, coyote, ptarmigan, gray partridge and every migratory game bird are not certified; each answers UNKNOWN.
  • GHA 7A under the non-Canadian archery and muzzleloader deer licences is a CONFLICT: the regulation reaches it only through a range the 2026 guide does not show.
  • The line between game bird hunting zones 2 and 3 follows a lake shore and a township line with no survey available; in the band between 52.70°N and 53.05°N grouse is answered only where both zones agree.
  • The Oak Hammock Waterfowl Control Area has no published polygon; near it, grouse answers NEEDS_VERIFICATION.
  • Game bird refuges, special conservation areas, wildlife management areas and lands closed to hunting (including national parks) are read live from the province's own layers and are never certified as closures: a point inside one whose restriction reaches the species answers NEEDS_VERIFICATION with the authority's text. Provincial parks are not a layer North Ground reads. Only places the season regulation itself names are applied as rules: CFB Shilo out of the grouse season, the Whiteshell Game Bird Refuge out of the GHA 36 deer seasons, and the R.M. of Macdonald part of GHA 38 as its own deer area.
  • Riding Mountain National Park and First Nation reserve land are not Game Hunting Areas; licensed provincial seasons do not describe them, and harvesting under Treaty or Aboriginal rights is a separate legal context.
  • 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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