Download and print the 2025 Hunting Regulations by section
► Important Management Messages
● Minister Message
● Important Changes for 2025
● WMU Descriptions
● Maps
● Federal Firearms Legislation
● Terms and Definitions
► Licensing
● Purchasing a Licence and Licence Requirements
- Licence Issuers
- WIN Card
- Wildlife Certificate
- Licensing Requirements for First-time Hunters
● Resident Youth Hunting Licences
● Resident Senior Hunting Licences
● Hunters with Disabilities
● Mandatory Suspended Hunter Requirements
● Licence Suspensions for Unpaid Fines
● Draws for Special Licences
● Draw Application Deadline Dates
● Draw Results
● Landowner Special Licence
● Partner Licence
● Outfitting and Guiding Requirements for Non-Residents
● BIG GAME LICENCES
- Resident Licence Costs and Combinations
- Non-resident (Canadian) Licence Availability
- Non-resident (Canadian) Licence Costs and Combinations
- Non-resident Alien Licence Availability
- Non-resident Alien Licence Costs and Combinations
● GAME BIRD LICENCES
- Licence Costs
► General Regulations
● Prohibitions
● General
● Big Game
● Game Bird
● Exporting
● Sale of Wildlife
● Found Dead Wildlife
● Hunting Privileges on Occupied, Private and Public Land
● Hunting in Alberta Provincial Parks & Protected Areas
● Restricted Areas
- All Hunting
- Big Game Hunting
- Game Bird Hunting
● Vehicle Restrictions
► Big Game Regulations
● Big Game Identification
● Evidence of Sex, Species and Class
● Tagging
● Wild Game Processing
● Bowhunting
● Hunting with Cross-bows
● Wildlife Compulsory Registration
► Big Game Seasons
● Prairie WMUs (100 series)
● Parkland WMUs (200 series & 728, 730, 936)
● Foothills WMUs (300 series)
● Mountain WMUs (400 series)
● Boreal WMUs (500 series & 841)
● Cougar Seasons
● Black Bear Seasons
● Additional Special Licence Draw Hunts
● Other Species
► Game Bird Regulations
● Falconry Hunting
● Bowhunting
● Special Hunting Areas
● Spring Snow/Ross’s Goose Hunting Season
● Wild Turkey Draw
● Double-crested Cormorants
► Game Bird Seasons & Bag Limits
● Youth Hunting
► Game Management
● Marked Wildlife
● Wild Game Public Health Advisory
● Report A Poacher – 1-800-642-3800
● Chronic Wasting Disease and Deer Management
● Bill of Lading
► Additional Information
● Common Licence Mistakes
● Alberta's Wildlife Records
● Wild Game for the Foodbank Program
► 2024/25 Alberta Hunting Report
► Sunrise/Sunset Table
► Further Inquiries
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