CA province
Known for Bighorn sheep

Alberta (AB)

Alberta is known for Rocky Mountain bighorn, elk, mule deer, and whitetail.

Agency links, deadlines, unit maps, and species opportunities are tied to official sources below.

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Unit Map / Units

Official GIS polygon layers render here when available. Click a unit polygon to ask Jeremiah for practical hunting background; seeded unit cards appear only when no GIS layer has been imported yet.

1 GIS layer

Alberta Wildlife Management Units

Official GIS source
primary units
198 polygons

Primary statewide management or hunt-unit boundaries.

Royal (00152)East Wainwright (00730)Wabamun (00336)Lethbridge (00112)West Wainwright (00728)Burnt Timber (00414)Whitla (00124)Mikkwa River-Lower Wabasca (00540)Chain Lakes (00222)Kiska (00428)Dickson (00216)Adams Creek (00440)Strawberry (00334)Shoal Creek (00505)Bistcho Lake (00539)Birch Mountains (00531)Kimiwan-Winagami Lakes (00523)Redwater (00250)Ghost River Wilderness (00734)McLeod River (00342)Tawatinaw (00506)Calling Lake (00509)Sullivan (00166)Corners (00416)Horseguard (00322)Elk Point (00258)Blackstone (00434)Cadotte Lakes-Otter Lakes (00520)Dogpound (00214)Redrock Creek (00355)Marie Lake (00514)Edmonton East (00248)Castle-Carbondale (00400)Schuler (00148)Pincher Creek (00302)Pelican Mountains (00511)Ghost (00412)Crow Lake (00512)Saddle Hills (00358)Simonette (00354)Whitemud-Hotchkiss Rivers (00527)Aden (00104)Kananaskis River (00408)High Level-La Crete (00535)Deep Valley (00353)Cardinal (00436)Bigoray (00337)Alkali Creek (00151)Writing-On-Stone Provincial Park (00718)Sounding (00200)Chip Lake (00348)Wolf River (00340)Hardisty (00232)Calgary (00212)Thunder Lake (00507)Ribstone (00234)Crowsnest Pass (00303)Sylvan Lake (00221)Vermilion (00254)Meadows (00429)Lloydminster (00236)Algar Lake (00519)Carrot Creek (00338)Beaverlodge (00357)Rimbey (00224)Upper Peace River (00526)Lonepine (00210)Beaver River (00502)Three Hills (00158)Writing-On-Stone Provincial Park (00718)Beaverhill (00242)Wavy (00230)South Porcupine Hills (00305)Red Cap (00437)Highwood (00404)Hummingbird (00422)Upper Saskatchewan (00426)Winefred Lake (00517)Brocket (00110)Happy Valley (00308)Coalspur (00438)Forty Mile (00118)Puskwaskau (00521)Little Red (00314)Milk River Ridge (00108)Air Weapons Ranges (00726)Whitford (00252)Edmonton West (00247)Alliance (00203)Sheep Creek (00442)Panny River (00541)Chipewyan (00532)Berland (00352)Chinchaga River (00524)Gordon Lake (00529)Blueberry (00359)Tilley (00144)Rosebud River (00156)Rainier (00140)Islay (00256)Verdigris (00106)Cooking Lake-Blackfoot Grazing Wildlife and Recreation Area (00936)Hand Hills (00160)Willow Valley (00306)Evans-Thomas Recreation Area (00794)Kirkpatrick (00164)Cypress Hills Provincial Park (00624)Lac La Nonne (00508)O'Chiese (00330)West Wainwright (00728)Clear Hills (00525)Arrowwood (00136)Heart Lake (00515)White Goat (00432)Jenner (00150)James (00318)Joachim (00441)Writing-On-Stone Provincial Park (00718)Bow Corridor (00410)Narraway (00445)Neutral Hills (00202)Lac La Biche (00503)Buffalo Head Hills (00528)Delta (00530)Alder Flats (00332)Harold Creek (00316)Schunda (00328)Solomon (00439)Birch Hills (00522)Berry (00162)Paintearth (00204)Bighorn (00430)Cold Lake (00501)Pekisko (00310)Utikuma Lake (00544)Frog Lake (00500)Pelican Lake (00516)Lakeland Provincial Park (00651)Rainbow Lake (00536)Lakeland Provincial Recreation Area (00841)Wilson (00417)Caribou Mountains (00534)Prairie Creek (00324)Ya-Ha Tinda (00418)Vegreville (00240)Snipe Lake (00360)Marsh Head (00347)West Wainwright (00728)Evans-Thomas Recreation Area (00794)British Block (00732)Thickwood Hills (00518)Baseline (00326)Wizard Lake (00246)Shiningbank (00346)Seven Persons (00116)White Goat Wilderness (00738)Big Valley (00208)Birch (00238)Majorville (00138)Pakowi (00102)Little Bow (00132)Bearberry (00320)Newell (00142)Baptiste Lake (00510)Muskwa Lake (00542)Clearwater (00420)Mountain View (00300)Red Deer (00220)Saulteaux River (00350)Priddis (00312)Bittern (00244)Kakwa River (00446)South Irvine (00119)Elbow (00406)Peter Lougheed Provincial Park (00648)Amisk (00504)Swan Hills (00349)Writing-On-Stone Provincial Park (00718)Travers (00134)Hobema (00226)North Porcupine Hills (00304)Naylor Hills-Hawk Hills (00537)Livingstone (00402)Keho (00130)Cutbank (00356)Saddle Lake (00260)Elk River (00339)Vauxhall (00128)Siffleur Wilderness (00736)Evans-Thomas Recreation Area (00794)Goose River North (00351)Grassy Island Lake (00163)Mount Hamell (00444)Writing-On-Stone Provincial Park (00718)Writing-On-Stone Provincial Park (00718)Wildhay (00344)Camrose (00228)Buffalo Lake (00206)00152004140021600531005060025800514005110052700436003480023400236005260024200422004380072600541003590010600164005250031800202003160020400500004170036000518007380013200420002440050400304002600035100344
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Cream/white gaps are places not covered by this active district layer, such as reservations, national parks, lakes/water, or other excluded/non-district areas. Colors separate hunting-district number series for readability; always verify exact rules, species, and season dates against the official source.

GIS unit polygons are loaded for AB. Click any polygon on the map to open Jeremiah with unit background and opportunity notes.

Agency source

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Opportunities

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Applications

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Unit map

GIS

ArcGIS REST / ZIP shapefile

Agency portals

Official agency, license/application, regulations, draw odds, and harvest stats.

Alberta Environment and Protected Areas / Fish and Wildlife
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AlbertaRELM is the official licensing and draw application vendor portal. Draw summaries and harvest reports are hosted on My Wild Alberta.

Official agency links are public. Private account tracking is available separately when saved application data exists.

Deadlines

Application, draw, reporting, and point purchase reminders.

No deadlines seeded yet.

Unit boundary source

Official map/GIS source for the future clickable unit-level map.

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Wildlife Management Unit Biologist Contact Boundaries
Alberta Environment and Protected Areas
WMU
big game
game bird
biologist contact boundary

Format: ArcGIS REST / ZIP shapefile

Conversion: Query FeatureServer layer 0 (Wildlife Management Units) as GeoJSON, or download WMUBiologistContact.zip from Alberta Geodiscover; preserve WMUNIT_CODE/WMUNIT_NAME fields.

License/source notes: Official Government of Alberta open-data/Geodiscover dataset under the Open Government Licence - Alberta; downloadable ZIP shapefile also available from the Alberta metadata record.

Open boundary source

Species available

Starter list for this jurisdiction.

No species data yet.

Applications

State/province-specific plans, submitted applications, draw status, and spend.

No applications yet.