Wildlife


Bulletin – Moose Hunting Buffer Zone

In September 2025, Manitoba established the Bloodvein Moose Hunting Buffer Zone as a temporary measure for the 2025 season to support moose conservation and Indigenous-led stewardship. The regulation amendment can be found here.  It reflects a recently finalized collaborative effort between Bloodvein First Nation and the Province to protect declining moose populations.

The buffer zone prohibits licensed hunting in the following areas:

  • 500 metres on either side of Rice River Road within GHA 17B, which connects Bloodvein First Nation to Berens River First Nation;
  • the Bloodvein River from Namay Falls to Lake Winnipeg and the area within 500 metres on either side of the Bloodvein River and Namay Falls (encroaching into GHA 17A on the southern side of the river); and
  • the Bradbury River, Long Body Creek and Petopeko Creek and within 500 metres of those water bodies.

Please see the map found here, for illustrative purposes.


2025 Manitoba Hunting Guide

You can now access the 2025 Manitoba Hunting Guide online.

You can now access the 2025 Manitoba Hunting Guide on line.


Manitoba Government Announces Changes to Moose Hunting Licences

Please note that changes have been made that impact the 2025 moose hunting season, notably the prohibition of licensed moose hunting within portions of GHAs 9A and 10. Detailed information can be found here:
https://news.gov.mb.ca/news/index.html?item=68758

Map of the prohibited moose hunting zone in GHA 9A and 10.


2025 Big Game and Landowner Elk Draws
Now Open

Important Draw Dates

Manitoba Big Game Draw

Online applications accepted May 1 - May 31 (11:59 pm)
Notification of draw results - June 21
Licence payment deadline - July 15 (11:59 pm)

Manitoba Big Game Draw

Manitoba Landowner Elk Draw

Online applications accepted May 1 - May 31 (11:59 pm)
Declaration of Lands Owned Deadline - May 15
Notification of draw results - June 21
Licence payment deadline  July 15 (11:59 pm)

Manitoba Landowner Elk Draw and Declaration of Lands Owned

Draw applications can only be submitted through the elicensing system: www.manitobaelicensing.ca.

If you have entered the big game or landowner elk draw at least once since 1996, you already have a personal profile on the system. Please contact the elicensing Help Desk at 1-877-880-1203 to access and verify your personal profile. Your priority level(s) for the draws will be listed on your personal profile.

If you are a first time applicant to the Big Game or Landowner Elk Draw, please create your account and personal profile from the elicensing home page.


You can now access the 2025 Spring Supplement Hunting Guide online!

You can now access the 2025 Spring Supplement Hunting Guide online! Guide


Help shape the future of hunting in Manitoba.

Click the image above for information on the new Hunter Harvest Survey, then complete the survey today at manitobaelicensing.ca.


Manitoba has a rich diversity of natural landscapes and wildlife species, from the polar bears of Churchill to the garter snakes of Narcisse to the orchids of the tall-grass prairie near Tolstoi. Our environment, culture, economy, and society are interdependent and we must wisely protect, use, and manage our wild animal and plant resources.

The mandate of the Wildlife and Fisheries Branch is to protect wildlife resources in a manner consistent with the conservation of species and ecosystems for the benefit of Manitobans. This responsibility is carried out under the authority of The Wildlife Act, The Endangered Species and Ecosystems Act, and The Conservation Agreements Act, and by applying the principles of Natural Resources and Indigenous Futures.

The wildlife staff develops programs, policies and legislation for hunting and trapping, biodiversity conservation, wildlife-human interactions and habitat. The wildlife staff also represents Manitoba in numerous provincial, national, and international initiatives.

Wildlife programs are delivered by biologists, planners, technicians, and support staff throughout Manitoba. Field enforcement is carried out by Conservation Officers.

Several land stewardship and acquisition programs, as well as conservation agreements, are delivered by an affiliated Crown agency, the Manitoba Habitat Heritage Corporation.

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