{"id":893275,"date":"2026-09-12T18:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T18:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/893275\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T18:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T18:02:11","slug":"big-game-season-now-open-for-most-of-nl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/893275\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Game Season Now Open for Most of NL"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Government of Newfoundland and Labrador)<\/p>\n

Big game season is now open in most areas of Newfoundland and Labrador.<\/p>\n

Moose season is open\u00a0on most parts of the island until the end of December while in Labrador the season is open until March 14th.<\/p>\n

Caribou and black bear are also in season\u00a0on the island, while\u00a0the hunting of caribou in Labrador remains prohibited.<\/p>\n

A full list of the opening and closing dates for big game can be found below:<\/p>\n

Moose (island):<\/a>\u00a0September 12 \u2013 December 31, 2026 (except for\u00a0national parks)<\/p>\n

Gros Morne National Park: September 26, 2026 \u2013 January 31, 2027
\nTerra Nova National Park: October 13, 2026 \u2013 January 31, 2027<\/p>\n

Moose (Labrador<\/a>): September 12, 2026 \u2013 March 14, 2027
\nCaribou (island)<\/a>: September 12 \u2013 December 6, 2026 (dates vary for Caribou Management Areas 70, 71, 72).\u00a0Note:\u00a0Caribou hunting is prohibited in Labrador
\nBlack bear (island):<\/a>\u00a0September 12 \u2013 November 30, 2026
\nBlack bear (Labrador):<\/a>\u00a0August 10 \u2013 November 30, 2026
\nCoyotes and wolves<\/a>: September 12, 2026 \u2013 July 15, 2027 (coyote, province-wide). Dates for wolf vary by region
\nTrapping Seasons and Zones<\/a>: Dates vary by species and region
\nSmall game (island)<\/a>: Dates vary by species and region
\nSmall game (Labrador)<\/a>: Dates vary by species and region<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (Government of Newfoundland and Labrador) Big game season is now open in most areas of Newfoundland and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":893276,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[49,48,269876,185074,269873,66,269875,269877,269874,269870,269871,269872,323],"class_list":["post-893275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-listen-to-vocm","tag-news-radio","tag-news-radio-st-johns","tag-science","tag-st-johns-fm-radio","tag-st-johns-local-radio","tag-st-johns-radio-station","tag-vocm","tag-vocm-590","tag-vocm-radio","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=893275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/893276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=893275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=893275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=893275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}