Alberta · Crown forest and leased Crown land · by Wildlife Management Unit

WMU 208 Big Valley

A prairie unit of 460,297 acres: the Crown land under agricultural leases (contact the leaseholder before you go on), First Nations reserves and the military range. No Crown forest here, so no cuts. Tap any area on the map for its rules.

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47Crown leases5,153 ha · contact the leaseholder first

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Every lease, reserve and closed area on this page, with what each one means for access, plus the unit outline. Works offline once it's in your app.

onX: on the web map open My Content, choose Import, pick the .kmz; it syncs to your phone.
Gaia GPS: on gaiagps.com choose Import and upload the .kmz.
CalTopo: Import, then pick the .kmz.
iHunter and other apps: use the app's import with the .kmz, or the .gpx for one waypoint per cut.

Downloads for public land are free. Private timber permit areas (Weyerhaeuser, J.P. Morgan) come with a $29 permit-area pack.

Seasons here, 2026

What's open,
what's not

In season now: black bear fall general (to Nov 30); elk archery (antlered, to Oct 31); elk archery (antlerless, to Oct 31); white-tailed deer archery (to Oct 31).

Put these in your calendarEvery opening day here, with a reminder a week before. Your calendar keeps itself up to date.

Species	Season	Dates	Legal animal	Today	Rule
Black bear	Fall general	Sep 1 – Nov 30		Open now · to Nov 30	Alberta 2026 bear seasons
Elk	Archery	Sep 1 – Oct 31	Antlered	Open now · to Oct 31	Alberta 2026 WMU seasons
Elk	Archery	Sep 1 – Oct 31	Antlerless	Open now · to Oct 31	Alberta 2026 WMU seasons
White-tailed deer	Archery	Sep 1 – Oct 31	Antlered and antlerless	Open now · to Oct 31	Alberta 2026 WMU seasons
White-tailed deer	General	Nov 1 – Nov 30	Antlered and antlerless	Opens in 2 days	Alberta 2026 WMU seasons
Black bear	Spring general	Apr 1 – Jun 15		Opens in 153 days	Alberta 2026 bear seasons

General seasons from the Alberta Guide to Hunting Regulations WMU tables; seasons for special-licence (draw) holders aren't listed. General seasons for the game management units in this area; special permits, controlled hunts, raffles and damage hunts aren't listed. Rules can change during the season: check Alberta's regulations and emergency rules before you go.

Access rules

Who can hunt here

In the Green Area (the forested north and west) almost all land is Crown land. In the White Area (the settled south and east) most land is private; the Crown land you can use there is mostly under agricultural leases (shown in gold): contact the leaseholder before you go on, and they can set reasonable conditions. First Nations reserves and the Cold Lake range are not open. This is not a parcel-by-parcel ownership map: unleased Crown parcels in the White Area aren't shown, and Alberta's land titles search (SPIN 2) is the answer for any one parcel. Seasons and closures are in Alberta's hunting regulations.

Alberta: recreation on agricultural public land ·

Alberta Guide to Hunting Regulations

Not on this map, and where it is

Who holds a lease, and their access conditions: Alberta's Recreation Access Map, linked from its agricultural public land page
Who owns any one parcel: Alberta's land titles search (SPIN 2); unleased Crown parcels in the White Area aren't on this map
Partial cuts and the harvest planned next: The satellite sees cuts that take most of the canopy; thinnings and selection cuts mostly don't show. Alberta publishes each forest management unit's approved plan, with its harvest sequence
Fire closures and restrictions: InciWeb lists current fires and the closure orders that go with them

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