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BC deer season 2026–27 by region and MU

Mule (black-tailed) deer and white-tailed deer general open seasons for 2026–27 in every B.C. region, by Management Unit and class (bucks, antlerless, youth, bow only). If anything here disagrees with the Province of B.C., the Province is right.

Checked against gov.bc.ca regional + provincial synopsis, Oct 17, 20262026–2028 synopsis · dates for 2026–2796 season rows

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Mule deer (black-tailed)59 seasons

Season	Zone / area	Dates
Bucks	Region 1: MU 1-1 to 1-15	Sept 10 - Dec 10
Youth Only · Antlerless	Region 1: MU 1-1, 1-2, 1-4, 1-5, 1-6	Sept 10 - Dec 10
Bow Only · Bucks	Region 1: MU 1-1 to 1-15	Aug 25 - Sept 9
Youth Bow Only · Antlerless	Region 1: MU 1-1, 1-2, 1-4, 1-5, 1-6	Aug 25 - Sept 9
Bucks	Region 2: MU 2-2 to 2-4, 2-6 to 2-8, 2-13 to 2-15, 2-17 to 2-19	Sept 10 - Dec 15
Bucks	Region 2: MU 2-9 to 2-11	Sept 10 - Nov 30
Bucks	Region 2: MU 2-5, 2-12	Sept 10 - Nov 30
Bucks	Region 2: MU 2-16	Sept 10 - Dec 15
Antlerless	Region 2: MU 2-16	Nov 5 - Nov 20
Youth/Senior Only · Antlerless	Region 2: MU 2-11	Sept 10 - Sept 30
Youth Only · Antlerless	Region 2: MU 2-16	Oct 21 - Oct 31
Bow Only · Bucks	Region 2: MU 2-2 to 2-19	Sept 1 - Sept 9
Bow Only · Bucks	Region 2: MU 2-16	Sept 1 - Dec 15
Bow Only · Antlerless	Region 2: MU 2-16	Nov 5 - Dec 5
Bow Only · Either Sex	Region 2: MU 2-16	Jan 1 - Jan 15
Bow Only · Either Sex	Region 2: MU 2-16	Dec 16 - Jan 15
4 Point Bucks	Region 3: MU 3-15, 3-16, 3-32, 3-33	Sept 1 - Sept 9
4 Point Bucks	Region 3: MU 3-12 to 3-20, 3-26 to 3-44	Sept 10 - Sept 30
4 Point Bucks	Region 3: MU 3-46	Sept 20 - Sept 30
Bucks	Region 3: MU 3-12 to 3-20, 3-26 to 3-44, 3-46	Oct 1 - Oct 31
4 Point Bucks	Region 3: MU 3-12 to 3-20, 3-26 to 3-44, 3-46	Nov 1 - Dec 10
4 Point Bucks	Region 4: MU 4-1 to 4-9, 4-14 to 4-40	Sept 10 - Nov 10
Youth Only · Bucks	Region 4: MU 4-1 to 4-9, 4-14 to 4-40	Sept 1 - Sept 9
Either Sex	Region 4: MU 4-3 to 4-5, 4-20	Jan 5 - Jan 31
Bow Only · Bucks	Region 4: MU 4-1 to 4-9, 4-14 to 4-40	Sept 1 - Sept 9
4 Point Bucks	Region 5: MU 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 5-15	Sept 1 - Sept 9
4 Point Bucks	Region 5: MU 5-1 to 5-6, 5-10 to 5-15	Sept 10 - Sept 30
4 Point Bucks	Region 5: MU 5-1 to 5-6, 5-10 to 5-15	Nov 1 - Nov 10
4 Point Bucks	Region 5: MU 5-1 to 5-6, 5-10 to 5-15	Nov 21 - Nov 30
Bucks	Region 5: MU 5-7 to 5-9	Sept 10 - Nov 30
Bucks	Region 5: MU 5-1 to 5-15	Oct 1 - Oct 31
Bow Only · Bucks	Region 5: MU 5-1 to 5-3, 5-7 to 5-9, 5-12 to 5-14	Sept 1 - Sept 9
Bow Only · Bucks	Region 5: MU 5-1 to 5-6, 5-13 and 5-14	Dec 1 - Dec 10
Bow Only · Bucks	Region 5: MU 5-8, 5-11	Dec 1 - Dec 24
Bucks	Region 6: MU 6-12, 6-13	June 1 - Feb 28
Antlerless	Region 6: MU 6-12, 6-13	Sept 1 - Feb 28
4 Point Bucks	Region 6: MU 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 to 6-9, 6-30	Sept 10 - Sept 30
Bucks	Region 6: MU 6-3, 6-10, 6-11, 6-14, 6-15	Sept 10 - Nov 30
Bucks	Region 6: MU 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 to 6-9, 6-30	Oct 1 - Oct 19
4 Point Bucks	Region 6: MU 6-7 to 6-9, 6-30	Oct 20 - Nov 30
4 Point Bucks	Region 6: MU 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 to 6-6	Oct 20 - Nov 15
Bow Only · Bucks	Region 6: MU 6-1 to 6-11, 6-14, 6-15, 6-30	Sept 1 - Sept 9
Bow Only · Bucks	Region 6: MU 6-3, 6-10, 6-11, 6-14, 6-15	Dec 1 - Dec 10
Bow Only · 4 Point Bucks	Region 6: MU 6-7 to 6-9, 6-30	Dec 1 - Dec 10
Bow Only · Antlerless	Region 6: MU 6-10, 6-11, 6-14, 6-15	Dec 1 - Dec 10
4 Point Bucks	Region 7A: MU 7-12 to 7-14, 7-24, 7-25	Oct 1 - Nov 15
4 Point Bucks	Region 7A: MU 7-2 to 7-18, 7-23 to 7-30, 7-37 to 7-41	Sept 10 - Sept 30
Youth Only · Either Sex	Region 7A: MU 7-12 to 7-14, 7-24, 7-25	Oct 1 - Oct 19
Youth Bow Only · Antlerless	Region 7A: MU 7-12 to 7-14, 7-24, 7-25	Sept 1 - Sept 9
Bow Only · Bucks	Region 7A: MU 7-2 to 7-18, 7-23 to 7-30, 7-37 to 7-41	Sept 1 - Sept 9
4 Point Bucks	Region 7B: MU 7-19, 7-36, 7-42, 7-43, 7-48 to 7-52, 7-57, 7-58	Sept 10 - Oct 5
4 Point Bucks	Region 7B: MU 7-20 to 7-22, 7-31 to 7-35, 7-43 to 7-47, 7-54	Nov 1 - Nov 30
Bow Only · Bucks	Region 7B: MU 7-20, 7-21, 7-32 to 7-35, 7-44 to 7-47	Sept 1 - Sept 30
4 Point Bucks	Region 8: MU 8-1 to 8-11, 8-21 to 8-26	Sept 10 - Sept 30
4 Point Bucks	Region 8: MU 8-12 to 8-15	Sept 10 - Nov 10
Bucks	Region 8: MU 8-1 to 8-11, 8-21 to 8-26	Oct 1 - Oct 31
4 Point Bucks	Region 8: MU 8-1 to 8-11, 8-21 to 8-26	Nov 1 - Nov 10
Youth Only · Bucks	Region 8: MU 8-1 to 8-15, 8-21 to 8-26	Sept 1 - Sept 30
Bow Only · Bucks	Region 8: MU 8-1 to 8-15, 8-21 to 8-26	Sept 1 - Sept 9

MU = Management Unit. General open seasons copied from the 2026–2028 BC Hunting & Trapping Regulations Synopsis (regional PDFs); every row cross-checked against the full provincial synopsis. Limited Entry Hunting (LEH), closed portions of MUs and bag limits are not shown — read the footnotes in the official PDF.

White-tailed deer37 seasons

Season	Zone / area	Dates
Bucks	Region 3: MU 3-12 to 3-20, 3-26 to 3-44	Sept 10 - Dec 10
Bucks	Region 3: MU 3-46	Sept 20 - Dec 10
Antlerless	Region 3: MU 3-12 to 3-20, 3-26 to 3-44, 3-46	Oct 10 - Oct 31
Youth Only · Either Sex	Region 3: MU 3-12 to 3-20, 3-26 to 3-44, 3-46	Nov 1 - Nov 30
Youth Only · Bucks	Region 3: MU 3-12 to 3-20, 3-26 to 3-44	Sept 1 - Sept 9
Bow Only · Bucks	Region 3: MU 3-12 to 3-20, 3-26 to 3-44	Sept 1 - Sept 9
Bow Only · Either Sex	Region 3: MU 3-12 to 3-20, 3-26 to 3-44, 3-46	Dec 11 - Dec 20
Bucks	Region 4: MU 4-1 to 4-9, 4-14 to 4-40	Sept 10 - Nov 30
Antlerless	Region 4: MU 4-28 to 4-31, 4-38, 4-39	Oct 10 - Oct 31
Antlerless	Region 4: MU 4-1 to 4-6, 4-20 to 4-26, 4-34 to 4-37, 4-40	Oct 21 - Oct 31
Either Sex	Region 4: MU 4-3 to 4-5, 4-20	Jan 5 - Jan 31
Youth Only · Either Sex	Region 4: MU 4-1 to 4-9, 4-14 to 4-40	Nov 1 - Nov 30
Youth Only · Bucks	Region 4: MU 4-1 to 4-9, 4-14 to 4-40	Sept 1 - Sept 9
Bow Only · Bucks	Region 4: MU 4-1 to 4-9, 4-14 to 4-40	Sept 1 - Sept 9
Bow Only · Either Sex	Region 4: MU 4-1 to 4-9, 4-14 to 4-40	Dec 1 - Dec 20
Bucks	Region 5: MU 5-1 to 5-6, 5-8, 5-11 to 5-15	Sept 10 - Nov 30
Antlerless	Region 5: MU 5-1 to 5-6, 5-8, 5-11 to 5-15	Oct 10 - Oct 31
Youth Only · Either Sex	Region 5: MU 5-1 to 5-6, 5-8, 5-11 to 5-15	Nov 1 - Nov 30
Youth Only · Bucks	Region 5: MU 5-1 to 5-6, 5-8, 5-11 to 5-15	Sept 1 - Sept 9
Bow Only · Bucks	Region 5: MU 5-1 to 5-6, 5-8, 5-11 to 5-15	Sept 1 - Sept 9
Bow Only · Bucks	Region 5: MU 5-1, 5-2, 5-8, 5-11, 5-13, 5-14	Dec 1 - Dec 10
Bucks	Region 6: MU 6-1 to 6-11, 6-14, 6-15, 6-30	Sept 10 - Dec 10
Antlerless	Region 6: MU 6-1 to 6-11, 6-14, 6-15, 6-30	Oct 10 - Oct 31
Youth Only · Bucks	Region 6: MU 6-1 to 6-11, 6-14, 6-15, 6-30	Sept 1 - Sept 9
Youth Only · Either Sex	Region 6: MU 6-1 to 6-11, 6-14, 6-15, 6-30	Dec 1 - Dec 20
Bow Only · Bucks	Region 6: MU 6-1 to 6-11, 6-14, 6-15, 6-30	Sept 1 - Sept 9
Bucks	Region 7A: MU 7-2 to 7-18, 7-23 to 7-30, 7-37 to 7-41	Sept 10 - Dec 10
Antlerless	Region 7A: MU 7-2 to 7-18, 7-23 to 7-30, 7-37 to 7-41	Oct 10 - Oct 31
Youth Only · Either Sex	Region 7A: MU 7-2 to 7-5, 7-7 to 7-10, 7-12, 7-13, 7-15, 7-17	Nov 1 - Nov 30
Youth Only · Bucks	Region 7A: MU 7-2 to 7-18, 7-23 to 7-30, 7-37 to 7-41	Sept 1 - Sept 9
Bow Only · Bucks	Region 7A: MU 7-2 to 7-18, 7-23 to 7-30, 7-37 to 7-41	Sept 1 - Sept 9
Bucks	Region 8: MU 8-1 to 8-15, 8-21 to 8-26	Sept 10 - Nov 30
Antlerless	Region 8: MU 8-1 to 8-15, 8-21 to 8-26	Oct 10 - Oct 31
Youth Only · Bucks	Region 8: MU 8-1 to 8-15, 8-21 to 8-26	Sept 1 - Sept 9
Youth Only · Either Sex	Region 8: MU 8-1 to 8-15, 8-21 to 8-26	Nov 1 - Nov 30
Bow Only · Bucks	Region 8: MU 8-1 to 8-15, 8-21 to 8-26	Sept 1 - Sept 9
Bow Only · Either Sex	Region 8: MU 8-1 to 8-15, 8-21 to 8-26	Dec 1 - Dec 20

BC Hunting & Trapping Regulations Synopsis 2026–2028 (regional PDF) 2026–2028 synopsis (Jul 1, 2026 - Jun 30, 2028); dates shown for 2026-27 · official source ↗ · checked Oct 17, 2026

Before you hunt: licences, tags, draws, firearm restrictions, closed areas and in-season changes are not all repeated here.

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