Canada's hunting companion

Know your seasons.
Hunt with confidence.

AI forecasts, offline maps, and official regulations for 9 provinces and territories. Built by Canadian hunters, for Canadian hunters.

Forecasts
Deer activity scoring based on moon, pressure, wind and rut phase
AI assistant
Ask anything about hunting regs, species, seasons or strategy
Offline maps
Crown land, WMU/GHA zones and satellite layers with zero bars
Emergency
One-tap 911, SOS strobe and GPS coordinates when seconds count
9Provinces
225Species tables
1,396Zone-season rules
25+Hunting tools
100%Canadian

Why we built this

We got tired of the hard way. So we fixed it.

Every feature in TrueNorthHunter exists because one of these moments cost us a hunt.

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Ever risked a fine because you weren't sure of the rules for that WMU?

Seasons, bag and possession limits and zone rules for every unit in 9 provinces live in your pocket, straight from the official guides, cited page by page. Check any species in two taps, right at the truck.

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Ever sat all day in the stand and nothing moved?

The deer movement forecast reads the rut calendar, light cycle and weather to score every day 0-100, so you know the best day and the best windows before you burn a vacation day.

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Ever set up for ducks a week too early or too late?

The migration advisor blends eBird sightings, Ducks Unlimited reports and weather into a PRIME / SCOUT / WAIT verdict for your flyway, plus a waterfowl heat-map of where birds are moving.

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Ever unsure if you're allowed to hunt where you're standing?

The app detects your current zone and checks Crown land, sanctuaries and closures to give you a plain hunting-validity verdict for that exact spot, even with no bars.

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Shot your best buck last fall and can't remember the wind or the spot?

Log every harvest with a photo, GPS location and the exact conditions. Over time the app surfaces the patterns behind your best days. Your own data, working for you.

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Lost signal deep in the bush right when you needed your map?

Offline zone & Crown-land maps, saved licences and peer-to-peer Nearby chat keep working with zero bars, because that's exactly where you hunt.

Sound familiar?

Every question Canadian hunters keep asking

If any of these hit close to home, TrueNorthHunter was built for you.

💸 Paid (or nearly paid) a fine because you didn't know the rule for that zone?
📚 Still juggling a different regulation booklet for every province you hunt?
🤔 Never sure if today is actually worth sitting the stand?
🦌 No idea what rut phase you're in or when deer will move?
🦆 Guessing whether the ducks and geese have started moving?
🗺️ Not certain whether you're on Crown land or inside a closure?
🪪 Scrambling for your licence or tag when the officer walks up?
📓 Logging harvests but never learning anything from them?
📶 Lost your map the second you lost signal?
📞 Out of range with no way to reach your hunting partner?
📊 Want to know how many animals a WMU actually holds?
🍁 Curious what other Canadian hunters are tagging near you right now?

Features

Everything in one place, nothing left out.

No more juggling five apps and a stack of PDFs. TrueNorthHunter is the only hunting app you'll need.

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Provincial Regulations

Seasons, daily & possession limits, and zone rules for every huntable species across 9 provinces, transcribed from the official guides and cited page by page.

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Season Openers & Alerts

A live countdown to every opener for your province, plus season alerts on the home screen so a tag never sits unused in a drawer.

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Licence & Tag Wallet

Store photos or PDFs of every licence and tag securely on-device. Pull them up in seconds at a roadside check, no cell service needed.

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Harvest Log

Log every harvest with species, antler details, notes, GPS spot and a photo. Saves offline and syncs when you're back in range.

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Personal Analytics

Harvest totals by species, your best times of day, streaks and moon-phase correlations, built from your own logged hunts.

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Hunt-Day Weather

Temperature, wind, barometric-pressure trend, sunrise/sunset and moon phase with illumination percentage.

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Hunter Ranks & XP

Earn XP for logging harvests, ethical passes and wildlife sightings. Climb through hunter ranks displayed on your profile.

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6 Languages

Available in English, French, Chinese, Filipino, Spanish and Ukrainian.

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Deer Movement Forecast

A 0-100 daily movement score built from a GPS-collar telemetry model: rut calendar, light cycle and weather, with a 7-day outlook and the best movement windows for any spot you tap.

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Waterfowl Migration Advisor

eBird sightings, Ducks Unlimited reports and weather combined into a PRIME / SCOUT / WAIT verdict for your flyway.

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Upland Bird Forecast

Per-species detectability model for grouse and upland birds, factoring in leaf cover, 5-year sighting history and weather.

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Daily Hunting Forecast

Weather, wind, moon and rut phase distilled into a simple Go / Maybe / Stay-Home rating, with a 7-day outlook.

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Population-Density Maps

Official aerial-survey and harvest estimates per hunting zone, shaded by animals per km2. Tap a zone for the estimate and herd composition.

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Wildlife Sighting Reports

Report duck and waterfowl sightings to help fellow hunters track migration. Each report earns you XP.

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Conditions Intelligence

Pressure-trend arrows and moon-phase read-outs flag when a movement window is opening or closing.

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AI Hunting Assistant

Ask about regulations, species identification, season dates, gear tips or sunrise times, and get instant, context-aware answers. Works offline.

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Tap-to-Forecast

Tap any point on the map and get a location-specific movement forecast for that exact spot.

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Auto Zone Detection

The app reads your GPS and automatically identifies your current WMU or GHA, then tells you if hunting is valid for that spot.

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Smart Notifications

Push alerts for season openers, community harvests and dawn/dusk alarms so you never miss legal light.

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Guided Tour

First-time users get an interactive walkthrough of every feature, so you're productive from day one.

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Interactive Zone Maps

Every WMU / GHA boundary for 9 provinces, with search and tap-to-inspect.

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Crown Land & Access Layers

Crown land, sanctuaries, closures and motorized-access layers overlaid on the map.

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Current-Zone Detection

The app reads your GPS, tells you which zone you're standing in, and gives a hunting-validity verdict.

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Offline Map Download

Download all zone layers by province before you lose signal (~11 MB). Works with zero bars.

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Waterfowl Heat-Map

A movement heat-map built from eBird and survey data shows where ducks and geese are concentrating.

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Saved Pins

Drop and save pins for stands, glassing spots, camps and trailheads with notes.

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Community Harvest Feed

See what hunters across your province are actually tagging. Species, sizes and conditions.

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Private Messages

Direct-message your crew, discover other hunters in your area, and keep everyone on the same page.

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Hunter Profiles

Public profiles with your username, hunter rank, XP, harvest count and badges.

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Share Your Harvest

Share your best harvests to the community feed, Facebook, X/Twitter and more.

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Invite Your Crew

Send a personal invite link via WhatsApp, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, Facebook and 12+ more channels.

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Report a Violation

Anonymously flag a suspected hunting-regulation violation for moderator review.

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Call 911

One-tap emergency dial straight from the app. No fumbling when seconds count.

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SOS Strobe

Turn your flashlight into a distress signal with the built-in strobe mode.

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My Location: GPS Coordinates

See your exact GPS coordinates, copy and share with emergency services or your hunting party.

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Nearby Peer-to-Peer Chat

Message and send audio to hunting partners via Bluetooth/Wi-Fi Direct. Works where cell bars run out.

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Dawn & Dusk Alarm

In-app alerts at sunrise and sunset so you're set up for legal light.

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Offline-First By Design

Licences, maps, AI assistant and your harvest log all function without signal.

Movement intelligence

We used real data to predict when game moves.

TrueNorthHunter's forecast engine turns independent data sources into a single daily score that actually tracks animal activity.

YouI'm hunting WMU 60 in Ontario, pre-rut, cold front moving through tonight. Is tomorrow worth an all-day sit?
TrueNorth ForecastTomorrow scores 84/100, Prime. The post-front high pressure and falling temps line up with pre-rut cruising, and the best movement windows are 6:40-8:20am and 4:50-6:10pm. Hunt an inside corner between bedding and food, wind out of the NW.
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Rut Calendar

Species-specific pre-rut, peak and post-rut timing drives the deer movement model.

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Light Cycle

Legal-light windows, sunrise/sunset and dawn/dusk activity peaks.

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Pressure & Fronts

Barometric trends and cold fronts that trigger or shut down movement.

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Moon Phase

Illumination and overhead/underfoot timing that shift feeding to dawn and dusk.

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eBird + Ducks Unlimited

Live bird sightings and DU reports drive the waterfowl migration advisor.

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Survey Data

Official aerial-survey and harvest estimates power the population-density maps.

AI-powered

Your hunting questions, answered instantly.

The AI hunting assistant knows regulations, species, seasons, gear and conditions, and works offline for the queries that matter most.

YouCan I hunt ruffed grouse in WMU 47 this weekend with a shotgun?
AI AssistantYes! Ruffed grouse season in WMU 47 (Ontario) is open from Sep 15 to Dec 31 with a shotgun. Daily bag limit is 5, possession limit is 15. Sunrise tomorrow is 7:12am. Good luck out there!
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Regulations

Ask about any species, zone or season and get the rule with its official citation.

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Species ID

Describe what you saw and get help identifying species from the huntable catalog.

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Conditions

Get sunrise/sunset times, moon phase and forecast data pulled into your conversation.

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Offline Mode

Forecasts, regulations and navigation queries work without connectivity.

Regulations reference

Hunting regulations by province

The same official-guide data that powers the app, browsable on the web. Pick your province for every species in the current guide.

Species guide

Canadian game species guide

32 species tracked across multiple provinces. Each guide page shows every season rule for that species, province by province.

Big Game

Deer, moose, elk, bears and the draw-species that anchor Canadian hunts.

White-tailed Deer · Moose · Black Bear · Elk · Wolf · Bobcat · Caribou · Mule Deer · Mountain Goat · Cougar · Lynx

Upland Game Birds

Grouse, partridge, ptarmigan and turkey.

Ruffed Grouse · Wild Turkey · Spruce Grouse · Sharp-tailed Grouse · Ring-necked Pheasant · Ptarmigan · Gray (Hungarian) Partridge

Waterfowl & Migratory Birds

Ducks, geese and migratory bird seasons under federal frameworks.

Ducks

Small Game

Hares, coyotes, foxes and the species that keep the season long.

Coyote · Snowshoe Hare · Red Fox · Raccoon · Skunk

Furbearers

Trapping and hunting seasons for martens, beavers and more.

Weasel · Fisher · Otter · Beaver · Muskrat · Mink

Other Species

Special-permission and nuisance species seasons.

Red Squirrel · Crow

Where the numbers come from

Straight from the official guides.

Every season table in the app and on this site is transcribed from the current official provincial hunting guide. Each row carries its source citation, and each province page links to the official PDF so you can verify anything in one click.

Seasons, bag limits and boundaries change by ministerial order. Movement forecasts, validity verdicts and density maps are planning aids, not legal advice. Always confirm against the official guide for your zone before you hunt.

Pricing

Free to start. Pro when you're ready.

Everything you need to hunt legally and stay safe is free. Upgrade to Pro for forecasts, analytics, AI and the full toolkit.

Free

$0 / forever

  • Regulations for 9 provinces
  • Interactive WMU/GHA zone maps
  • Crown land & closure layers
  • Offline map download
  • Licence & tag wallet
  • Harvest log with photos
  • Season openers & countdown
  • Community harvest feed
  • Report violations
  • Emergency tools (911, SOS, GPS)
  • Weather & conditions
  • 6 languages
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  • Everything in Free, plus:
  • Deer movement forecast (7-day)
  • Waterfowl migration advisor
  • Upland bird forecast
  • AI hunting assistant
  • Personal analytics & stats
  • Population-density maps
  • Private messages & chat
  • Nearby P2P communication
  • Wildlife sighting reports
  • Harvest data export
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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Is TrueNorthHunter really free?

The core app is free: regulations, zone maps, Crown land layers, offline maps, licence wallet, harvest log, community feed, emergency tools and weather. Pro unlocks forecasts, AI assistant, analytics, population-density maps, private messages and more.

What does Pro include?

Pro adds deer/waterfowl/upland forecasts, the AI hunting assistant, personal analytics, population-density maps, private messages, nearby P2P communication, wildlife sighting reports and harvest data export. Monthly ($5.99/mo) or yearly ($33.99/yr, save 53%).

Which provinces are covered?

9 provinces: BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland & Labrador. PEI is a candidate for a future update.

How does the deer movement forecast work?

It's a model built on GPS-collar telemetry that combines the rut calendar, light cycle and weather into a 0-100 daily movement score, with a 7-day outlook and best-window times. Tap anywhere on the map to get the forecast for that spot.

What about the AI assistant?

Ask it about regulations, species identification, season dates, sunrise/sunset times or gear tips and get instant answers. It works offline for forecasts, regulations and navigation queries.

Do the maps and forecasts work offline?

Yes. Download your province's zone layers (~11 MB) and they keep working with no signal, alongside your saved licences, harvest log and AI assistant.

Is the app official?

No, it's an independent tool built from the official provincial guides. Every rule cites its source and each province page links to the official PDF.

What languages are supported?

English, French, Chinese, Filipino, Spanish and Ukrainian.

Is there an iOS app?

Yes. TrueNorthHunter for iPhone is available on the App Store, and the Android app is on Google Play. A web app also runs in your browser.

Is there an emergency feature?

Yes. The Emergency tab includes one-tap 911 calling, an SOS flashlight strobe, and your exact GPS coordinates with copy and share. Nearby P2P chat (Pro) lets you message hunting partners even without cell coverage.

Never guess a season, or a day in the stand, again.

Regulations for 9 provinces, deer & waterfowl & upland forecasts, AI assistant, offline zone maps and emergency tools. Free to start, Pro when you're ready.

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