Moose Hunting in New Hampshire
NH Moose Season Dates and Resources
New Hampshire's moose hunt is nine consecutive days starting the third Saturday in October. October 18, 2025 – October 26, 2025
Moose hunting is by permit for a wildlife management unit (WMU). This permit system allows the Department to control the number and location of moose taken by hunters.
As part of a sound management strategy, the moose hunt has been an annual event in New Hampshire since 1988. The moose population, which was only about 50 animals in 1950 had grown to over 1,600 by the time of the first moose hunt in 1988, when 75 permits were issued primarily for the northern part of the state.
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Moose Hunting Basics
- Each permit holder (permittee) may select one person of any age (subpermittee) to join him or her on the moose hunt.
- Both either-sex and antlerless-only permits may be issued in some units.
- The limit is one moose per permit, which may be shot by either hunter.
- Archery, muzzleloader, and regular firearms hunting are allowed, according to the hunting license type the hunter possesses.
- Hunting is permitted by unit assignment, made as a result of the preferences listed on the application form and the order in which the applicant ranks in the drawing. Hunters may hunt only in the unit assigned to them.
- The percentage of permits issued to nonresidents is the same as the percentage of hunting licenses sold to nonresidents in the previous year.
- Moose hunters must carry their valid moose permit and NH hunting license with them at all times while hunting and registering their moose.
- Moose must be registered by the shooter at one of the listed registration stations within 24 hours of being killed.
Registration requirements
The items below must be presented at the registration station:
- The shooter with their hunting license, moose permit, and diary card.
- The following parts of the moose:
- Ovaries
- Lower jaw
- Intact rack
- All edible portions of the meat
- Blood (optional)
Moose Registration Stations:
Pittsburg Patrol Shed
Department of Transportation Highway Garage
1055 South Main Street
Pittsburg, NH 03592
Open: 9 am – 5 pm on the first three days of the moose season, then closed.
(603) 631-0846
Berlin Fish Hatchery
York Pond Road (near end)
Berlin, NH 03570
Open: 9 am – 5 pm all nine days of the moose season.
(603) 449-3412
NHFG Regional Office- Durham
225 Main Street
Durham, NH 03824
Open: 9 am – 5 pm all nine days of the moose season.
(603) 868-1095
New Hampshire Fish and Game Moose Project Leader (603) 788-3164