Lucky Day for 2025 NH Moose Hunt Permit Winners

CONTACT:
Linda Verville: 603-271-2461
Henry Jones: 603-788-3164
June 20, 2025

Concord, NH – The adventure of a lifetime is in store for 33 people who have been offered permits to hunt moose in New Hampshire this October. They are the lucky winners in the state’s annual moose hunt lottery drawing.

Hunters whose names were selected in the drawing will be officially notified by mail. A complete list of names of the 2025 winners and alternates is now posted online and can be viewed by visiting www.wildlife.nh.gov/hunting-nh/moose-hunting-new-hampshire.

Winners were selected from a pool of 5,968 applicants. In addition, 1,188 people submitted an application for a bonus point only, but were not included in the lottery. The bonus point system improves the chance of winning for each consecutive year a person has entered but is not selected. The overall odds of being drawn this year were 1 in 110 for residents and 1 in 500 for nonresidents. In addition to many Granite Staters, permit winners hailed from Alabama, Michigan, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, and Texas.

Winners are offered permits to hunt moose in a specific Wildlife Management Unit (WMU) during the 2025 New Hampshire moose season, which will run for nine days, October 18-26. Each permit winner is assigned to one of the eight WMUs with permits this year. Winners are allowed to hunt with a subpermitte and guide.

In 2024, lottery-selected hunters harvested 21 moose, for a statewide success rate of 64%. New Hampshire has held an annual moose hunt since 1988, when 75 permits were issued for a three-day hunt in the North Country.

For more information on hunting moose in New Hampshire, visit www.wildlife.nh.gov/hunting-nh/moose-hunting-new-hampshire.