Hunting Season Dates
Massachusetts
Hunting & Fishing
For further information regarding specific bag limits and seasons please visit the pages noted below. No hunting on Sunday.
Open Season | ||
BLACK BEAR | ||
Black Bear (Big Game) | Zones 1–14 | Sept. 4 – Sept. 22 |
UPLAND GAME BIRDS* | ||
Wild Turkey (Big Game) | Spring: Zones 1–13 | April 30 – May 26 |
Fall: Zones 1–13 | Oct. 22 – Nov. 3 | |
Youth Hunt: Zones 1–13 | April 28 (special restrictions apply**) | |
Crow | Zones 1–14 | Jan. 1 – April 9 |
Pheasant | Zones 1–14 | Oct. 13 – Nov. 24 |
Youth Hunt | ||
Quail | Zones 11–14 | Oct. 13 – Nov. 24 |
Ruffed Grouse | Zones 1–14 | Oct. 13 – Nov. 24 |
DEER | ||
Deer (Big Game) | Youth Deer Hunt | Sept. 29 |
Paraplegic Hunt | Nov. 1 – Nov. 3 | |
Archery | Oct. 15 – Nov. 24 | |
Shotgun | Nov. 26 – Dec. 8 | |
Primitive Firearms | Dec. 10 – Dec. 31 | |
RABBITS & SQUIRRELS | ||
Cottontail Rabbit | Zones 1–12 | Jan. 1 – Feb. 28 |
Zones 13 and 14 | Jan. 1 – Feb. 28 | |
Snowshoe Hare | Zones 1–4 | Jan. 1 – Feb. 28 |
Zones 5–12 | Jan. 1 – Feb. 5 | |
Zones 13 and 14 | Jan. 1 – Feb. 5 | |
Gray Squirrel | Zones 1–9 | Sept. 10 – Jan. 2, 2019 |
Zones 10–14 | Oct. 13 – Jan. 2, 2019 | |
FURBEARERS | ||
Bobcat | Zones 1–8 | Jan. 1 – Mar. 8 |
Coyote | Zones 1–14 | Jan. 1 – Mar. 8 |
Fox (red or gray) | Zones 1–14 | Jan. 1 – Feb. 28 |
Raccoon | Zones 1–14 | Jan. 1 – Jan. 31 |
Opossum | Zones 1–14 | Jan. 1 – Jan. 31 |