Massachusetts Hunting
MA Crow Zones 1 – 14
May be hunted on Fridays, Saturdays, and Mondays only during the open season. Electronic calls, rifles, and bait are permissible. Hunting hours close ½ hour after sunset except as noted in WMA Reg. #10 (see page 23). Crow hunting season may coincide with the Youth Deer hunt, special restrictions apply, see page 30. NOTE: Season Dates, bag limits [...]
MA Black Bear Season 1 Zones 1 – 14
BLACK BEAR Bag Limit: 1 Annually Permit required. Limit one bear per year. Hunting only with rifle .23 caliber or larger; muzzleloader .44–.775 caliber, fired from the shoulder, using a single projectile; bows, draw weight 40 lbs. or greater; revolvers .357 Magnum or .40 caliber or larger; or shotgun, no larger than 10 gauge, including shotguns with a rifled bore, slugs [...]
MA Gray Squirrel Zones 1 – 9
GRAY SQUIRREL Daily Bag Limit: 5 Posession Limit: 10 Season Limit: - Rifles and handguns of any caliber permitted in Zones 1–9, prohibited in Zones 10–14 (see page 24 of the e-regulations). No trapping or netting. Shotgun or bow and arrow only during the pheasant and quail seasons on WMAs stocked with pheasant or quail (see WMA Regulation #9, [...]
MA Raccoon Zones 1 – 14
Raccoon Daily Bag Limit: 3 Bag limit of 3 raccoons from sunset of 1 day to sunset of the following day by 1 person; limit of 6* and salvage by licensed individuals by 2 or more persons hunting in the same group. Night hunting on WMAs (except Delaney and Flint Pond WMAs) is permitted from sunset to [...]
MA Oppossum Zones 1 – 14
OPOSSUM No bag limit on opossum. Night hunting on WMAs (except Delaney and Flint Pond WMAs) is permitted from sunset to sunrise except during the pheasant and quail season on WMAs stocked with pheasant or quail, when opossum may be hunted only from 9pm to 3am. Opossum hunting season may coincide with the Youth Deer Hunt, when special restrictions apply, see page 26 of [...]
MA Gray Squirrel Zones 10 – 14
GRAY SQUIRREL Daily Bag Limit: 5 Posession Limit: 10 Season Limit: - Rifles and handguns of any caliber permitted in Zones 1–9, prohibited in Zones 10–14 (see page 24 of the e-regulations). No trapping or netting. Shotgun or bow and arrow only during the pheasant and quail seasons on WMAs stocked with pheasant or quail (see WMA Regulation #9, [...]
MA Cottontail Rabbit Zones 1 – 12
Cottontail Rabbit: Daily Bag Limit: 5 Possession Limit: 10 Season Limit: - Hunting hours ½ hour before sunrise to midnight except on certain WMAs (see WMA Regulation #10 page 23 of the e-regulations). NOTE: Season Dates, bag limits and rules are subject to change! This calendar is intended to be used as a quick reference [...]
Snowshoe Hare Zones 5 – 12
Snowshoe Hare: Daily Bag Limit: 2 Possession Limit: 4 Season Limit: - RABBIT, HARE, AND JACKRABBIT Hunting hours ½ hour before sunrise to midnight except on certain WMAs (see WMA Regulation in the e-regulations #10 page 23). NOTE: Season Dates, bag limits and rules are subject to change! This calendar is intended to be used [...]
MA Coyote Zones 1 – 14
COYOTE & FOX Hunting hours begin ½ hour before sunrise and end at midnight, except 1) on WMAs stocked with pheasant or quail during the pheasant and quail season when hunting hours begin at sunrise and end at sunset and, 2) when hunting coyote during the shotgun deer season (see below). Coyote and fox may be hunted with shotguns, muzzleloaders, and [...]
MA Pheasant Zones 1 – 14
Pheasant: Daily Bag Limit: 2 Possession Limit: 4 Season Limit: 6 Cocks (males) and hens (females) may be hunted on all WMAs statewide. Only cocks can be hunted eastward of the zone from the New Hampshire border south on I-95 to I-495, south on I-495 to I-95, north on I-95 to I-93/128, east on I-93/128 to Rt. 3, [...]