QUABBIN DEER HUNT APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE

Applications for the 2008 Quabbin Controlled Deer Hunt are now available from selected Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) and MassWildlife facilities throughout the state, and from the DCR web site at www.mass.gov/dcr/waterSupply/ watershed/hunt2008.htm Applications must be returned by August 15, 2008 or hand delivered to the Quabbin Visitor Center by this date.

Application packets are available at DCR facilities throughout the state including the Quabbin Visitor Center, DCR Field Office at John Augustus Hall in West Boylston, DCR Headquarters at 251 Causeway Street in Boston, and DCR Forestry offices in New Salem and Oakham.

MassWildlife is distributing applications from District Offices in Pittsfield, Belchertown, West Boylston, Acton and Bourne, their Field Office in Westboro and their Headquarters at 251 Causeway St. in Boston.

To receive the packets by mail or for further information, please call the Quabbin Visitor Center at (413) 323-7221.