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Get the Guide to Hunting, Freshwater Fishing, and Trapping

Every year, MassWildlife updates its summary of laws and regulations. Some people also call this “the Abstracts” or “the Guide.”
Guides for the next calendar year are available around December 1.
View the 2025 MA Guide to Fishing & Hunting  

Contacts

MassWildlife

Phone

Call MassWildlife at (508) 389-6300

Open M–F, 8 a.m.–4 p.m.

Online

email Email MassWildlife at Mass.Wildlife@mass.gov
websites MassWildlife Homepage 
MassWildlife Facebook 
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The Details

Fees

This guide is FREE.

2025 guide to fishing and hunting in Massachusetts

How to get

Click here to view the 2025 guide online.

Paper copies of the Massachusetts Guide to Fishing & Hunting are available for free wherever fishing and hunting licenses are sold. Click here to for a list of license agents.

If you can't make it to a location that sells licenses, we can mail you a copy of the Massachusetts Guide to Fishing & Hunting. Please call (508) 389-6300 for assistance.

Contact

Phone
Call MassWildlife at (508) 389-6300

Open M–F, 8 a.m.–4 p.m.

Online
email Email MassWildlife at Mass.Wildlife@mass.gov
websites MassWildlife Homepage 
MassWildlife Facebook 
MassWildlife Instagram 

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