Hunting Deer in Massachusetts | Mass.gov

To manage the size of Massachusetts' deer population, MassWildlife regulates hunting during 3 distinct seasons using 15 wildlife management zones. Right now, we estimate that there are more than 100,000 deer across the state. The Fisheries and Wildlife Board oversees changes to the hunting seasons, bag limits, and antlerless deer permit numbers.

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View deer hunting regulations

Buy your hunting license

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Check Anterless Deer Permit award status

Get your Youth Deer Hunt Permit

Learn about the Blue Hills Deer Hunt

Report your deer harvest

Learn about the Quabbin Reservation Deer Hunt

Buy a surplus Anterless Deer Permit

Deer harvest data

Massachusetts Guide to Hunting, Freshwater Fishing, and Trapping Laws

Youth Deer Hunt day

Deer hunt for paraplegic hunters

Who needs a hunting license, permits and stamps?

Massachusetts General Laws: Inland Fisheries and Game

Code of Massachusetts Regulations (CMR)

Wildlife management zone map (PDF 625.07 KB)

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