- Successful completion of Basic Hunter Education is mandatory for all first-time adult hunters. Find a Basic Hunter Education Course.
- Visit mass.gov/LearnToHunt for more resources to help build your hunting knowledge and skills.
Upcoming classes
November 30: Deer Field Dressing, Westborough – Join MassWildlife for a free event to learn how to field dress a deer. This event will be held on Sunday, November 30 from 9 a.m.–12 p.m. at MassWildlife's Field Headquarters in Westborough. During this three-hour class, you will learn the basics of field dressing a deer. After field dressing you will have a chance to observe the beginning steps of processing a deer if time permits. This class is full. Click here to be added to the waitlist.
December 14: Deer Processing Class, Westborough – Join MassWildlife for a free event to learn how to process a deer. This event will be held on Sunday, December 14 from 9 a.m.–1 p.m. at MassWildlife's Field Headquarters in Westborough. During this four-hour class, you will learn how to process a deer, including learning basic butchery skills, quartering the deer, grinding meat, and vacuum sealing. This class is full. Click here to be added to the waitlist.
Questions about an event?
Email Mass.Wildlife@mass.gov
Event accommodations
We will do our best to accommodate any needs to allow community members to participate as fully as possible in our events and programs.
- Reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities are available upon request. To submit a request for an accommodation, please email eeadiversity@mass.gov or call 617-626-1282; an ADA Coordinator will receive your request. Please include a description of the request in as much detail as possible and a way we can contact you if we need more information. Please allow at least 2 weeks’ (14 days) advance notice. Last-minute requests will be accepted but we may be unable to fulfill the request.
- Please let us know of any language interpretation requests by email to ian.sypek@mass.gov at least 72 hours before the event. We will do our best to accommodate any needs to allow community members to participate as fully as possible.
- Se pueden solicitar servicios adicionales de traducción o interpretación enviando su solicitud por correo electrónico a ian.sypek@mass.gov al menos 72 horas antes de la reunión.
- Serviços adicionais de tradução ou interpretação podem ser solicitados ao enviar um e-mail para: ian.sypek@mass.gov com pelo menos 72 horas de antecedência da reunião.
- 如需额外的笔译或口译服务，请至少在会议开始前 72 小时发电子邮件至 ian.sypek@mass.gov 提出要求.
- Ou ka mande plis sèvis tradiksyon oswa entèpretasyon lè w adrese demann ou pou imèl ian.sypek@mass.gov omwen 72 èdtan anvan reyinyon an.
- Các dịch vụ biên dịch hoặc phiên dịch bổ sung có thể được yêu cầu bằng cách gửi yêu cầu của quý vị qua email đến ian.sypek@mass.gov ít nhất 72 giờ trước cuộc họp.
- Предоставление дополнительных услуг письменного или устного перевода можно запросить, отправив просьбу по электронной почте на адрес ian.sypek@mass.gov как минимум за 72 часа до начала встречи
- Des services de traduction ou d'interprétation supplémentaires peuvent être demandés en envoyant votre demande par e-mail à ian.sypek@mass.gov au moins 72 heures avant la réunion.