HuntingRulebook

Massachusetts · Deer · 2026-27

This is every Massachusetts deer season and the day it opens, the whole state at once. A pin turns it into a day-by-day calendar for one wildlife management zone, with your own tags marked against it.

Massachusetts 2026-27 season

In the order they open

  • Sep 21 – Oct 1Early Deer SeasonZones 13 and 14Printed in 1 column — check which covers your wildlife management zone.
  • Oct 2–3Youth Deer HuntStatewide
  • Oct 5 – Nov 28Archery SeasonStatewide
  • Oct 29–31Paraplegic HuntStatewide
  • Nov 30 – Dec 12Shotgun SeasonStatewide
  • Dec 14–31Primitive Firearms SeasonStatewide
  • Jan 1 – Feb 14Winter Deer SeasonZones 13 and 14Printed in 1 column — check which covers your wildlife management zone.

Transcribed from the published 2026-27 Massachusetts digest. Where this app and the digest disagree, the digest is the law. Read the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife digest.

Massachusetts deer seasons, 2026-27

Massachusetts’s 2026-27 deer seasons run September 21, 2026 to February 14, 2027, and what is open on a given day depends on the wildlife management zone your stand is in. Drop a pin above and this app reads the wildlife management zone off it, then answers the rest from there — the dates, the legal arms, the bag limits and the shooting hours, transcribed page by page from the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife digest. It is a planning aid, not the law: check the digest before you hunt.

Every screen for Massachusetts

  • Today in Massachusetts — Whether the season is open at your pin this morning, what you may take, and the legal light either end of the day.
  • Map in Massachusetts — Drop a pin and see the unit, the public land and the property lines under it.
  • Weather in Massachusetts — Wind, temperature and the scent cone over your ground, hour by hour, for the days you can still choose between.
  • Calendar in Massachusetts — Every day your tags are good for in your unit, from opening day to the end of the season.
  • Rut in Massachusetts — When the rut runs where you hunt, and which week is worth taking off.
  • Rules in Massachusetts — The legal arms, bag limits, antler restrictions and shooting hours that apply at your pin.
  • Tags in Massachusetts — The licences and permits you hold — what turns the published season into your season.

The other states

Every state — the app opens on whichever one your own pin falls in.