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HUNTING Seasons
in Massachusetts USA
in Massachusetts USA
(very crude transcription
from official state .PDF file)
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NO HUNTING ON SUNDAY
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NO HUNTING ON SUNDAY
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Daily Bag Limit
Possession Limit
Season Limit
Species
Open season (All dates inclusive)
Birds:
Crow: Jan. - Apr.
Pheasant: Oct. 7 - Nov. 28
Quail: Oct. 7 - Nov. 28
Ruffed Grouse: Oct. 7 - Nov. 28
Turkey
Spring:
Zones 1 - 10; 13: Apr. 27 - May 23
Zones 11 & 12: Apr. 27 - May 9
Fall:
Zones 1 - 9; 13: Oct. 26 - Oct. 3
Waterfowl / migratory birds (including woodcock)
Mammals:
Black Bear: Sep. 8 - Sep. 26
Bobcat: Jan. - Mar. 7
Dec. 20 - Mar. 8
Cottontail Rabbit:
Zones 1 - 12: Jan. - Feb. 28
Oct. 7 - Feb. 27
Zones 13 & 14: Jan. - Feb. 28
Nov. 6 - Feb. 27
Coyote: Jan. - Mar. 7
Oct. 7 - Mar. 8
Deer (archery): Oct. 2 - Nov. 2
Deer (shotgun):
Zones 1 - 11,13,14: Nov. 30 - Dec. 2
Zone 12: Nov. 30 - Dec. 5
Deer (primitive firearms): Dec. 4 - Dec. 3
Fox (red or gray) Jan. - Feb. 28
Nov. 2 - Feb. 27
Gray Squirrel
Zones 1 - 9: Sep. 4 - Jan. 2
Zones 10 -14: Oct. 7 - Jan. 2
Jackrabbit Nov. 6 - Dec. 3
Opossum 2 Jan. - Jan. 3
Oct. - Jan. 30
Raccoon 2 Jan. - Jan. 3
Oct. - Jan. 30
Snowshoe Hare
Zones 1 - 4: Jan. - Feb. 28
Oct. 7 - Feb. 27
Zones 5 - 12: Jan. - Feb. 5
Oct. 7 - Feb. 5
Zones 13 & 14: Jan. - Feb. 5
Nov. 6 - Feb. 5
Reptiles and Amphibians:
Bullfrog & Green frog: Jul. 6 - Sep. 30
Snapping Turtle: Jan. - Dec. 31
8 comments:
I an see a remote reason for hunting deer or rabbits, I can't see a reason for hunting bobcats, foxes, turtles or some other animals on this list. in these cases a need to regulate the population is just nonsense, Evolution has taken care of that for millenia.
It was not very long ago in my new neighborhood that hunting to put meat on the table was an important part of everyday life. My town was founded as free farmland for veterans of the French and Indian War, around 1765.
If you're going to eat what you hunt, not just for kicks, but as an important source of protein for the family, I have no problem with that.
But anyone who hunts to put a stag's antlers on the wall of his recreation room -- this is just sick sick sick, it warps the whole relationship between human beings and animals, between humans and Nature.
I also have some respect for hunters who go after animals that stand a chance to defend themselves -- polar bear, grizzly bear, wild boar. You can hunt polar bears -- but the polar bear thinks he's hunting YOU, and half the time he's right. (But they don't like the way we taste.)
By a ridiculous quirk of nature, I'm great with fifles, an expert marksman, taught when I was a 12 year old kid.
But it's always been Paper Targets and Tin Cans. I have never taken aim against any living thing.
Let's face it -- once we invented gunpowder firearms, animals never had a chance after that.
(I don't think animals can fly helicopters either.)
Remind me to post about a recent world conservation year dedicated to the world's Ugly Animals -- snakes, spiders, frogs, toads, lizards, etc. We're good at trying to save the Beautiful and Adorable animals -- the Siberian tiger, etc.
But after we've donated $$$ to save the Beautiful, Noble, Magnificent Animals, there's no $ or interest left in the ugly animals, so they get the faster track to extinction. All because humans think some animals are beautiful and some animals are ugly.
So Extinction and Conserrvation works a lot like the Miss Universe beauty contest.
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Elite Hunter Sean, you honor Vleeptron with your Comment. As you have figured out from the hunting posts, I ain't much of a hunter. But for two thrilling years, my pal the battalion armorer let me shoot some of the most amazing weapons -- including the Kaloshnikov. Worse than that, the Army put me off my beloved wilderness camping for years. (Eventually I realized that if I went camping again, I wouldn't be screamed at by an angry drill sergeant this time.)
Dunno where you are geographically, but one of the world's most wonderful treats is to drive to Maine and on your way to your desired wilderness, stop at L.L. Bean. Any hour you like, it never closes. Whaddya need? They got it. $3000 nylon shotguns. Knives. Compass. Fancy teeny-weeny camp stoves. Lumberjack shirts. Amazing boots. Fishing flies and fly-tying jigs. All yours for the ogling at 3 am. Then throw it in the truck and schlep to the Alagash or Mount Kitahdin. Or All The Way to the most gorgeous camping I ever did, the Cape Breton Highlands.
One time I ate a javelina on the beach in Corpus Christi, Texas. I didn't shoot it; I think some Wild Boys hit it with a car and then had an impromptu beach barbecue. Tasted great, though I wish they'd used a little less gasoline.
How on Earth did you stumble onto my loopy blog? Very happy you get a charge out of it.
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