Aroostook NWR
Aroostook County, ME
✕2 closed
No hunting listed
State guide · 2026–2027 season
Maine Wildlife Refuge Hunting
Maine has 14 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service refuges and stations in our database, 11 of which list hunting opportunities. The largest huntable refuge areas are Umbagog NWR (36.1K ac), Moosehorn NWR (27.6K ac) and Sunkhaze Meadows NWR (11.6K ac).
14refuges & stations
104hunt units
62.7Khuntable acres
0WPAs
Map of refuges & WPAs in Maine
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Maine by the numbers
- Open1,163 ac 2%
- Special regulations61,559 ac 81%
- Closed13,154 ac 17%
All refuges & stations in Maine
Carlton Pond WPA
Waldo County, ME
!1 special
🦌🦆🦃🐦🕊️🐇🎣
1K huntable acres
Craig Brook NFH
Hancock County, ME
!1 special✕1 closed
🦌🦆🦃🐦🕊️🐇🎣
87 huntable acres
Cross Island NWR
ME
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
Franklin Island NWR
ME
✓1 open
🦆🕊️
18 huntable acres
Great Thicket NWR
Dutchess County, NY · primary: NY
✓1 open!1 special✕2 closed
🦌🦆🦃🐦🕊️🐇
192 huntable acres
Green Lake NFH
Hancock County, ME
!1 special✕1 closed
🦌🦆🦃🐦🕊️🐇🎣
55 huntable acres
Moosehorn NWR
Washington County, ME
!4 special✕1 closed
🦌🦆🦃🐦🕊️🐇🎣
27.6K huntable acres
Petit Manan NWR
Washington County, ME
✓35 open!16 special✕5 closed
🦌🦆🐦🕊️🐇
5.1K huntable acres
Pond Island NWR
ME
✓1 open
🦆
17 huntable acres
Rachel Carson NWR
York County, ME
!17 special✕11 closed
🦌🦆🦃🐦🕊️🐇🎣
4.1K huntable acres
Seal Island NWR
ME
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
Sunkhaze Meadows NWR
Penobscot County, ME
!1 special
🦌🦆🦃🐦🕊️🐇🎣
11.6K huntable acres
Umbagog NWR
Coos County, NH · primary: NH
!2 special
🦌🦆🦃🐦🕊️🐇🎣
36.1K huntable acres
Counties with federal public hunting land
- Aroostook County 1 refuge
- Cumberland County 1 refuge
- Hancock County 3 refuges
- Oxford County 1 refuge
- Penobscot County 1 refuge
- Waldo County 1 refuge
- Washington County 2 refuges
- York County 2 refuges
Hunting in Maine: what to know
Licenses & seasons
Refuge hunts follow Maine seasons, bag limits and license requirements set by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. Refuges may be more restrictive — never less — than state rules.
Refuge-specific rules
Each refuge publishes hunt regulations in 50 CFR Part 32 and in its hunt brochure. Units marked special regulations may limit species, dates, weapons, or require quota permits.
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