Assabet River NWR
Middlesex County, MA
!4 special✕2 closed
🦌🦆🦃🐦🕊️🐇🎣
2.3K huntable acres
State guide · 2026–2027 season
Massachusetts Wildlife Refuge Hunting
Massachusetts has 15 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service refuges and stations in our database, 8 of which list hunting opportunities. The largest huntable refuge areas are Silvio O. Conte NFWR (50.2K ac), Parker River NWR (4.5K ac) and Great Meadows NWR (3.4K ac).
15refuges & stations
56hunt units
16.7Khuntable acres
0WPAs
Map of refuges & WPAs in Massachusetts
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Massachusetts by the numbers
- Open3,224 ac 14%
- Special regulations13,448 ac 57%
- Closed6,950 ac 29%
All refuges & stations in Massachusetts
Berkshire NFH
Berkshire County, MA
✕1 closed
🎣
Great Meadows NWR
Middlesex County, MA
!12 special✕2 closed
🦌🦆🦃🐇🎣
3.4K huntable acres
Great Thicket NWR
Dutchess County, NY · primary: NY
✓1 open!1 special✕2 closed
🦌🦆🦃🐦🕊️🐇
192 huntable acres
Mashpee NWR
Barnstable County, MA
!1 special✕1 closed
🦌🦆🦃🐦🕊️🐇
301 huntable acres
Massasoit NWR
Plymouth County, MA
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
Monomoy NWR
MA
✓1 open✕1 closed
🦆🎣
3.2K huntable acres
Nantucket NWR
Nantucket County, MA
✕1 closed
🎣
Nomans Land Island NWR
MA
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
North Attleboro NFH
Bristol County, MA
✕1 closed
🎣
Oxbow NWR
Worcester County, MA
!6 special✕1 closed
🦌🦆🦃🐦🕊️🐇🎣
1.7K huntable acres
Parker River NWR
Essex County, MA
!5 special✕1 closed
🦌🦆🦃🐦🕊️🐇🎣
4.5K huntable acres
Richard Cronin Aquatic Resource Center
Franklin County, MA
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
Silvio O. Conte NFWR
Franklin County, MA
✓3 open!19 special✕6 closed
🦌🦆🦃🐦🕊️🐇🎣
50.2K huntable acres
Thacher Island NWR
Essex County, MA
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
Counties with federal public hunting land
- Barnstable County 1 refuge
- Berkshire County 2 refuges
- Bristol County 1 refuge
- Essex County 2 refuges
- Franklin County 2 refuges
- Hampden County 1 refuge
- Hampshire County 1 refuge
- Middlesex County 3 refuges
- Nantucket County 1 refuge
- Plymouth County 1 refuge
- Worcester County 1 refuge
Hunting in Massachusetts: what to know
Licenses & seasons
Refuge hunts follow Massachusetts seasons, bag limits and license requirements set by the MassWildlife. 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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