Great Bay NWR
Rockingham County, NH
!1 special
🦌🦆🦃
1.1K huntable acres
State guide · 2026–2027 season
New Hampshire Wildlife Refuge Hunting
New Hampshire has 7 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service refuges and stations in our database, 3 of which list hunting opportunities. The largest huntable refuge areas are Silvio O. Conte NFWR (50.2K ac), Umbagog NWR (36.1K ac) and Great Bay NWR (1.1K ac).
7refuges & stations
11hunt units
41.3Khuntable acres
0WPAs
Map of refuges & WPAs in New Hampshire
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New Hampshire by the numbers
- Special regulations41,335 ac 96%
- Closed1,777 ac 4%
All refuges & stations in New Hampshire
John Hay NWR
Merrimack County, NH
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
Merrimack River Atlantic Salmon Smolt Release Site
Hillsborough County, NH
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
Nashua NFH
Hillsborough County, NH
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
Silvio O. Conte NFWR
Franklin County, MA · primary: MA
✓3 open!19 special✕6 closed
🦌🦆🦃🐦🕊️🐇🎣
50.2K huntable acres
Umbagog NWR
Coos County, NH
!2 special
🦌🦆🦃🐦🕊️🐇🎣
36.1K huntable acres
Wapack NWR
Hillsborough County, NH
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
Counties with federal public hunting land
- Coos County 2 refuges
- Grafton County 1 refuge
- Hillsborough County 3 refuges
- Merrimack County 1 refuge
- Rockingham County 1 refuge
Hunting in New Hampshire: what to know
Licenses & seasons
Refuge hunts follow New Hampshire seasons, bag limits and license requirements set by the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department. 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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