Upton Open Space released the following information about deer hunting and hunting seasons.Deer hunting season is on, so please be aware when visiting Upton’s open spaces. It is advised that you and animals that accompany you wear blaze orange so that you will be visible.
All of Upton’s conservation areas and other properties managed by the Upton Land Stewardship Committee allow hunting in season. For more info on the properties and the Land Use Regulations go to: http://www.upton.ma.us/Pages/UptonMA_BComm/conservation/index
There is no hunting on Sundays.
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OPEN SEASON
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BLACK BEAR See Bear for limit information
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Black Bear
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Zones 1-9
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Sept. 2 – Sept. 20
Nov. 3 – Nov. 22 |
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Bear hunting closed during shotgun deer season.
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UPLAND GAME BIRDS* See Upland Game Birds for limit information
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Spring: Zones 1–13
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Apr. 28 – May 24
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Fall: Zones 1–13
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Oct. 20 – Nov. 1
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Youth Hunt: Zones 1-13
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April 26 (special restrictions apply**)
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Crow
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Jan. 1 – Apr. 10
Jul. 2 – Apr. 10, 2015 |
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Pheasant
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Oct. 18 – Nov. 29
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Youth Hunt
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Quail
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Zones 11–14 only
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Oct. 18 – Nov. 29
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Ruffed Grouse
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Oct. 18 – Nov. 29
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Upland game bird hunting is closed during shotgun deer season.
* Migratory game birds (includes waterfowl, woodcock, snipe, rails): Seasons set annually. see Migratory Game Bird Abstract posted in late August.
** Must have completed the youth turkey hunt program (Outdoor Skills & Wildlife Education Programs).
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DEER See Deer for limit information
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Deer
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Archery
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Oct. 20 – Nov. 29
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Shotgun
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Dec. 1 – Dec. 13
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Primitive Firearms
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Dec. 15 – Dec. 31
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RABBITS & SQUIRRELS See Rabbits & Squirrels for limit information
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Cottontail
Rabbit |
Zones 1-12
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Jan. 1 – Feb. 28
Oct. 18 – Feb. 28, 2015 |
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Zones 13 and 14
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Jan. 1 – Feb. 28
Nov. 15 – Feb. 28, 2015 |
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Snowshoe Hare
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Zones 1–4
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Jan. 1 – Feb. 28
Oct. 18 – Feb. 28, 2015 |
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Zones 5–12
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Jan. 1 – Feb. 5
Oct. 18 – Feb. 5, 2015 |
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Zones 13 and 14
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Jan. 1 – Feb. 5
Nov. 15 – Feb. 5, 2015 |
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Jackrabbit
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Zone 14
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Nov. 15 – Dec. 31
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Gray Squirrel
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Zones 1–9
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Sept. 8 – Jan. 2, 2015
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Zones 10–14
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Oct. 18 – Jan. 2, 2015
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Rabbit, jackrabbit, hare, and squirrel hunting are closed during shotgun deer season.
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Bullfrog and Green Frog
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Jul. 16 – Sept. 30
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Snapping Turtle
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Jan. 1 – Dec. 31
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FURBEARERS See Furbearers for limit information
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Bobcat
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Zones 1-8
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Jan. 1 – Mar. 8
Dec. 20 – Mar. 7, 2015 |
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Coyote
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Jan. 1 – Mar. 8
Oct. 18 – Mar. 7, 2015 |
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Fox (red or gray)
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Jan. 1 – Feb. 28
Nov. 1 – Feb. 28, 2015 |
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Raccoon
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Jan. 1 – Jan. 31
Oct. 1 – Jan. 31, 2015 |
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Opossum
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Jan. 1 – Jan. 31
Oct. 1 – Jan. 31, 2015 |
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UPTON DAILY 
hmm…I guess in Upton (and across Mass), not enough turtles and frogs get massacred on the roads each year….and the crows and opossum need to be killed because they just don’t do a good enough job cleaning the dead from the road…
Masacred? Are you for weal? I am guessing you are one of those anti-hunting folks who whine so incessentwy. I just want to hunt wabbits in peace, you know. To help keep the popuwations weasonable and eliminate the spwead of disease and starvation, and also to stop them fwom encwoaching into our neighborhoods where they eat all our pwants.
Kill the wabbit.