An informed trail user is a safe trail user. Below are the hunting season dates for 2016 and and any state regulations regarding trail use during hunting seasons.

 

Connecticut

  • NO HUNTING ON SUNDAY.
  • Deer Archery – September 15 to December 31
  • Deer Shotgun – State Lands: November 16 to December 6. Private Lands: November 1 to December 31.
  • Deer Muzzle Loader – State Lands: December 7 to 20. Private Lands: December 7 to 31.

 

Massachusetts

  • NO HUNTING ON SUNDAY.
  • Deer Archery – October 17 to November 26
  • Deer Shotgun – November 28 to December 10
  • Deer Muzzle Loader – December 12 to 31

 

Rhode Island

  • HUNTING ALLOWED ON SUNDAY.
  • RI regulations require that all other users (hikers, bicyclists, horseback riders, etc.) of State Management areas are required to wear 200 square inches of solid daylight fluorescent orange from the second Saturday in September to the last day of February and the third Saturday in April to the last day in May, annually.
  • Deer Archery – September 15 to January 31
  • Deer Shotgun – December 5 to 20. December 26 to January 3, 2017
  • Deer Muzzle Loader – September 26 to October 1. November 7 to 29. December 26 to January 3, 2017