Gmil,

When I hunt in Mass I tend to hunt in zone 8 in the Sturbridge /Southbrige area. Most of My archery hunting is done in Connecticut. In Connecticut you can bowhunt from Sept 15th thru Dec 31 and you get 2 either sex tags and 2 antlerless tags. And the archery tags are good anywhere in the state. You can also hunt the month of January in zones 11 and 12.

I typically hunt the shotgun season in Mass. Last year was the first year in as long as I can remember that I didn't get a muzzleloader stamp. Considering that the deer heard in Mass is ESTIMATED to be 20,000 to 40,000 larger than ConnecticutI find thedoe permit system tiresome and it seems thatDFW are just nickle and diming us to death. I stoppedapplying for the Quabbin hunt last yearbecause they doubled the fee and had the gall to say that the hunters requested it in the hunter survey. That also was another first for me. I just can't picture people saying "I know the fee is $5.00 but I would really like to pay you $10.00 for the priveledge of applying for the hunt lottery" Not that its a lot of money its just the way they did it.

As time goes on I am finding that I tend to hunt more in Connecticut than in Mass as I see more deer in CT.

Bob