Hunting dates and seasons
Dates for hunting seasons are listed on the individual species pages. Click on the category to find specific season dates, unit maps and other hunting information.
- White-tailed deer
- Black bear
- Wild turkey
- Waterfowl
- Small game and furbearers (snowshoe, cottontail, squirrel, quail, fox, coyote, etc.)
- Pheasant
- Moose
2012 General Hunting Season Dates
Following are general dates for the 2012 seasons. PLEASE NOTE: Details are not final until the conclusion of the biennial season-setting process, currently underway. A complete summary of season dates and bag limits is provided each year in the NH Hunting and Trapping Digest, published in August.
Click on the species name for more dates and details.
| April 28-29, 2012 | Youth turkey-hunting weekend |
| May 3 - May 31, 2012 | Spring gobbler season (wild turkey) |
| Starts Sept. 1 | Black bear/dates vary for method and WMU |
| Sept. 2012 - Jan. 2013 | Waterfowl/dates vary by species and zone |
| Sept. 22-23, 2012 | Youth waterfowl weekend (Saturday and Sunday) - date not finalized |
| Sept. 15 - Dec. 15 | Deer/archery (Note: archery season closes on Dec. 8 in WMU A) |
| Sept. 15 - Dec. 15 | Fall turkey/archery |
| Oct. 15 - Oct. 19, 2012 | Fall turkey/shotgun (in certain WMUs only); Monday - Friday |
| Sept. 2011 - March 2012 | Small game and furbearers/dates vary by species and region |
| Oct. 1 - Dec. 31, 2012 | Pheasant |
| Oct. 20 - Oct. 28, 2012 | Moose (by permit only) |
| Oct. 27 - 28, 2012 | Youth deer-hunting weekend |
| Nov. 3 - Nov. 13, 2012 | Deer/muzzleloader |
| Opens Nov. 14, 2012 | Deer/regular firearms (closes one week early in WMU A) |
