Martha's Vineyard Hunting season

Hunters Consider Different Ways to Reduce Rising Deer Population

Gwyn Skiles | Saturday, January 25 2025 - 9:10am

At a pair of public hearings, some hunters gave their support to running the annual deer hunting season into January to reduce the Island's deer population. Others focused on different measures, such as allowing hunting on Sundays.

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Hunting Season Saw Fewer Deer Taken This Year

Aaron Wilson

A year after Vineyard hunters took a record number of deer, the numbers on Martha’s Vineyard fell in 2020 but still matched the third-highest total on record.