Four Chimneys Wildlife Management Area: hunting, access and parking in Zone 8
Four Chimneys Wildlife Management Area is 18 acres of MassWildlife land in Spencer (Worcester County), in Wildlife Management Zone 8. MassWildlife says all of its WMAs are open to hunting, fishing and trapping. Hunters took 1,004 deer in Zone 8 in 2025.
Data updated October 2026. Area facts: MassWildlife's Four Chimneys WMA fact sheet. Harvest: MassWildlife 2025 Deer Harvest Summary. Seasons: MassWildlife deer hunting regulations (2026 dates).
MassWildlife (Fish and Game) landState forest and park land (DCR)Four Chimneys WMAZone lineHighway
| Size | 18 acres (MassWildlife) |
|---|---|
| Town | Spencer |
| County | Worcester |
| Wildlife Management Zone | Zone 8 |
| MassWildlife district | Central District |
| Parking (MassWildlife) | None mapped |
| Deer taken in Zone 8, 2025 | 1,004 (625 adult males) |
| Nearest town centers | Spencer (3 mi), East Brookfield (3 mi) and Leicester (4 mi) |
What is Four Chimneys WMA like?
MassWildlife describes it: "This area is comprised of a mixed mature hardwood slope abutting an open mowed gas line right-of-way."
On its habitat work: "Currently, the gas line right-of-way is mowed annually, thus maintaining an open landscape adjacent to the hardwood area."
On wildlife: "The Midstate Trail passes through this property."
Quoted from MassWildlife's Four Chimneys WMA fact sheet.
What does MassWildlife say about hunting Four Chimneys WMA?
"The mature hardwood stand provides hunting opportunities for pursuing white-tailed deer, wild turkey, and gray squirrel while the thick edge cover of the gas line right-of-way supports habitat for eastern cottontail and terrestrial furbearers such as red fox, bobcat, and eastern coyote."
How do you get into Four Chimneys WMA?
"Parking for this area is off of Borkum Road with parking for approximately three vehicles."
MassWildlife's parking layer shows no lot for Four Chimneys WMA.
Highways within five miles: I-90, MA 31, MA 9, US 20, MA 56 and MA 49. Distances to the nearest town centers: Spencer 3 miles, East Brookfield 3 miles, Leicester 4 miles and Charlton 4 miles. Other WMAs nearby: Bennett (2 miles), Hitchcock Mountain (4 miles), Moose Hill (6 miles).
When can you hunt deer on Four Chimneys WMA in 2026?
Deer seasons follow Zone 8: archery October 5 to November 28, shotgun November 30 to December 12, primitive firearms December 14 to 31. In 2025 the zone gave 429 deer to archers and 410 in shotgun season.
| Zone | WMA acres in it | Deer, 2025 | Adult males, 2025 | Deer, 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zone 8 | 215 | 1,004 | 625 | 865 |
Seasons: MassWildlife deer hunting regulations (2026 dates). Harvest: MassWildlife 2025 Deer Harvest Summary; MassWildlife 2024 Deer Harvest Summary.
What rules apply on Four Chimneys WMA?
Under 321 CMR 3.01, camping, fires and target practice need the Director's written permission, vehicles stay on roads open to traffic, and dogs must be leashed unless hunting or training with a licensed hunter.
Source: MassWildlife WMA regulations.
Questions hunters ask
Can you hunt on Four Chimneys WMA?
Yes. MassWildlife says all WMAs are open to hunting, fishing and trapping; deer seasons follow Zone 8, where the 2026 shotgun season runs November 30 to December 12 (MassWildlife WMA regulations).
What zone is Four Chimneys WMA in?
Zone 8, as MassWildlife's fact sheet gives it. Hunters took 1,004 deer in Zone 8 in 2025, 625 of them adult males, after 865 in 2024 (MassWildlife 2025 Deer Harvest Summary).
How do you get into Four Chimneys WMA?
MassWildlife's fact sheet: "Parking for this area is off of Borkum Road with parking for approximately three vehicles."
What can you hunt on Four Chimneys WMA?
MassWildlife's fact sheet: "The mature hardwood stand provides hunting opportunities for pursuing white-tailed deer, wild turkey, and gray squirrel while the thick edge cover of the gas line right-of-way supports habitat for eastern cottontail and terrestrial furbearers such as red fox, bobcat, and eastern coyote."
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Sources: MassWildlife fact sheet; MassWildlife Lands (MassGIS); MassWildlife parking for recreation; MassWildlife 2025 Deer Harvest Summary; MassWildlife deer hunting regulations (2026 dates); MassWildlife WMA regulations; public land MassGIS Protected and Recreational OpenSpace for state and Army Corps land; USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US 4.1) for federal land; towns U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line 2024 primary and secondary roads; U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer, towns (county subdivisions). FilledTag is not part of Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (MassWildlife).