Halfway Pond Wildlife Management Area: hunting, access and parking in Zone 11
Halfway Pond Wildlife Management Area is 123 acres of MassWildlife land in Plymouth (Plymouth County), in Wildlife Management Zone 11. MassWildlife says all of its WMAs are open to hunting, fishing and trapping. Hunters took 4,153 deer in Zone 11 in 2025.
Data updated October 2026. Area facts: MassWildlife's Halfway Pond 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)Halfway Pond WMAZone lineHighway
| Size | 123 acres (MassWildlife), in 2 pieces |
|---|---|
| Town | Plymouth |
| County | Plymouth |
| Wildlife Management Zone | Zone 11 |
| MassWildlife district | Southeast District |
| Parking (MassWildlife) | None mapped |
| Deer taken in Zone 11, 2025 | 4,153 (2,120 adult males) |
| Nearest town centers | Plymouth (3 mi), Carver (6 mi) and Wareham (7 mi) |
What is Halfway Pond WMA like?
MassWildlife describes it: "This management area consists of American beech, white pine, and some pitch pine. The property, which abuts a pond, also contains some active cranberry bogs."
On its habitat work: "While there is no active habitat management on this WMA currently, there are adjacent Conservation Restrictions for the cranberry bogs."
Quoted from MassWildlife's Halfway Pond WMA fact sheet.
What does MassWildlife say about hunting Halfway Pond WMA?
"This WMA provides hunting opportunities for common upland game species such as white-tailed deer, wild turkey, and eastern coyote. Halfway Pond is a warm water fishery consisting of largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, and chain pickerel."
How do you get into Halfway Pond WMA?
"There is a parking area off of West Long Pond Road as well as an entrance across from Wildflower Lane on Halfway Pond Road."
MassWildlife's parking layer shows no lot for Halfway Pond WMA.
Highways within five miles: MA 3 and MA 25. Distances to the nearest town centers: Plymouth 3 miles, Carver 6 miles, Wareham 7 miles and Bourne 9 miles. Other WMAs nearby: Plymouth Grassy Pond (3 miles), Camp Cachalot (3 miles), SE Pine Barrens (4 miles).
When can you hunt deer on Halfway Pond WMA in 2026?
Deer seasons follow Zone 11: archery October 5 to November 28, shotgun November 30 to December 12, primitive firearms December 14 to 31 and a winter season January 1 to 30, 2027. In 2025 the zone gave 2,139 deer to archers and 1,358 in shotgun season.
| Zone | WMA acres in it | Deer, 2025 | Adult males, 2025 | Deer, 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zone 11 | 371 | 4,153 | 2,120 | 3,830 |
Seasons: MassWildlife deer hunting regulations (2026 dates). Harvest: MassWildlife 2025 Deer Harvest Summary; MassWildlife 2024 Deer Harvest Summary.
What rules apply on Halfway Pond 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 Halfway Pond WMA?
Yes. MassWildlife says all WMAs are open to hunting, fishing and trapping; deer seasons follow Zone 11, where the 2026 shotgun season runs November 30 to December 12 (MassWildlife WMA regulations).
What zone is Halfway Pond WMA in?
Zone 11, as MassWildlife's fact sheet gives it. Hunters took 4,153 deer in Zone 11 in 2025, 2,120 of them adult males, after 3,830 in 2024 (MassWildlife 2025 Deer Harvest Summary).
How do you get into Halfway Pond WMA?
MassWildlife's fact sheet: "There is a parking area off of West Long Pond Road as well as an entrance across from Wildflower Lane on Halfway Pond Road."
What can you hunt on Halfway Pond WMA?
MassWildlife's fact sheet: "This WMA provides hunting opportunities for common upland game species such as white-tailed deer, wild turkey, and eastern coyote. Halfway Pond is a warm water fishery consisting of largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, and chain pickerel."
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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).