Purchade Brook Wildlife Management Area: hunting, access and parking in Zone 11
Purchade Brook Wildlife Management Area is 106 acres of MassWildlife land in Middleborough (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 Purchade Brook WMA fact sheet. Harvest: MassWildlife 2025 Deer Harvest Summary. Seasons: MassWildlife deer hunting regulations (2026 dates).
MassWildlife (Fish and Game) landPurchade Brook WMAZone lineHighway
| Size | 106 acres (MassWildlife) |
|---|---|
| Town | Middleborough |
| 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 | Middleborough (4 mi), Bridgewater (4 mi) and Lakeville (5 mi) |
What is Purchade Brook WMA like?
MassWildlife describes it: "Purchade Brook WMA consists primarily of mixed hardwoods dominated by white pine, red oak and black oak, red maple swamp and some areas of shrub swamp associated with Purchase Brook."
Quoted from MassWildlife's Purchade Brook WMA fact sheet.
What does MassWildlife say about hunting Purchade Brook WMA?
"Game species commonly found on this WMA include white-tailed deer, wild turkey, eastern coyote, raccoon, opossum, and gray squirrel."
How do you get into Purchade Brook WMA?
"There is no formal access or parking area as the agency does not own any road frontage. Access to the WMA can only be gained by traveling across other unposted, undeveloped lands abutting the property."
MassWildlife's parking layer shows no lot for Purchade Brook WMA.
Highways within five miles: I-495, MA 105, MA 28, MA 18, MA 24 and MA 79. Distances to the nearest town centers: Middleborough 4 miles, Bridgewater 4 miles, Lakeville 5 miles and Raynham 6 miles. Other WMAs nearby: Meetinghouse Swamp (2 miles), Taunton River (3 miles), Winnetuxet River (5 miles).
When can you hunt deer on Purchade Brook 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 | 90 | 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 Purchade Brook 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 Purchade Brook 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 Purchade Brook 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 Purchade Brook WMA?
MassWildlife's fact sheet: "There is no formal access or parking area as the agency does not own any road frontage. Access to the WMA can only be gained by traveling across other unposted, undeveloped lands abutting the property."
What can you hunt on Purchade Brook WMA?
MassWildlife's fact sheet: "Game species commonly found on this WMA include white-tailed deer, wild turkey, eastern coyote, raccoon, opossum, and gray squirrel."
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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).