Shaker Mill Brook Wildlife Management Area: hunting, access and parking in Zone 2
Shaker Mill Brook Wildlife Management Area is 26 acres of MassWildlife land in Becket (Berkshire County), in Wildlife Management Zone 2. MassWildlife says all of its WMAs are open to hunting, fishing and trapping. Hunters took 617 deer in Zone 2 in 2025.
Data updated October 2026. Area facts: MassWildlife's Shaker Mill Brook 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)National wildlife refugeShaker Mill Brook WMAZone lineHighway
| Size | 26 acres (MassWildlife) |
|---|---|
| Town | Becket |
| County | Berkshire |
| Wildlife Management Zone | Zone 2 |
| MassWildlife district | Western District |
| Parking (MassWildlife) | None mapped |
| Deer taken in Zone 2, 2025 | 617 (492 adult males) |
| Nearest town centers | Becket (3 mi), Middlefield (4 mi) and Washington (4 mi) |
What is Shaker Mill Brook WMA like?
MassWildlife describes it: "Shaker Mill Brook is a small WMA in North Becket. There are steep hemlock dominated slopes that head up from the road frontage on Route 8. As the slopes become more gradual the forest starts to contain more white pine and mixed hardwoods. Shaker Mill Brook runs along the southern property line."
Quoted from MassWildlife's Shaker Mill Brook WMA fact sheet.
What does MassWildlife say about hunting Shaker Mill Brook WMA?
"Shaker Mill Brook is a Coldwater Fish Resource containing brook trout."
How do you get into Shaker Mill Brook WMA?
"This WMA has frontage on the west side of Route 8, but there is no formal parking or space for roadside parking."
MassWildlife's parking layer shows no lot for Shaker Mill Brook WMA.
Highways within five miles: MA 8, I-90 and US 20. Distances to the nearest town centers: Becket 3 miles, Middlefield 4 miles, Washington 4 miles and Peru 6 miles. Other WMAs nearby: Walnut Hill (4 miles), Tracy Pond (6 miles), Hinsdale Flats (6 miles).
When can you hunt deer on Shaker Mill Brook WMA in 2026?
Deer seasons follow Zone 2: archery October 5 to November 28, shotgun November 30 to December 12, primitive firearms December 14 to 31. In 2025 the zone gave 244 deer to archers and 281 in shotgun season.
| Zone | WMA acres in it | Deer, 2025 | Adult males, 2025 | Deer, 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zone 2 | 26 | 617 | 492 | 546 |
Seasons: MassWildlife deer hunting regulations (2026 dates). Harvest: MassWildlife 2025 Deer Harvest Summary; MassWildlife 2024 Deer Harvest Summary.
What rules apply on Shaker Mill 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 Shaker Mill Brook WMA?
Yes. MassWildlife says all WMAs are open to hunting, fishing and trapping; deer seasons follow Zone 2, where the 2026 shotgun season runs November 30 to December 12 (MassWildlife WMA regulations).
What zone is Shaker Mill Brook WMA in?
Zone 2, as MassWildlife's fact sheet gives it. Hunters took 617 deer in Zone 2 in 2025, 492 of them adult males, after 546 in 2024 (MassWildlife 2025 Deer Harvest Summary).
How do you get into Shaker Mill Brook WMA?
MassWildlife's fact sheet: "This WMA has frontage on the west side of Route 8, but there is no formal parking or space for roadside parking."
What can you hunt on Shaker Mill Brook WMA?
MassWildlife's fact sheet: "Shaker Mill Brook is a Coldwater Fish Resource containing brook trout."
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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).