All hunting in Mass has the same "Setback Restrictions". 150ft. from a Hard surface road and 500Ft. from a house or building in use, unless you have permission of the owner or occupant there in.
Yeah. I know.........but some towns out that way have discharge restrictions on firearms that would supersede these setback rules is what I really meant.
And I would venture to say there would be a few that push the limits on distance because they know someone, so they bowhunt, or the landowners only allow bowhunting. They don't want to shoot a gun and deal with the issues of possible idiots calling the cops, or dealing with the luck of the draw on Game Wardens, and outing the landowner as being pro hunting in an anti hunting neighborhood.
I had places in CT I could technically shoot a deer with a gun, I had enough land and it was legal, ..........but fxck all if I would because the cops would be there because of some neighbor calling. Yet I could bowhunt forever and no one would ever know, so I'd bowhunt and keep permission rather than cause any issues for the landowner and lose my permission. Also as a bonus, there are no restrictions for distance on bowhunting in CT, therefore it insulates me from the laws for firearms distances.
MA is fxcking all gay with that, which is why I don't hunt in the urban areas of MA because some ahole Fish Cop will pull out a rangefinder and write me up for being only 495 feet from the neighbors house without their permission. But I'd venture a guess with the amount of deer being killed in Zone 10, that shit happens daily with people that are backed up to conservation land or something.
So back to the OP......people may be hunting, but you might not hear a lot of gunshots out that way.