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Dartmouth, Mass, about 2 am, early February, was sometime in the middle of the week (they never like weekends, either too much noise or too many people are up and about).  Hopefully somebody out there can find a good hunting spot, because I can't.  They hug the houses as if they know that is a safe strategy.  They also like to den under abandoned boats.  In the daytime, none exist and at night they seem abundant.  They also seem to avoid open spaces except ice/marshes and waterfowl habitat in darkness.  Where there are dwellings...there are no hunters (yet plenty of cats, dogs, rabbits, opossums, skunks, etc..).  One might grow to admire their intelligence in following Massachusetts laws so very well.  They like places where it is impossible/illegal to hunt them!   They are also fond of "playing" the subservient dog in order to lure a dog away from its home.  I thus suggest keeping a close eye on your pets!   Just in case the image expires, here is another.