Friday, November 20, 2009
OUTDOORS
Other Regulations
Allowed:
Longbows, compound bows, crossbows, shotguns not larger than 10 gauge that can be fired from the shoulder without a rest.
Handguns, rifles & special-permit falconry for taking all game except turkeys.
Carrying a .22-caliber rimfire pistol loaded with No. 12 ratshot only during archery-deer season.
Disabled hunters or hunters aged 60 and older can use mechanical draws on bows.
Leashed dogs used to trail and retrieve “unrecovered” deer during and after legal shooting hours. Dogs must have on a collar with owner’s name, address and phone number. Hunter/dog handler cannot carry a firearm after legal shooting hours.
Prohibited:
Hunting or shooting deer with a firearm smaller than .22-caliber centerfire or shotgun loaded with anything other than buckshot or rifled slug.
Hunting squirrels or rabbits with a breech-loading rifle or handgun larger than 22-caliber rimfire or muzzleloader rifle larger than 36 caliber.
Hunting and/or discharging firearms across or from all public roads, highways or road rights-of-way.
Spotlighting or shining.
Using aircraft to spot deer.
Using silencers or any device to deaden or silence the report of the discharge of or from a firearm.
Using infrared sights, electrically operated sights or devices designed to enhance night vision.
Using raw sweet potatoes to feed wild game quadrupeds
Possess shotshells loaded with slugs or shot larger than BB or F Steel during the closed deer season.
Pursuing, driving or hunting deer with dogs in areas where there is a still-hunt season for deer.
Using a shotgun larger than 10 gauge (8 gauge or larger) or a shotgun capable of holding more than 3 shells. (Plugs used in shotguns “must be incapable to being removed from the gun without disassembly.)
Carrying a gun, no matter how its powered, during the archery season for deer, except where noted.
Using poisoned/drugged arrows or exploisive-tipped arrows.
Hunting deer with bow with a pull of 30 or fewer pounds.
Using infrared or laser sights on bows and crossbows.
Taking game and game birds from an aircraft, automobiles or other moving land craft.
Taking swimming deer.
Taking deer from a boat while the attached motor/engine is in an operating position.
