2005-06-22
LEGISLATION | HUNTING/FISHING
Robert Crook, of the Coalition of Connecticut Sportsmen, summarizes changes in Connecticut Laws that affect hunters, fishing enthusiasts, boaters and sportsmen in general | Here's a short list:
Robert Crook, of the Coalition of Connecticut Sportsmen, summarizes changes in Connecticut Laws that affect hunters, fishing enthusiasts, boaters and sportsmen in general | Here's a short list:
While efforts failed to extend Sunday hunting private lands with the written permission of the landowner or allowing for bow hunting on municipally owned land on Sundays, the Connecticut State DEP endorsed Sunday hunting as a needed management tool for the first time in 2005, and reports that it will be priority legislation next year | ¶ 09:48• extends the fall turkey hunting season
• allows for trapping of coyotes
• establishes a “Bonus Buck” program that allows sportsmen who check three antlerless deer to obtain an either-sex tag for use in the same season
• clarifies the non-toxic shot regulations according to federal standards
• The purchase of .50 caliber firearms remains legal; target shooters and hunters sporting may still purchase longguns [rifles/shotguns] without going through a registration process
• Noisy boaters will have to face stiffer penalties if they refuse to submit to a motorboat sound test
• People with suspended or revoked safe boating certificates are prohibited from operating motor boats
• New penalties are established for evading law enforcement officers while driving a boat.
