Conn. Agencies Regs. § 26-66-2 - State-owned, State-leased, and Permit-required Hunting Areas; Weapons
(a) Any rifle or handgun using centerfire
ammunition may not be used to hunt on state-owned land. Any rifle or handgun
that uses rim fire ammunition larger than .22 caliber and shotgun ammunition of
loads larger or heavier than number two shot shall not be possessed or used for
the purposes of hunting as defined in section
26-1 of
the Connecticut General Statutes on any state-owned land, including state
forests. Muzzleloading rifles larger than .36 caliber or using any projectile
other than round ball shall not be possessed or used for the purposes of
hunting as defined in section
26-1 of
the Connecticut General Statutes on any state-owned land, including state
forests, except as provided for in section
26-86c
of the Connecticut General Statutes. This provision shall not apply to rifles,
shotguns, muzzleloaders, or revolvers possessed by persons transporting legally
killed and properly tagged deer taken on private lands to check stations
located on state-owned properties, approved shooting range areas or deer
hunting with shotgun or muzzleloader during the open season on such land.
Waterfowlers hunting from a boat, blind or stationary position may only use the
ammunition specified in section
26-66-4(q)
of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(b) Rifles of any caliber and shotgun
ammunition of any shot load larger or heavier than number two shot shall not be
possessed and pistols or revolvers of any caliber shall not be used for the
purposes of hunting as defined in section
26-1 of
the Connecticut General Statutes on any state-leased or permit required hunting
area during the period starting the third Saturday in October through the last
day in February, except by landowners, lessees, their spouses, lineal
descendants and regular employees on land owned or leased by them. Waterfowlers
hunting from a boat, blind or stationary position may only use the ammunition
specified in section
26-66-4(q)
of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. This provision shall not
apply to combination rifle-shotgun firearms when the rifle portion thereof is,
or has been made, inoperative, or to approved shooting range areas on such
land. This provision shall not apply to persons holding a valid permit to hunt
deer on such land with a revolver, shotgun, rifle or muzzleloader. Trappers
actively engaged in legal trapping and raccoon hunters may use handguns using
ammunition having a cartridge case not longer than that of a .22 rim fire long
rifle cartridge case and the projectile of which is not heavier than 20
grains.
(c) During the period from
the last day in February to the third Saturday in October, rifles, pistols or
revolvers without regard to caliber, and shotgun ammunition of any load may be
used in the legal hunting or taking of wildlife, or for any other legal
purpose, on state-leased and permit-required hunting areas only with written
permission of the landowner or lessee of the land.
(d) Hunting or possession of any hunting
weapon is prohibited in any park or forest recreation area except at
predetermined times in such areas as are set aside by the commissioner or the
commissioner's designee and posted for such purposes.
(e) Starting the third Saturday in October
through the last day in February, hunting or shooting is prohibited on any
permit-required hunting area without a written permit or other authorization
from the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection or an authorized
agent of the Department except on lands owned by the Department of Energy and
Environmental Protection designated as a permit-required hunting area, a
written permit or other authorization from the Department is required from the
third Saturday in October through the first Saturday in December unless
otherwise posted. All such written permits or other authorizations shall be
returned to the Department, or its authorized agent, within forty-eight hours
following expiration of such permit or authorization. Records kept by any
authorized agent in issuing such permits or authorizations shall be available
for inspection by any state conservation officer or other Department official
during normal business hours.
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