321 CMR 3.03 - Hunting in Certain Areas
(1)
Special Regulations for Hunting on the Delaney Wildlife Management
Area in the Towns of Stow, Harvard and Bolton, Massachusetts. By
the authority vested in me, pursuant to
321 CMR 3.01(1)(r)
as established in accordance with the
provision of M.G.L. c. 131, § 6,1 herewith establish the following special
regulations governing hunting on the Delaney Wildlife Management Area in the
Towns of Stow, Harvard and Bolton during the prescribed hunting season for
waterfowl as established in
321 CMR
3.02(2).
(a) A permit system of hunting is hereby
initiated that shall require a person, duly licensed to hunt in Massachusetts,
to obtain a written permit from the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and
Wildlife to hunt on certain designated days and time periods of the Delaney
Wildlife Management Area during the established hunting seasons for waterfowl.
Such designated days shall be: The first four days of the open waterfowl
season. In the event that the first Saturday immediately following the opening
day of the waterfowl season is not one of the first four days of the open
waterfowl season it shall also be a designated day. In the event of two opening
days for the waterfowl season in one calendar year (split waterfowl season)
designated days will apply only to the first part of the split
season.
(b) All applications for a
permit shall be in writing and shall include a stamped, self-addressed
envelope.
(c) Applications shall be
received not later than October 4th and shall be
addressed to:
Division of Fisheries and Wildlife
Northeast Wildlife District Headquarters
85 Fitchburg Rd.
Ayer, MA 01432
(d) Applicants shall not submit more than one
application for each designated day.
(e) Permits issued shall be valid only for
the designated day and period as specified on the permit. For this purpose,
"time period" shall mean either that period from ½ hour before sunrise
to 12:00 P.M. or from 12:00 P.M. to sunset and shall apply from only to those
designated days when a permit is required. A person authorized by permit to
hunt on a designated day shall be limited to only one of these time periods for
that particular designated day. A person hunting from a specified blind site
during the time period from ½ hour before sunrise to 12:00 P.M. shall be
prepared to vacate said blind site by 12:00 P.M. in order to allow the next
scheduled permittee access to the blind.
(f) All shooting shall be from the specific
blind sites only. This shall apply to designated and non-designated days alike.
Shooting other than from a blind site is prohibited, except a hunter in pursuit
of crippled waterfowl.
(g) On
designated days, a person, except a hunter in pursuit of crippled waterfowl,
shall not hunt other than from the blind site specified on the
permit.
(h) A person hunting on
designated days shall report to parking lot #1 located off Old Harvard Road for
parking instructions.
(i) A person
hunting at the Delaney Wildlife Management Area shall abide by and adhere to
321 CMR 3.03(1) as they apply and any other pertinent law or regulation
including
321 CMR
3.01(1), excepting that such
persons shall not be required to wear on his head a "hunter orange" cap or hat
and, further, that the legal shooting hours shall be in compliance with
321 CMR 3.02(2)
established for the hunting of migratory
game birds.
(j) Permits are not
required of persons hunting other than on those designated days as specified.
On non-designated days, blinds shall be occupied on a first come, first-served
basis. No more than three people shall hunt from or be within a specified blind
site at any one time.
(k) Each
permit issued on a designated day and time period shall entitle the permittee,
and not more than two other persons, duly licensed or otherwise authorized to
hunt in Massachusetts, to hunt from a blind site as specified on the
permit.
(l) On designated days,
unoccupied blind sites may be filled at the discretion of the attendant
Division of Fisheries and Wildlife personnel.
(m) These special regulations shall become
part of
321 CMR
3.01(1)
®.
(2)
Special
Regulations for Hunting on the Martin H. Burns Wildlife Management Area in the
Town of Newbury, Massachusetts. (Reserved)
(3)
Special Regulations for
Hunting on the Ludlow Wildlife Management Area (also known as the Stony Brook
Wetlands Area) in the Town of Ludlow, Massachusetts.
(a) A permit system of hunting is hereby
initiated that shall require a person, duly licensed to hunt in Massachusetts,
to obtain a written permit from the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and
Wildlife to hunt on certain designated days and time periods on the Ludlow
Wildlife Management Area during the established hunting season for waterfowl.
Such designated days shall be: Opening day of the waterfowl season, and
Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays up to the second Saturday immediately
following the opening day of the waterfowl season, all days inclusive. During
this period (opening day through the second Saturday) there shall be no hunting
on Sundays, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, excepting when opening day of the
waterfowl season occurs on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday that day shall also be
a designated hunting day.
(b) In
the event of two opening days for the waterfowl season in one calendar year
(split waterfowl season), designated days will apply only to the first part of
the split season.
(c) All
applications for a permit shall be in writing and shall include a stamped,
self-addressed envelope.
(d)
Applications shall be received not later than October 4 in the calendar year
and shall be addressed to:
Division of Fisheries and Wildlife
Connecticut Valley Wildlife District Headquarters
341 East Street
Belchertown, Massachusetts 01007
(e) Applicants shall not submit more than one
application for each designated day and time period.
(f) Permits issued shall be valid only for
the designated day and time period as specified on the permit. For this
purpose, "time period" shall mean either that period from ½ hour before
sunrise to 12:00 P.M. or 12:00 P.M. to sunset and shall apply only to those
designated days when a permit is required. A person authorized by permit to
hunt on a designated day shall be limited to only one of these time periods for
that particular designated day. A person hunting from a specified blind site
during the time period ½ hour before sunrise to 12:00 P.M. shall be
prepared to vacate said blind site by 12:00 P.M. in order to allow the next
scheduled permittee access to the blind.
(g) All waterfowl hunting shall be from the
specific blind sites only. This shall apply to designated and non-designated
days alike. Waterfowl hunting other than from a blind site is prohibited,
except a hunter in pursuit of crippled waterfowl.
(h) On designated days, a person, except a
hunter in pursuit of crippled waterfowl, shall not hunt other than from the
blind site specified on the permit.
(i) Permits are not required of persons
hunting other than on those designated days as specified. On non-designated
days, blinds shall be occupied on a first-come basis. No more than three people
shall hunt from or be within a specific blind site at any one time.
(j) Each permit issued on a designated day
and time period shall entitle the permittee, and not more than two other
persons, duly licensed or otherwise authorized to hunt in Massachusetts, to
hunt from a blind site as specified in the permit. Permits are not
transferable.
(k) Vehicles shall be
parked only at the designated parking area located off Tilley Street, Ludlow,
Massachusetts.
(l) Except as
provided herein, a person hunting at the Ludlow Wildlife Management Area shall
abide by and adhere to 321 CMR 3.03(3) as they apply and to any other pertinent
law or regulation including
321 CMR
3.01(1), excepting that such
person shall not be required to wear on his head a "hunter orange" cap or hat
and, further, that the legal shooting hours shall be in compliance with the
regulations established for the hunting of migratory game birds as set forth in
321 CMR
3.02(2).
(m) Notwithstanding the provisions of
321 CMR 3.01(1)
and
3.02(9),
hunting on the Ludlow Wildlife Management Area shall be restricted to the
period between September 1 and the following last day of February.
(n) Notwithstanding any other provision of
321 CMR
3.00, hunting implements on the Ludlow Wildlife
Management Area shall be restricted to bow-and-arrow, shotgun, and primitive
firearms fired from the shoulder.
(4)
Entrance to Bat Caves in Chester.
(a) No person, except under written
permission of the Director or his authorized agent, shall enter into or within
any mine, shaft, pit, cave, adit, drift or tunnel within the bounds of the John
J. Kelly Memorial Forest and Wildlife Management Area.
(b) This special regulation shall become part
of
321 CMR
3.01(1)(r).
(5)
Westboro Wildlife
Management Area (Field Trial Grounds) in the Towns of Westboro and
Northboro. No person, except as associated with licensed field
trials duly authorized on the area described below, shall ride, drive, lead, or
possess, or cause to be ridden, driven, led or possessed, any horse, mule,
jackass, or other equine animal within the bounds or on any portion of the
Westboro Wildlife Management Area or Field Trial Grounds, including that
portion designated as the Beagle Training Area, in the Towns of Westboro and
Northboro.
(6)
Special
Regulations for Hunting on the Flint Pond Wildlife Management Area in the Town
of Tyngsborough. Notwithstanding the provisons of M.G.L. c. 131
and
321 CMR
3.01(1), hunting or the
discharge of firearms on the Flint Pond Wildlife Management Area is
prohibited.
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