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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6239
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 3245
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
REP. MARRA T., 141st Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING BOW AND ARROW HUNTING PRACTICES IN
DEER AND TURKEY MANAGEMENT ZONES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to provide the following 1
requirements in deer and turkey management zones: (1) Require 2
property owners to notify neighbors, neighborhood associations and 3
local police of the presence of authorized bow hunters on such property; 4
(2) require bow hunters to stay forty yards from blazed hiking trails, 5
roads, sidewalks and property lines; (3) require property owners to 6
obtain permission from all tenants to allow bow hunting on such 7
property; (4) prohibit baiting on private land; and (5) establish a 8
taskforce to study how to provide for deer population control. 9
Statement of Purpose:
To provide safe bow and arrow hunting practices and deer population
control in deer and turkey management zones.