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From Mass Fish and Wildlife, Hunting Prohibitions :
Target shooting on Sunday except on one’s own property or on a recognized shooting range.
Find out who owns the woods and ask them.
Yep, same here, family owned company sandpits.Grew up in cranberry country...always shot in sandpits..
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Here are two links. The second might imply that ccw is illegal if you see a bird or chipmunk :So, is this for hunting only, or target?
(I know the answer, I think.)
150 feet from a road, 500 feet from a house (unless you have permission). Fire away
150 feet from a road, 500 feet from a house (unless you have permission). Fire away
Here are two links. The second might imply that ccw is illegal if you see a bird or chipmunk :
"or carry on that day on his person a rifle, shotgun or bow and arrow or, unless otherwise permitted by law, a pistol or revolver, in any place where birds or mammals might be found."
Just posting what is written,,, make what you will of it.
http://www.eregulations.com/massachusetts/huntingandfishing/hunting-prohibitions/
Target shooting on Sunday except on one’s own property or on a recognized shooting range.
https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXIX/Chapter131/Section57
Section 57. Every Sunday shall be a closed season. Except as otherwise provided in sections four, thirty-one and thirty-seven, a person, on Sunday, shall not hunt any bird or mammal or carry on that day on his person a rifle, shotgun or bow and arrow or, unless otherwise permitted by law, a pistol or revolver, in any place where birds or mammals might be found. This section shall not render unlawful the possession or carrying of a rifle, shotgun, pistol, revolver or bow and arrow, for the purpose of using the same on a skeet, trap or target range, nor for the purpose of using the same for sport target shooting at artificial targets by an owner or lessee, or his guest, upon his own or leased property, or by members or guests of clubs or associations on supervised firing ranges, nor shall it prohibit the taking of mammals by means of traps, nor the training of falcons or protected species, nor the exercising of such falcons as regulated by the director.
From Mass Fish and Wildlife, Hunting Prohibitions:
Target shooting on Sunday except on one’s own property or on a recognized shooting range.
150 feet from a road, 500 feet from a house (unless you have permission). Fire away
Actual_Cite_From_the_Laws said:Section 12E. Whoever discharges a firearm as defined in section one hundred and twenty-one of chapter one hundred and forty, a rifle or shotgun within five hundred feet of a dwelling or other building in use, except with the consent of the owner or legal occupant thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than three months, or both. The provisions of this section shall not apply to (a) the lawful defense of life and property; (b) any law enforcement officer acting in the discharge of his duties; (c) persons using underground or indoor target or test ranges with the consent of the owner or legal occupant thereof; (d) persons using outdoor skeet, trap, target or test ranges with the consent of the owner or legal occupant of the land on which the range is established; (e) persons using shooting galleries, licensed and defined under the provisions of section fifty-six A of chapter one hundred and forty; and (f) the discharge of blank cartridges for theatrical, athletic, ceremonial, firing squad, or other purposes in accordance with section thirty-nine of chapter one hundred and forty-eight.
150 feet from a road, 500 feet from a house (unless you have permission). Fire away
I live in the Berkshires and want to know if I can target practice in the woods legally or have to go to an expensive range. Some guys I know do and others say no ...thanx for info
If it's not your land, you need permissionReally? There is an open area in the woods behind me 800-1000 feet away from any structure or road with 12-15 feet steep inclines that would be well suitable as a back drop. This area is beyond my property line but is part of a roughly 1.5 square mile forest. If I obey hunting laws and don't shoot on Sunday is this a suitable location? Should I notify the PD every time?