Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-73: Hunting on Sunday on private property. Bow and arrow hunting of deer on private property. Blazed trail setback.
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 26. FISHERIES AND GAME
- CHAPTER 490. FISHERIES AND GAME
- PART IV. HUNTING AND TRAPPING
Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, Sunday shall be a closed season except for hunting on private property and for the purpose of trapping under the provisions of this chapter. Sunday shall be a closed season for the hunting of migratory birds. The possession in the open air on Sunday of any implement for hunting shall be prima facie evidence of hunting. No provision of this section shall be construed so as to affect any provision of section 26-31, 26-48, 26-52 or 27-35. Artificially propagated birds designated by the commissioner may be shot on Sundays on licensed private shooting preserves subject to such regulations of the commissioner as may apply to such private shooting preserves, provided permission so to shoot has been obtained from the town or towns within which such licensed private shooting preserves are located. Any person who hunts on private property pursuant to this section shall: (1) Have the written permission of the private property owner where such hunting is conducted, and (2) carry such written permission upon his or her person during the hunting. No person shall hunt on Sunday on private property pursuant to this section within forty yards of a blazed trail open to the public, including, but not limited to, Connecticut blue blazed trails and federally designated and regulated trails.
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