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Proposed Amendments to Hunting, Trapping, and Falconry Regulations
The Regulations Review Committee of the State Legislature met today and PASSED the
following Regulations http://www.ct.
gov/dep/lib/dep/public_notice_attachments/draft_regulations/reg08huntandtrapregulation.pdf.
Some minor revisions are necessary and then will be forwarded to the Secretary of the State
for signature and the Regulations should take effect immediately.
The following Bullet Points are highlights. Read the underlined NEW language in the
above url to see the specific changes. DELETED language is bracketed.
– Allows bowhunters to use crossbows on private lands in deer management zones
(DMZs) 11 and 12 (southwestern and coastal Connecticut ) during the January archery deer
season.
– Allows written documentation provided by the applicant and the physician, removing
the interview requirement, is adequate to allow the Department to determine whether a
crossbow permit should be issued.
The Regulations Review Committee of the State Legislature met today and PASSED the
following Regulations http://www.ct.
gov/dep/lib/dep/public_notice_attachments/draft_regulations/reg08huntandtrapregulation.pdf.
Some minor revisions are necessary and then will be forwarded to the Secretary of the State
for signature and the Regulations should take effect immediately.
The following Bullet Points are highlights. Read the underlined NEW language in the
above url to see the specific changes. DELETED language is bracketed.
– Allows bowhunters to use crossbows on private lands in deer management zones
(DMZs) 11 and 12 (southwestern and coastal Connecticut ) during the January archery deer
season.
– Allows written documentation provided by the applicant and the physician, removing
the interview requirement, is adequate to allow the Department to determine whether a
crossbow permit should be issued.
– Exempts hunters from wearing fluorescent orange while bowhunting on State areas designated as bowhunting only while
hunting from an elevated stand more than ten feet from the ground.
– Removes the three shell restriction on persons hunting resident Canada geese during the month of September.
– Eliminates the season limit on beaver which is currently 25, and extends the end of the beaver trapping season from
March 15th to March 31st.
– Expands the season bag limit on fisher from two to four and amends the fisher trapper season from November 20th
through December 31st.
– Open Spring private land season for hunting bearded wild turkey begins the last Wednesday in April and ends the last
Saturday in May. The two Saturdays before the last Wednesday in April shall be designated as junior turkey hunting training
days. Only hunters having a valid Connecticut junior hunting license and a spring season turkey permit may hunt on private lands
for which they have written permission. The accompanying adult mentor shall have in his/her possession a valid Connecticut
hunting license, a spring season turkey permit and written permission from the landowner. The adult mentor shall not carry a
firearm, but may assist in calling. Hunting is from one-half hour before sunrise until 12:00 noon, except on junior turkey hunting
training days, when hunting shall be allowed from one-half hour before sunrise until 5:00pm. The season bag limit shall be three
bearded wild turkeys.
– No person shall take or attempt to take any wild turkey by participating in a cooperative drive or assist in hunting,
pursuing or killing of wild turkeys without a validated permit. This provision shall not prohibit a hunter that has harvested all of
the turkeys allowed under their permit from calling for another hunter with a valid turkey permit. No person shall hunt or assist
with the hunting of wild turkey on private land without carrying dated written permission of the landowner for the current
season.
– Allows spring wild turkey hunters to obtain both a private land and a state land permit.
– Changing the permit dates from the calendar year to a July–June season more adequately reflects the needs and activities
of falconers. All new falconers are required to capture a bird during its first passage year in the months of September-December.
New permittees therefore always begin their activities in the fall. Based on the current system of issuing permits on a calendar
year cycle, a new falconer can get a three year permit but they can not utilize their permit for the first eight months of the first
calendar year. Thus, new falconers pay for a three year permit that is only valid for a little over two years.
– In most states falconers are only required to carry their own state falconry permit, their federal falconry permit and to
purchase a small game hunting license to bring their bird into another state for hunting purposes. To date, Connecticut is the only
state that requires a non-resident falconry permit in addition to a small game hunting license for non-resident falconers to hunt in
our state. In Connecticut, a small game nonresident hunting license costs $67 and the current nonresident falconry permit fee is
$75, thus, it would cost a minimum of $142 for a non-resident falconer to bring their bird to Connecticut for the purpose of
hunting or
– exercising their bird. Since 2005 when Connecticut ’s Falconry program started 16 residents have become licensed with
the help of non-resident falconers who agreed to provide CT Falconers with training and a sponsorship. To date, no non-resident
permits have been issued due to the high fees and application requirements. The CT Falconry Association has requested that this
fee be reduced in order to make our program more equitable with our surrounding states and to provide an opportunity for
Connecticut sponsors to hunt in Connecticut for a reasonable fee. Currently the fee for non-resident CT falconers to hunt in
New York is $55, in Massachusetts $65, Rhode Island $45, and New Jersey either $135 for the season or $35 for a three day
permit. By reducing our fee to $14 annually, non-resident falconers will still be spending a minimum of $81 to hunt with their
bird in Connecticut for a one year period.
– Changes the permit dates from the calendar year to a July – June season more adequately reflects the needs and activities
of falconers. Existing falconers typically hunt small game and thus are hunting with their bird from September until March.
Based on the current system of issuing permits on a calendar year cycle, falconers must send a hunting report for the months of
September – December and then again at the end of the season in March or April. By changing the dates of the permit issuance,
a falconer will need only to report their hunting activities once a year rather than send in reports twice a year. It also means that
their permits will not expire in the middle of the hunting season but instead, at a time of year when they are typically inactive.
– The DEP has modernized its methods for hunters to report the harvest of deer. Currently, the only methods of reporting
are by mail and mandatory check stations. New methods of reporting may include automated telephone and internet reporting.
The department desires to implement more efficient reporting techniques as new technologies become available. By removing
specific reporting techniques from regulation and having sportsmen refer to the annual hunting and trapping guide for reporting
requirements, the department will be more flexible in implementing new technologies. Also, the current regulations require that all
deer taken during the 21 day shotgun/rifle season, be taken to a check station. The primary reason for requiring that deer be
brought to check stations is to obtain harvest estimates and to collect biological data. The department feels that they can reduce
the number of days that they require sportsmen to bring deer to a check station without compromising harvest estimates or
biological data. By removing specific required check station days from regulation and having sportsmen refer to the annual
hunting and trapping guide for the days they would be required to bring harvested deer to a check station, the department can
reduce the number of mandatory check station days.
– 1)Allows archery hunters on private lands to use their archery permits and bow and arrow to hunt for deer during the
shotgun/rifle season. Hunters using a bow and arrow during the firearms deer season will be required to wear fluorescent orange
clothing as described in Section 26-66-1(r) (State areas
– designated as bowhunting only while hunting from an elevated stand more than ten feet from the ground.);
– 2) extends the muzzleloader deer season on private land to the end of December; and
– 3) establishes a second junior deer hunting training day.
For more details READ the document.
hunting from an elevated stand more than ten feet from the ground.
– Removes the three shell restriction on persons hunting resident Canada geese during the month of September.
– Eliminates the season limit on beaver which is currently 25, and extends the end of the beaver trapping season from
March 15th to March 31st.
– Expands the season bag limit on fisher from two to four and amends the fisher trapper season from November 20th
through December 31st.
– Open Spring private land season for hunting bearded wild turkey begins the last Wednesday in April and ends the last
Saturday in May. The two Saturdays before the last Wednesday in April shall be designated as junior turkey hunting training
days. Only hunters having a valid Connecticut junior hunting license and a spring season turkey permit may hunt on private lands
for which they have written permission. The accompanying adult mentor shall have in his/her possession a valid Connecticut
hunting license, a spring season turkey permit and written permission from the landowner. The adult mentor shall not carry a
firearm, but may assist in calling. Hunting is from one-half hour before sunrise until 12:00 noon, except on junior turkey hunting
training days, when hunting shall be allowed from one-half hour before sunrise until 5:00pm. The season bag limit shall be three
bearded wild turkeys.
– No person shall take or attempt to take any wild turkey by participating in a cooperative drive or assist in hunting,
pursuing or killing of wild turkeys without a validated permit. This provision shall not prohibit a hunter that has harvested all of
the turkeys allowed under their permit from calling for another hunter with a valid turkey permit. No person shall hunt or assist
with the hunting of wild turkey on private land without carrying dated written permission of the landowner for the current
season.
– Allows spring wild turkey hunters to obtain both a private land and a state land permit.
– Changing the permit dates from the calendar year to a July–June season more adequately reflects the needs and activities
of falconers. All new falconers are required to capture a bird during its first passage year in the months of September-December.
New permittees therefore always begin their activities in the fall. Based on the current system of issuing permits on a calendar
year cycle, a new falconer can get a three year permit but they can not utilize their permit for the first eight months of the first
calendar year. Thus, new falconers pay for a three year permit that is only valid for a little over two years.
– In most states falconers are only required to carry their own state falconry permit, their federal falconry permit and to
purchase a small game hunting license to bring their bird into another state for hunting purposes. To date, Connecticut is the only
state that requires a non-resident falconry permit in addition to a small game hunting license for non-resident falconers to hunt in
our state. In Connecticut, a small game nonresident hunting license costs $67 and the current nonresident falconry permit fee is
$75, thus, it would cost a minimum of $142 for a non-resident falconer to bring their bird to Connecticut for the purpose of
hunting or
– exercising their bird. Since 2005 when Connecticut ’s Falconry program started 16 residents have become licensed with
the help of non-resident falconers who agreed to provide CT Falconers with training and a sponsorship. To date, no non-resident
permits have been issued due to the high fees and application requirements. The CT Falconry Association has requested that this
fee be reduced in order to make our program more equitable with our surrounding states and to provide an opportunity for
Connecticut sponsors to hunt in Connecticut for a reasonable fee. Currently the fee for non-resident CT falconers to hunt in
New York is $55, in Massachusetts $65, Rhode Island $45, and New Jersey either $135 for the season or $35 for a three day
permit. By reducing our fee to $14 annually, non-resident falconers will still be spending a minimum of $81 to hunt with their
bird in Connecticut for a one year period.
– Changes the permit dates from the calendar year to a July – June season more adequately reflects the needs and activities
of falconers. Existing falconers typically hunt small game and thus are hunting with their bird from September until March.
Based on the current system of issuing permits on a calendar year cycle, falconers must send a hunting report for the months of
September – December and then again at the end of the season in March or April. By changing the dates of the permit issuance,
a falconer will need only to report their hunting activities once a year rather than send in reports twice a year. It also means that
their permits will not expire in the middle of the hunting season but instead, at a time of year when they are typically inactive.
– The DEP has modernized its methods for hunters to report the harvest of deer. Currently, the only methods of reporting
are by mail and mandatory check stations. New methods of reporting may include automated telephone and internet reporting.
The department desires to implement more efficient reporting techniques as new technologies become available. By removing
specific reporting techniques from regulation and having sportsmen refer to the annual hunting and trapping guide for reporting
requirements, the department will be more flexible in implementing new technologies. Also, the current regulations require that all
deer taken during the 21 day shotgun/rifle season, be taken to a check station. The primary reason for requiring that deer be
brought to check stations is to obtain harvest estimates and to collect biological data. The department feels that they can reduce
the number of days that they require sportsmen to bring deer to a check station without compromising harvest estimates or
biological data. By removing specific required check station days from regulation and having sportsmen refer to the annual
hunting and trapping guide for the days they would be required to bring harvested deer to a check station, the department can
reduce the number of mandatory check station days.
– 1)Allows archery hunters on private lands to use their archery permits and bow and arrow to hunt for deer during the
shotgun/rifle season. Hunters using a bow and arrow during the firearms deer season will be required to wear fluorescent orange
clothing as described in Section 26-66-1(r) (State areas
– designated as bowhunting only while hunting from an elevated stand more than ten feet from the ground.);
– 2) extends the muzzleloader deer season on private land to the end of December; and
– 3) establishes a second junior deer hunting training day.
For more details READ the document.