CHAPTER 143
HB 720 - FINAL VERSION
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5/31/01 1347s
2001 SESSION
10/09
HOUSE BILL 720
This bill allows the use of certain pistols in areas of the state designated for taking of deer by shotgun only.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26apr01...0789h
5/31/01 1347s
01-0425
10/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT relative to permitting the use of certain firearms for hunting deer.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
143:1 Game Animals; Taking of Deer. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 208:3 to read as follows:
Wild deer shall not be taken by the use of [any] a firearm, other than a pistol as permitted in RSA 208:3-d, a shotgun loaded with a single ball or loose buckshot, muzzle-loading rifle, or bow and arrow, in the towns of the following counties as follows:
143:2 Taking of Deer; Use of Certain Pistols. Amend RSA 208:3-a through 3-c to read as follows:
208:3-a Buckshot Prohibited. Wild deer shall not be taken in the towns of Greenland, Newington and Stratham and the city of Portsmouth by use of [any] a firearm, other than a pistol as permitted in RSA 208:3-d, a shotgun loaded with a single ball, muzzle-loading rifle or bow and arrow.
208:3-b Town of Chester; Taking of Deer. Wild deer shall not be taken in the town of Chester by use of [any] a firearm other than a pistol as permitted in RSA 208:3-d, a shotgun loaded with a single ball, muzzle-loaders as provided in RSA 208:5-a, or bow and arrow.
208:3-c Town of Auburn. Wild deer shall not be taken in the town of Auburn except by the use of a pistol as permitted in RSA 208:3-d, a shotgun loaded with a single ball, or a muzzle-loading rifle, or a bow and arrow.
143:3 New Section; Taking of Deer; Pistols Permitted; Rounds Limited. Amend RSA 208 by inserting after section 3-c the following new section:
208:3-d Pistols Permitted. Pistols permitted under RSA 208:3, 3-a, 3-b, and 3-c shall include a .357 Magnum, 10mm Automatic, .41 Remington, .44 Magnum, .45 Long Colt, and .480 Ruger, provided that a pistol used for taking deer under this section shall be loaded with no more than 5 rounds of ammunition at any time.
143:4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
(Approved: June 29, 2001)
(Effective Date: August 28, 2001)