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The Town of Hampden hunting by-law reads below:
CHAPTER
VIII SECTION 6
No person shall hunt by any means, trap, or discharge a
firearm on any land owned by the Town of Hampden. No
person shall hunt by any means, trap or discharge a firearms
on any private property in the Town of Hampden, other than
said person's property or the property of said person's
parents, children, grandchildren, or their spouses; without
written permission of the owner of the land upon which
hunting, trapping, or discharging of a firearm will take
place. Permission forms shall be obtained from the
Hampden Town Clerk's Office. The distribution of the
permission form prior to hunting, trapping, or discharging a
firearm shall be as follows: The Town Clerk shall
receive and stamp all copies, one of which shall be
forwarded to the Police Department by the Town Clerk, and
the original copy must be retained by the hunter and must be
carried while hunting.
Each offender shall
receive a written notice to appear before the clerk of the
district court at any time during working hours not later
than twenty-one days after the date of such notice.
Fine for first offense shall be 100 dollars. Second
time offenders shall be fined a minimum of 100 dollars up to
300 dollars. This bylaw shall be enforced by all state
and local law enforcement officials and shall be
administered under the provisions of Massachusetts General
Laws, Chapter 40, Section 21D on non-criminal dispositions.
This bylaw shall not apply to the lawful defense of life and
property, or to any discharge of firearms in accordance with
law enforcement.
For the
purposes of this bylaw a firearm shall be defined as any
instrument used in the propulsion of a shot, shall, bullets,
or ball by the use of gunpowder.
Rules specifically dealing with
Hunting Permission Slips:
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You must
have a current signed slip to hunt in the Town of
Hampden
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HUNTING PERMISSION SLIPS MUST BE
LOCATED IN THE FOLLOWING:
A. Hunter
must have slip on his possession at all times.
B. While hunting, the hunter must leave a copy on the
dash of his vehicle.
C. Copy of hunting permission slip at Town Clerk's
Office
D. Copy of hunting permission slip at police
department.
- The signed
hunting slip give you the permission to go on that
property ONLY.
- It does not give
you permission to TRESPASS on another's property.
- Landowners and
hunters MUST know the property lines. No
excuses.
For
more information please contact the police department at
566.8011.
Click Here to download the
hunting permission form or pick one up at the town hall.
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