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Subject: LSA October Newsletter

From: Leominster Sportsmen Association ([email protected])

To: [email protected];

Date: Tuesday, October 17, 2017 3:57 PM

Leominster Sportsmen's Assoc.

October Newsletter 2017

Next Club Meetting 2017 Hunting and Fishing Regulations

Our next club meeting will be held at Camp Bartlett on Visit our Website Wednesday October 25th, 2017 President Arthur O’Leary will call the meeting to order at 7:30 pm. Attendance prize GOAL for this meeting will be $150.00. Membership 2017 Mass Abstracts

Plate Rack locks have changed! Club Events Calendar 2017 The locks to the plate racks on the upper January rifle range have been changed for the 1 Redeye Shoot new year. What is new this year, is that 1 11 Board of Directors Meeting key, will open both plate racks. Cost is 15 {Planning Comm} still $50 for the year. So you’ll get use of 22 stock fish (postponed) both plate racks this year for $50. That’s 25 General Meeting $4.17 per month to use them as much as 29 Ice Derby(postponed) you want. See Dave Kistler on Sunday mornings or contact him February at [email protected] to get your 8 Board of Directors Meeting key. Locks will change again on October 16 Kid's Trap 31, 2017. Members who don’t want to 18 {Duke class} purchase a key can still use them on about:blank 1/14 10/17/2017 Print 19 stock fish Sunday mornings for $5.00. Pay the on 22 General Meeting duty RSO to unlock them. Non-members 29 Ice Derby(postponed) may use them on Sunday mornings for $10.00. March 1 {Venturer's Pistol} 8 Board of Directors Meeting 11 {Ralph pistol class} {Concord Scouts} 12 {Planning Committee} 22 General Meeting Club Directors 25 {Duke Pistol President Art Oleary April [email protected] 1 {Kid's skeet at Minuteman} 978-537-2642 9 Patriot's Day Rifle&Pistol Match 12 Board of Directors Meeting First Vice President 15 {Ralph Pistol} Mark Burnett 16 Stock Fish 22 GENERAL CLEANUP Second Vice President 23 Fish Derby David Kistler 26 General Meeting [email protected] 29-30 Mountainman Woodswalk 978-537-9286 30 Kid's Fish Derby Treasurer May James Padavano xx Wood splitting [email protected] 10 Board of Directors Meeting 978-537-8222 13 Trap and Skeet Range Cleanup 24 General Meeting Secretary Roger LaFleur June [email protected] 4 Steak & Clays; D-Day Rifle& Pistol 978-868-0975 11 {Steak&Clay Rain date} 14 Board of Directors Meeting 28 General Meeting Clubhouse Gun Shop July 12 Board of Directors Meeting 26 General Meeting Shop News And InfoShop Hours:

August Saturday Afternoon 2 to 4 and Sunday 9 Board of Directors Meeting morning from 9 to Noon. 19-20 BlackPowder Shoot and Campout 23 General Meeting Monday and Thursday evenings from 6 21,23,26,28,Hunter to 8. xx {Candidate night @ club meeting in even election years} ON SALE! September 10 Freedom Shoot (Rifle & Pistol match) 10 Chicken BBQ 13 Board of Directors Meeting This Weeks Specials 17 {Big MOE in Sturbridge-fyi} 24 NRA Day 27 General Meeting CCI #0035 .22 STANDARD VELOCITY xx-xx Mountainman Woodswalk pistol ammo arrived August 17th!

October Ruger Mk IV "Competition" pistol arrived. 1 3rd Claude Vezina Memorial Toys-for- Need One? Tots shoot 11 Board of Directors Meeting about:blank 2/14 10/17/2017 Print 22 Women on Target Just Arrived... 2018 Remington Wildlife 25 General Meeting Calendars

November Anyone interested in a DIRT CHEAP deer {xx Magic Mountain road race} rifle, stop in and ask us... 8 Board of Directors Meeting 22 General Meeting WANTED! Bolt Military Rifles. December MUST BE Original and Complete and in {rifle matches start} at least very good condition. If you have one you want to to turn into December CASH..come in and see if we can make a 13 Board of Directors Meeting deal. 27 General Meeting Charter Arms Stainless .22 Target Revolver $410.00

Remington Model 870 Express, 12 Ga. 3", 26" Barrel, Wood Stock. $390.00 Come join us for the best breakfast in Mossberg Model 505 youth shotgun. .410 town at LSA on Sunday mornings. Gauge pump. 20" modified barrel These girls are the best. $347.24 Remington 870 Super Magnum 12 Ga. 3 1/2" "Duck Blind" Camo $575.00

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We have some By Law changes to be voted on at the next meeting. Here are the changes.

Leominster Sportsmen’s Association By- Laws Change Recommendations

Ongoing and annual financial analysis is showing a continuing decline in membership dues revenue for the Ruger Mark IV Competition 620.00 Leominster Sportsmen’s Association, coupled with a steady increase in costs associated with Tax liabilities, utility costs and overall labor costs for the day to day operation of the association. In addition to the reduction in dues income and the increase in costs for operation of Leominster Sportsmen’s Association, we about:blank 3/14 10/17/2017 Print also face a potential reduction in income from our radio tower.

Analysis of the reduced dues income indicate two areas of concern:

1. “Life Membership” a. The current By- Laws grants those member that have achieved 10 years of uninterrupted membership and are 70 years of age or older, automatic “Life Membership”. This age determination was made in 1974, when the average life span in Sig Sauer P938 9mm $707.00 Massachusetts was approximately 69. The average life span in Massachusetts today is close to 81 years of age and it is expected to increase at an accelerated rate due to scientific advancement.

b. As a result of this policy half of our Remington 870 Express Super membership today, enjoys this Magnum 12 Gauge 3 1/2 $575.00 Association benefit.

c. The remaining half of membership that pay dues are split into regular (full dues), Senior, Junior and Youth (reduced rate).

d. In essence, less than one third (1/3) of membership currently pay $65 per year, the cheapest membership in the area. e. In addition to the afore mentioned dues situation, Leominster Sportsmen’s Association is drawing less young and middle-aged members into the Association. We are actively addressing this through family events and youth programs, but we are trying to counteract Ruger LC9 Compact 9mm $397.38 a cultural change in our society.

2. Dues a. The intent, based on the structure of the By-Laws, is to allow the elected leadership, your Board of Directors, to do the financial analysis and determine dues requirements in order to keep the Association healthy. b. Current process requires membership vote and Board of Director approval to determine rates. Recommended Changes to the By- Laws

3. “Life Membership” a. Eliminate future “Life Membership” in order to address this component of the dues. Existing Life Sig Sauer P320 9mm $606.59 Members shall maintain their status.

4. Dues a. Dues shall be reviewed annually by the Board of Directors and reset as appropriate.

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Keep a hunng log this archery season

Good luck today on the opening day of archery deer season! Massachusetts hunters like you spend many hours in the woods observing wildlife of all varieties. These observations can provide wildlife biologists with a tremendous amount of information to better understand wildlife distribution and abundance across the Ruger SR22 Silver Slide $370.00 Commonwealth. MassWildlife is asking bowhunters to volunteer to complete daily hunting logs during this archery deer season. Find the 2017 Archery Deer Season Hunting Log at the link below. Please print it out and keep this log handy so you can record your hunting efforts this season. Remington Model 770 with 3x9 scope *MassWildlife is also asking game bird 30.06 $335.00 hunters to complete daily hunting logs while hunting pheasant, bobwhite quail, woodcock, and grouse. If you are also a game bird hunter, please consider volunteering for this effort as well.

Hunters who complete either the game bird or archery deer hunting logs Russian Mosin-Nagant before DECEMBER 20, 2017 will be 7.62x54R $320.00 entered in a drawing to win a blaze orange MassWildlife cap or a Massachusetts Wildlife 1-year subscription. 125 winners will be randomly selected to receive hats and 25 winners will be randomly selected to SKS Military Rifle 7.62x39 $455.00 receive magazine subscriptions. Prizes will be mailed to the address provided by the hunter on the completed hunting log. 2017 Archery Deer Hunting Season Log: Bowhunters in U.S, 1903 Springfield 30-06 $1250.00 Massachusetts keep a daily log of their hunting activities and about:blank 5/14 10/17/2017 Print observations of wildlife during the archery deer season (Oct. 16 - Nov. 25, 2017). Because archery hunters are usually very stealthy and camouflaged, they are US Model 1898 Krag .30-40 1200.00 uniquely suited to track valuable observations of wildlife including deer, wild turkey, black bear, and other species not commonly observed. 2017 Game Bird Hunting Season Log: Game bird hunters in Massachusetts keep a daily log of their hunting activities and 1170.00 observations of game birds while hunting bobwhite quail, pheasant, woodcock, and grouse (Oct. 4 - Nov. 25, 2017). These observations will provide MassWildlife biologists with Remington Express 870 3 inch $390.00 information on game bird populations across the state and allow them to evaluate hunter effort of various upland game bird species. MassWildlife seeks to maintain healthy game bird populations while ensuring quality hunting experiences for both wild Mossberg Model 500 Ported Barrel Full and stocked birds across the Camo Pump Action 3 inch $349.46 Commonwealth. Announcements MassWildlife is now on Instagram @mass.wildlife Surplus Antlerless Deer Permits are Mossberg Model 835 Pump Camo sll available for some zones. Learn Stock 3 1/2 inch $407.90 more. MassWildlife is stocking 40,000 pheasants this fall. Find out where. Looking for a new hunng spot? Discover hunng lands in Mossberg Model 505 .410 Yourth Pump Massachuses. Shotgun $347.24 $500,000 available for Habitat Management Grants. Learn more. MassWildlife is stocking 60,000 rainbow trout this fall. Find out where. 2017 Hunng and Fishing Regulaons Upcoming Events Mossberg Model 500 Wood Stock Pump 3 inch $314.40 Oct. 4 - Nov. 18: Woodcock Hunting Season Oct. 14 - Nov. 25: Pheasant, Ruffed Grouse, and Quail Hunting Seasons Oct. 16 - Nov. 25: Archery Deer Season Mossberg Model 500 Camo Ported Oct. 21 - 22: Northeast Wildlife Trackers Barrel 3 inch $349.46 Conference Oct. 23 - Nov. 4: Fall Turkey Hunting Season Oct. 24: Fisheries & Wildlife Board New Members for August Meeting, Royalston about:blank 6/14 10/17/2017 Print 1.Kristine Anderson See Calendar of Events... 2. Francisco Silvera 3. Gabriel Silvera 4. Terrence Lasonde 5. Robert Aloi Club Elections for 2018 6. Kathleen Norton 7. Raymond Perreault We have some Club Leadership 8. Eric Smith Opportunities next year - Several of our Directors are retiring after years of service to our club.... thank you for keeping LSA going strong! Our Directors meet on the 2nd Wednesday of every month at 7pm & make the plans, proposals and decisions that keep things running smoothly around here... Would you like to be on the 2018 Board of Directors? Let Art O'Leary or Jim Padovano know.

Outdoor Ranges are Closed Saturday Mornings & Thanksgiving morning during pheasant season (now until end of November) - come up at 5am & help stock!

Winter Rifle Matches are coming! Plan ahead... Sunday mornings from December through the end of March - 9- 11am - It's any rifle/any sights or scope, 20 shots in 20 minutes standing ("offhand") in our nice, heated range house, costs $5. This is a great way to improve your marksmanship skills & win prizes by ability groups! Our crack shots can help you along with advice & coaching to get you and your equipment in peak form! Start out trying to get 'em all on the paper, then all in the rings, then all in the black, then all in the X-ring. Stop by & see Vic in the gun shop if you need ammo - he has quite a selection of popular and Mil -Surp calibers. October News Fall Trout Stocking Need another place to hunt? Wachusett More than 60,000 rainbow trout that are Watershed Lands in Sterling & Princeton 12 inches or longer will be stocking just down the street, they will send you a across Massachusetts this fall. Fall free Permit and map of the hunting stocking season will begin around the last area. https://www.mass.gov/files/docume week of September and be completed by nts/2017/08/29/wachhunt.pdf the second week of October depending on water temperatures. Stocking may be delayed in some areas due to recent Congratulations to the fine shooters who warm fall temperatures. Anglers will be competed in our Freedom Match Rifle & able to view daily stocking reports by Pistol shoot to commemorate 9-11. The visiting Mass.gov/Trout. Anglers can top place in the rifle Rattle-Battle was the search for a specific waterbody or town about:blank 7/14 10/17/2017 Print "New Guys" team of Bruce, Leigh, Mike using the sortable list, or explore new P. and Pat P., with 353 points. In the head fishing spots with the map feature. to head pistol plate match, Michael Sanchez was first place in the first relay, Instagram Just Got Wild and Tom Dardas came in first place in the second relay. Thanks to these fine MassWildlife is happy to announce it is marksmen, we were able to send a nice now on Instagram! Follow check to the Fisher House, which helps us @mass.wildlife for photos and videos the families of from the field and fish and wildlife news. Veterans.www.fisherhouse.org Monitoring Juvenile Shad This fall, MassWildlife is teaming up with the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Vermont Fish and Wildlife, and New Hampshire Fish and Game to better understand juvenile American shad production in the Connecticut River. The study focuses on the 3 major dammed sections of the Connecticut: Holyoke-Tuner’s, Tuner’s- Vernon, and Vernon-Bellows. Forage fish like American shad are important prey resources for numerous freshwater predators popular with anglers, such as small and largemouth bass, walleye, and channel catfish. However, little is currently known about juvenile shad production. Using electrofishing sampling, biologists will learn about the relationship between the number of juvenile shad and the number of adult shad returning to the river to spawn. This coordinated effort will help biologists understand which areas of the Connecticut River have a higher supply of prey fish for predators and where anglers may find better fishing opportunities. Data may also be used to inform relicensing of dams and provide perspective on how current shad production compares to historical populations which existed before dams were installed. LEGISLATION GOAL Legislation For 190th General Antlerless Deer Surplus Court Permits Please note: Legislation for the current session is being filed slowly, please The sale of surplus Antlerless Deer bookmark and check this page often as it Permits by Wildlife Management Zone will is updated frequently. We also have older be staggered over the following days in legislation from the previous session October: (189th Court) listed at bottom. Zone 11: Sales start on Tuesday Bill # October 3, 2017 at 8:00 a.m. Bill TitleSponsorCommittee 5,920 surplus permits are ReportCommittee available. You can purchase 1 AssignmentGOAL PositionHouse permit per day. BillsH.453An Act Relative To the Use of Zone 10: Sales start on ShotgunsRep. David Muradian Joint Wednesday October 4, 2017 at Committee on Environment, Natural 8:00 a.m. Resources and AgricultureGOAL 9,234 surplus permits are available. You can purchase 1 about:blank 8/14 10/17/2017 Print LegislationH.736An Act Relative to permit per day. Violent Protection Order Zone 13 and 14: Sales start on Violations *New*Rep. Kate Thursday October 5, 2017 at 8:00 Campanale Joint Committee on the a.m. JudiciaryGOAL LegislationH.763 2,581 (zone 13) and 2,630 (zone An Act Relative to Suppressors 14) surplus permits are available. Rep. Josh Cutler You can purchase 4 permits per day. Joint Committee on the Judiciary Once on sale, permits will remain GOAL Legislation available until sold out in each Wildlife H.789An Act Relative to Management Zone. Surplus permits may SuppressorsRep. Paul Frost Joint be purchased through MassFishHunt or Committee on the JudiciaryGOAL at a license vendor location. Visit our LegislationH.1239 website for step-by-step instructions for An Act Relative to a Technical Correction purchasing a Surplus Antlerless Deer of Chapter 284 of the Acts of 2014 Permit. Rep. Nicholas A. Boldyga $500,000 Available for Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland SecurityGOAL Legislation Habitat Management H.1248An Act relative to law enforcement officers safety actRep. David Grants DeCoste Joint Committee on Public In its third year, the MassWildlife Habitat Safety and Homeland Management Grant Program provides SecuritySupportH.1249An Act permitting financial assistance to private and the sale and possession of nonlethal municipal landowners of conserved lands electronic control weapons for defensive to improve and manage habitat for game purposesRep. David DeCoste Joint species and other Species of Greatest Committee on Public Safety and Conservation Need as identified in Homeland SecuritySupport if the State Wildlife Action Plan. The AmendedH.1253An Act Relative to The projects also aim to expand opportunities Lawful Return of Property *New*Rep. for hunting, fishing, trapping, and other Shawn Dooley Joint Committee on Public outdoor recreation, and complement the Safety and Homeland SecurityGOAL ongoing habitat management efforts on LegislationH.1280An Act to clarify the state lands. This year (FY18), Executive prosecution of illegal gunsRep. David Office of Energy and Environmental Linsky Joint Committee on Public Safety Affairs Secretary Matthew Beaton and Homeland SecurityOpposeH.1281An provided MassWildlife with $500,000 for Act to close the assault weapon the third year of this popular financial magazine loopholeRep. David assistance program. Details on how to Linsky Joint Committee on Public Safety apply for the MassWildlife Habitat and Homeland SecurityOpposeH.1283An Management Grant are posted Act relative to universal background at mass.gov/dfw/habitat-grant. The checks for private gun salesRep. David application period is now open with a Linsky Joint Committee on Public Safety proposal deadline of October 30, 2017. and Homeland SecurityOpposeH.1296 During the second year of the program An Act relative to constitutional rights (FY17), MassWildlife received 45 Rep. James R. Miceli applications for grant funding with requests totaling over $1.3 million. Twelve Joint Committee on Public Safety and proposals were selected by the team of Homeland Security reviewers for funding. This funding went GOAL Legislation to 11 different municipalities, private H.1310An Act relative to the lawful sale of citizens, and both large and small NGOs handguns(multiple bills) for projects in 14 towns. These wildlife Rep. Todd Smola habitat management projects included invasive species control, old field habitat Joint Committee on Public Safety and creation, young forest enhancement, Homeland Security waterfowl habitat creation, and coastal GOAL Legislation heathlands improvement. In total, H.1315 approximately 500 acres were successfully managed due to this funding about:blank 9/14 10/17/2017 Print An Act relative to firearm owners opportunity, including the Town of Lenox protection who combated the invasive hardy kiwi Rep. David T. Vieira vine in Kennedy Park, the Town of Amherst who improved and expanded old Joint Committee on Public Safety and field habitats on three town owned natural Homeland Security areas, and the Massachusetts Forest GOAL Legislation Trust who created shrubland and young H.1319An Act to promote school forest habitat in Hawley and Ashfield. The safetyRep. Timothy Whelan Joint response from the towns and cities, Committee on Public Safety and conservation focused non-governmental Homeland SecuritySupportH.1590An Act organizations, sporting clubs and private relative to sales tax exemptions for gun citizens, for this wildlife habitat program safes and trigger locksRep. David indicate the strong need for these funding Muradian Joint Committee on opportunities to preserve, conserve, RevenueGOAL LegislationH.2492An Act improve and create wildlife habitats Relative to Defensive Electric across the entire state. The increased Devices*New*Rep. Colleen Garry Joint funding for FY18 will result in even more Committee on Public Safety and habitat management projects to improve Homeland SecurityGOAL our natural areas for wildlife and outdoor LegislationH.2507An Act Relative to Fair recreation. Licensing *NEW*Rep. Todd Smola Joint Committee on Public Safety and Citizen Science Homeland SecurityGOAL LegislationH.2510An Act Relative to Gun Opportunities for Free ZonesRep. John Velis Joint Committee on Public Safety and Hunters Homeland SecurityGOAL Massachusetts hunters spend a LegislationH.2512An Act Relative to significant amount of time in the woods Previously Licensed Gun observing wildlife of all varieties. These Owners *New*Rep. Susannah observations can provide wildlife Whipps Joint Committee on Public Safety biologists with a tremendous amount of and Homeland SecurityGOAL information to better understand wildlife LegislationH.3081An Act establishing distribution and abundance across the extreme risk protective ordersRep. David Commonwealth. Consequently, Linsky Joint Committee on Public Safety MassWildlife is asking archery deer and and Homeland SecurityOpposeH.3578An game bird hunters to complete daily Act making firearm owners civilly liable for hunting logs during their hunting seasons damage caused by lost or stolen this fall. Hunters who complete hunting firearmsRep. Marjorie C. Decker Joint logs before DECEMBER 20, 2017 will be Committee on the entered to win a blaze orange JudiciaryOpposeH.3609An Act relative to MassWildlife cap or a Massachusetts imitation firearmsRep. Daniel Wildlife 1-year magazine Cullinane Joint Committee on Public subscription. 125 winners will be Safety and Homeland SecurityOppose randomly selected to receive hats and 25 Senate BillsS.437An Act Relative to winners will be randomly selected to Outdoor HeritageSenator Anne Gobi Joint receive magazine subscriptions. Prizes Committee on Environment, Natural will be mailed to the address provided by Resources and AgricultureGOAL the hunter on the completed hunting log. LegislationS.1283An Act relative to stun Archery Deer Hunting Season Log: gunsSenator William N. Bowhunters in Massachusetts Brownsberger Joint Committee on Public keep a daily log of their hunting Safety and Homeland SecuritySupport if activities and observations of AmendedS.1287An Act regarding the wildlife during the archery deer prevention of illegal trafficking and gun season (Oct. 16 – Nov. 25, 2017). violence among youth in the Because archery hunters are CommonwealthSonia Chang-Diaz Joint usually very stealthy and Committee on Public Safety and camouflaged, they are uniquely Homeland SecurityOpposeS.1292An Act suited to track valuable relative to data collection on multiple gun observations of wildlife including purchasesSenator Cynthia Creem Joint deer, wild turkey, black bear, and Committee on Public Safety and about:blank 10/14 10/17/2017 Print Homeland SecurityOpposeS.1298An Act other species not commonly relative to firearms and firearms observed. violenceSenator Cynthia Creem Joint Game Bird Hunting Season Log: Committee on Public Safety and Game bird hunters in Homeland SecurityOpposeS.1316An Act Massachusetts keep a daily log of Relative to the Sale of their hunting activities and Firearms *New*Senator Anne Gobi Joint observations of game birds while Committee on Public Safety and hunting bobwhite quail, pheasant, Homeland SecurityGOAL woodcock, and grouse (Oct. 14 – LegislationS.1317An Act Relative to Nov. 25, 2017). These SuppressorsSen. Don Humason Joint observations will provide Committee on Public Safety and MassWildlife biologists with Homeland SecurityGOAL information on game bird LegislationS.1318 populations across the state and S.1338 allow them to evaluate hunter effort An Act relative to equitable firearm of various upland game bird license fees species. MassWildlife seeks to Sen. Don HumasonSen.Mike Moore maintain healthy game bird populations while ensuring quality Joint Committee on Public Safety and hunting experiences for both wild Homeland SecurityGOAL Legislation and stocked birds across the S.1321An Act relative to the lawful sale of Commonwealth. ammunition (multiple bills) Rep.Angelo L. D'Emilia Fall Pheasant Stocking Sen. Don Humason The 2017 Pheasant Hunting Season runs Joint Committee on Public Safety and from October 14 – November 25. Each Homeland SecurityGOAL Legislation year, MassWildlife stocks about 40,000 S.1322An Act relative to the lawful sale of ring-necked pheasants statewide on handguns(multiple bills) public and private lands that are open to Sen. Don Humason hunting. Click here for a list of pheasant stocked areas and hunting regulations. Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security MassWildlife Stocks GOAL Legislation H.1287S.1323An Act Relative to Northern Pike Unloaded Rifles or Shotguns (multiple In September, MassWildlife stocked bills) 1,900 pike yearlings into Cheshire Paul W. Mark Reservoir and Quaboag Pond yesterday. Sen. Don Humason These 13" yearlings will take 2–3 years to reach the 28" minimum harvest size. The Joint Committee on Public Safety and pike were obtained from NJ Division of Homeland Security Fish and Wildlife as part of a cooperative GOAL Legislation exchange program. H.1290 Northern Pike naturally reproduce in S.1324 several waterbodies in the state. To An Act relative to change of address for supplement naturally reproducing firearm licensing (multiple bills) locations, MassWildlife stocks some Rep. Joe McKennaSen. Don Humason spots with Northern Pike and Tiger Joint Committee on Public Safety and Muskellunge, which are members of the Homeland Security esocid family. Learn more about esocid GOAL Legislation stocking in Massachusetts. S.1326An Act Clarifying Firearms Oversight *New*Sen. Don Humason Joint Drivers, Brake for Committee on Public Safety and Homeland SecurityGOAL Moose and Deer LegislationH.1265 Because fall is the breeding season for S.1339 both moose and white-tailed deer, An Act Relative to Non-Resident Firearm MassWildlife reminds motorists to be Licensing (multiple bills)Rep. Patricia mindful of increased deer and moose Haddad activity, especially during early morning about:blank 11/14 10/17/2017 Print Sen.Mike Moore Joint Committee on and evening hours. Moose, found in Public Safety and Homeland central and western parts of SecurityGOAL LegislationS.1340An Act Massachusetts, breed in September and Relative to SuppressorsSen.Mike October. White-tailed deer breed from Moore Joint Committee on Public Safety late October to early December. and Homeland SecurityGOAL Moose on the road are especially LegislationS.1540An Act relative to gun hazardous. The dark color and height of safe tax deductions(multiple bills) moose make them difficult to see in low Rep. David K. Muradian Jr. light; moose eyes rarely shine like deer Sen. Don Humason eyes because their eyes are above headlight level. In addition, long legs and heavy top bodies make moose very GOAL Legislation dangerous to motorists when struck. S.1541An Act relative to sales tax Observe road signs for moose and deer exemptions for gun safes and trigger crossings and slow down. Do not swerve locks (multiple bills) to avoid hitting a deer because it may Rep. David K. Muradian Jr. lead to more risk and damage than hitting Sen. Don Humason the deer. Moose are less likely to move from the road than deer, so stay alert and brake when you see a moose in or near GOAL Legislation the road. S.2063An Act relative to preventing illegal Deer and moose/vehicle collisions should trafficking of firearmsSenator Cynthia be reported to the Environmental Police Creem Joint Committee on Public Safety at 1-800-632-8075. In the event of a and Homeland SecurityOppose deer/vehicle collision, the driver or passengers of the vehicle involved (MA residents only) may salvage the deer by bringing it to a MassWildlife Office to be officially tagged.

Preliminary Bear Harvest Report for September Season For the September bear hunting season, licensed bear hunters reported a harvest of 148 bears; 59 reported as female, 86 as male, 3 unknown. This is down from the 190 taken during the September season in 2016.

Mass.gov Website Gets Makeover All Massachusetts government websites are migrating to a new system, which means you will start to notice changes to the look and functionality of MassWildlife web pages. If you have any trouble finding information, go to Mass.gov/masswildlife and use the internal search box. With a new robust search engine, you should be able to find what you need on all mass.gov pages easier and faster than before. The new website is optimized for viewing on a tablet or phone as well as a desktop. Please bear with us while we complete the website migration and make about:blank 12/14 10/17/2017 Print adjustments and improvements over the coming weeks.

Habitat Management Site Walks Many types of wildlife rely on open habitats like grasslands, shrublands, and young forests. Unfortunately these open habitats are shrinking in Massachusetts. As a result, wildlife like Whip-poor-wills, New England Cottontails, and Wood Turtles have suffered serious declines. To support wildlife, the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (MassWildlife) uses active habitat management tools like prescribed fire and timber harvest to restore and create open habitats on state wildlife lands. This October, MassWildlife is hosting two public site walks on state lands where habitat management is planned or already underway. Site walks provide an opportunity for the public to learn about habitat management on state lands, understand why different management practices are chosen, and discover the benefits to both rare and common wildlife living on the land. October 5: Public Habitat Site Walk, Birch Hill Wildlife Management Area, Winchendon. The public is invited to join MassWildlife Habitat Biologists and Restoration Ecologists from 4:00-6:00 pm on a walk through two portions of the Birch Hill WMA. Learn about the habitat management activities that will be occurring over the next year which will benefit many kinds of wildlife and improve wildlife-related recreation. Visit a barrens restoration site on the east side of Priest Brook and a young forest site on the west side of Priest Brook. Meet in the parking area of the Winchendon Rod & Gun Club at 169 Winchendon Road in Royalston. Wear sturdy boots and be prepared for a moderately strenuous walk. October 12: Public Habitat Site Walk, Montague Plains Wildlife Management Area, Montague. The public is invited to join MassWildlife Habitat Biologists and Restoration Ecologists from 4:00-6:00 pm on a walk through portions of the Montague Plains WMA that have been the focus of pitch pine/scrub oak barrens restoration for the past 20 years. Visit previous timber harvest areas from 2006 and 2015, a recently completed harvest area, and a 30-acre reserve area. Learn about the restoration and about:blank 13/14 10/17/2017 Print management history of the site and the positive effects of these activities for common and uncommon local wildlife. Hear from experts about the management that will be occurring in the near future to provide valuable habitat for a number of state-listed and dwindling species. Meet at the MassWildlife parking area off Lake Pleasant Road across from Beach Road (https://goo.gl/maps/64sqfikHiQy). Wear sturdy boots and be prepared for a moderately strenuous walk.

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