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| | | An Act Pertaining to the Use of Muzzle-loading Firearms |
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| | | during Muzzle-loading Deer Season |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §11404, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2003, c. 614, §4 and | | affected by §9, is repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §11404, sub-§1-A is enacted to read: |
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| | | 1-A.__Muzzle-loading-only open season on deer.__There is a | | special muzzle-loading open season on deer immediately following | | the regular deer hunting season established under section 11401, | | subsection 1, paragraph A for the purpose of hunting deer only | | with: |
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| | | A.__A muzzleloader as defined in section 10001, subsection | | 42-A that is 40 caliber or greater and capable of firing | | only a single charge; |
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| | | B.__A muzzle-loading shotgun as defined in section 10001, | | subsection 42-B; or |
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| | | C.__A traditional muzzleloader as defined in section 10001, | | subsection 62-A that uses projectiles that are 40 caliber or | | greater or that uses buckshot. |
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| | | The commissioner may terminate this open season at any time in an | | area if, in the commissioner's opinion, an immediate emergency | | action is necessary due to adverse weather conditions or severe | | hunting pressure.__The length of the special muzzle-loading | | season is as follows. |
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