Here is a bylaw guide to Hunting and shooting. It was put together by me and another member here (Mike_S), and without his help this would not have been possible.
Disclaimer:This is a rough guide and not a legal reference. Some towns that are listed as not having located a bylaw may in fact actually have one. Some towns change there laws and don’t update the bylaws provided on there website. I am not a lawyer and neither was the other member who put this together. This is meant to give you a starting point. You should always check and verify your local laws before discharging a firearm or before heading out on a hunt. This guide is not associated with Northeastshooters.com. This is a simple tool for you to get an idea of where to start your hunt.
This rough guide and may or may not be updated.
Things to consider: If it states that there was one located then you should check the pdf, which derek posted below, to see what the actual bylaw is. In some cases it may prohibit the discharge of a gun, but may allow for a bow. In other cases it might just be some weird law like no shooting in grave yards. Be smart.
Yes= Town has bylaw, see pdf
non located= We did not locate a bylaw when we searched this town.
The link to the bylaw pdf third post down.
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Disclaimer:This is a rough guide and not a legal reference. Some towns that are listed as not having located a bylaw may in fact actually have one. Some towns change there laws and don’t update the bylaws provided on there website. I am not a lawyer and neither was the other member who put this together. This is meant to give you a starting point. You should always check and verify your local laws before discharging a firearm or before heading out on a hunt. This guide is not associated with Northeastshooters.com. This is a simple tool for you to get an idea of where to start your hunt.
This rough guide and may or may not be updated.
Things to consider: If it states that there was one located then you should check the pdf, which derek posted below, to see what the actual bylaw is. In some cases it may prohibit the discharge of a gun, but may allow for a bow. In other cases it might just be some weird law like no shooting in grave yards. Be smart.
Yes= Town has bylaw, see pdf
non located= We did not locate a bylaw when we searched this town.
The link to the bylaw pdf third post down.
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City or Town | Hunting | Shooting |
Abington | non located | non located |
Acton | Yes- see post 6 | Yes- see post 6 |
Adams | non located | non located |
Agawam | non located | yes |
Amesbury | yes | yes |
Amhurst | yes | yes |
Andover | yes | yes |
Arlington | yes | yes |
Ashburnham | yes | yes |
Ashby | non located | non located |
Ashland | non located | non located |
Athol | non located | yes |
Attleboro | non located | non located |
Ayer | non located | non located |
Barnstable | yes | yes |
Barre | non located | non located |
Becket | ||
Bedford | yes | yes |
Belchertown | non located | non located |
Bellingham | yes | yes |
Belmont | yes firearm | yes |
Billerica | yes firearm | yes |
Bolton | yes | yes |
Boston | non located | yes |
Bourne | ||
Boxborough | yes | yes |
Boxford | yes | yes |
Boylston | non located | non located |
Braintree | yes | yes |
Brewster | non located | non located |
Brockton | ||
Brookline | yes | yes |
Burlington | non located | non located |
Cambridge | yes | yes |
Canton | non located | yes |
Carlisle: | yes | yes |
Carver | non located | non located |
Charlemont | ||
Charlton | non located | non located |
Chatham | non located | non located |
Chelmsford | yes | yes |
Chelsea | yes | yes |
Chester | ||
Chesterfield | ||
Chicopee | non located | non located |
Chilmark | yes | yes |
Clinton | yes | yes |
Cohasset | vauge | yes |
Concord | yes | non located |
Conway | non located | non located |
Cumminton | non located | non located |
Dalton | yes | yes |
Danvers | yes | yes |
Dartmouth | ||
Dedham | ||
Deerfield | non located | non located |
Dennis | yes | yes |
Dighton | non located | non located |
Douglas | non located | non located |
Dover | yes | yes |
Dracut | yes | yes |
Dudley | ||
Dunstable | ||
Duxbury | non located | non located |
East Bridgewater | non located | non located |
East Longmeadow | yes | yes |
Eastham | non located | non located |
East Hampton | yes | yes |
Easton | ||
Egremont | non located | non located |
Essex | yes | yes |
Everett | yes | yes |
Fairhaven | ||
Fall River | yes | yes |
Falmouth | non located | non located |
Foxbourgh | ||
Framingham | yes | yes |
Franklin | yes | yes |
Freetown | non located | non located |
Gardner | non located | non located |
Georgetown | yes | yes |
Gill | non located | non located |
Grafton | non located | non located |
Granby | non located | non located |
Great Barrington | non located | non located |
Groton | non located | non located |
Hadley | non located | non located |
Halifax | ||
Hamilton | yes | yes |
Hampden | yes | yes |
Hanover | non located | non located |
Hanson | yes | yes |
Harvard | yes | yes |
Harwich | non located | non located |
Hatfield | non located | non located |
Haverhill | yes | yes |
Hingham | yes | yes |
Holden | non located | non located |
Holland | non located | non located |
Holliston | yes | yes |
Holyoke | yes | yes |
Hopedale | non located | non located |
Hopkinton | non located | yes full auto |
Hudson | non located | yes |
Huntington | non located | non located |
Ipswich | yes | yes |
Kingston | yes | yes |
Lakeville | non located | non located |
Lawrence | yes | yes |
Lenox | non located | non located |
Leominster | non located | non located |
Lexington | yes | yes |
Lynnfield | non located | non located |
Lincoln | yes | yes |
Littleton | yes | yes |
Lowell | yes | yes |
Ludlow | yes | yes |
Malden | yes | yes |
Manchester-by-the-Sea | yes | non located |
Mansfield | non located | non located |
Marblehead | yes | yes |
Marlborough | no | yes |
Marshfield | yes | no |
Mashpee | non located | non located |
Mattapoisett | non located | non located |
Maynard | yes | yes |
Medfield | yes | yes |
Medford | yes | yes |
Medway | non located | non located |
Melrose | non located | yes |
Mendon | non located | non located |
Middleton | yes | yes |
Milford | yes | yes |
Millbury | non located | non located |
Millville | non located | non located |
Milton | yes | yes |
Monson | non located | non located |
Montaque | non located | non located |
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