Res 7301.11 Target Shooting.
(a) No person shall discharge a firearm for the purpose of target shooting within 300 feet of developed recreation areas, including parking lots, administrative and maintenance facilities, dwellings, camps, cabins and yurts, bathhouses, campgrounds, campsites, playgrounds, athletic fields, beaches, pavilions, picnic areas, and boat launches and trails, or within 100 feet of any stream, river, pond, lake or other water body.
(b) Target shooting shall not be permitted at Robert Frost historic site, the Urban Forestry Center, that portion of Odiorne Point state park located on the east side of NH route 1-A, Opechee Bay state forest and Shieling state forest.
(c) Target shooting shall not be permitted from Memorial Day weekend through Columbus Day weekend within ¼ mile from developed recreation areas.
(d) Target shooting shall be permitted on the Connecticut Lakes Headwaters Tract in accordance with the public recreation management plan.
(e) Only firearms chambered for rimfire ammunition, center-fire handguns and rifles, muzzleloaders and shotguns shall be permitted, and all shell casings shall be removed daily and disposed of offsite by the user.
(f) Fully jacketed, armor piercing, steel core and tracer ammunition shall be prohibited.
(g) Only targets designed for target shooting shall be used, except explosive target compositions shall be prohibited, and all targets shall be removed daily and disposed of offsite by the user. Shooting glass bottles, household appliances or standing trees is strictly prohibited.
(h) The department shall prohibit target shooting in areas where such activity is permitted when the department determines there is a lack of compliance to this section by users, or the department determines it is necessary under Res 7301.07.
Source. #6167 eff 1-18-96, EXPIRED: 1-18-04
New. #8127, INTERIM, eff 7-27-04, EXPIRED: 1-23-05
New. #8532, eff 1-1-06; ss by #10172, EMERGENCY RULE, eff 8-14-12, EXPIRED: 2-11-13
New. #10532, eff 3-1-14
