ORIGINAL: Western MA Hunter
What will happen to the guys who shoot the moose in Quabbin?
The one I heard about that happened years ago was the judge was an anti and took the guy's gun license and hunting license away for life. I forget if he got any jail time or was fined too.
ORIGINAL: PredatorTrapper
Many people in MA don't realize any violation of MGL's or CMR's is an arrestable offence. If you cannot correctly identify your target in the forest, you shouldn't be out hunting.
Anycriminal violation of an MGL or CMR is arrestable. A lot of the Chapter 89 and 90MGL's (traffic laws) are civilandyou will only be fined for violating them. Some are criminal and you can and probably will be arrested for such as Unlicensed Operation ofa Motor Vehicle or OUI.
If you violate Chapter 89 Section 9 MGL, your not going to get arrested. It's a stop sign/yield sign/red light violation. They can't arrest on that because its civil.
But you are right. If you can't ID your target, get out of the woods.