The Department of Environmental Management has announced that the season for archery deer hunting on Block Island opens on Monday, October 18. Either sex deer may be taken throughout the season. To hunt on Block Island, archers must have a current Rhode Island hunting license and a current archery deer permit issued by the Town of New Shoreham. In addition, archers must carry on their person a valid archery proficiency card, as well as written permission to hunt on private land, countersigned by the chief of police or his island representative. All state land on Block Island will be closed for archery and shotgun deer hunting during the 1999-2000 hunting season.
Safety regulations require hunters to wear fluorescent orange above the waist.
Archers must wear a minimum of 200 square inches of fluorescent orange while travelling to and from a stand, and may remove their orange while in the stand. All deer taken must be tagged immediately, checked within 24 hours and have a leg seal attached before leaving the island. All deer tags look similar, except for the code number. The tags look very similar, especially at dusk. There is no bag limit for deer taken by archery on Block Island.