An Act to Align Laws Governing Crossbow Hunting with Those Governing Archery Hunting
Maine Legislature, Session 131, LD 1879
Committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Sponsors: LANDRY
Amends: 12 MRSA §1801, 12 MRSA §1806, 12 MRSA §10001, 12 MRSA §10501, 12 MRSA §10502, 12 MRSA §10657, 12 MRSA §10851, 12 MRSA §10952, 12 MRSA §10953, 12 MRSA §11106, 12 MRSA §11108, 12 MRSA §11109, 12 MRSA §11162, 12 MRSA §11203, 12 MRSA §11208, 12 MRSA §11209, 12 MRSA §11212-A, 12 MRSA §11213-A, 12 MRSA §11214, 12 MRSA §11223, 12 MRSA §11402, 12 MRSA §11403, 12 MRSA §11952, 12 MRSA §12506

Legislative Document
No. 1879
H.P. 1204
House of Representatives, May 3, 2023
An Act to Align Laws Governing Crossbow Hunting with Those 
Governing Archery Hunting
Submitted by the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife pursuant to Joint Rule 204.
Reference to the Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife suggested and ordered 
printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative LANDRY of Farmington.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  12 MRSA §1801, sub-§1-A is enacted to read:
1-A.  Archery equipment.  "Archery equipment" has the same meaning as in section 
10001, subsection 3-B.
Sec. 2.  12 MRSA §1806, sub-§4, ¶F, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 604, §6, is 
amended to read:
F.  Discharges any firearm, bow and arrow archery equipment, weapon powered by 
carbon dioxide cartridges or other weapon within 300 feet of any picnic area, 
designated camping area, parking area, building, shelter or boat launching site or in 
violation of park rules or in areas closed to hunting by rule, law or ordinance;
Sec. 3.  12 MRSA §10001, sub-§3-B is enacted to read:
3-B.  Archery equipment.  "Archery equipment" means a bow or crossbow.
Sec. 4.  12 MRSA §10001, sub-§28-A, as enacted by PL 2019, c. 325, §1, is 
amended to read:
28-A.  Hand-held bow or bow.  "Hand-held bow" or "bow" means a device for 
propelling an arrow by means of vertical limbs and a string that is hand held, hand drawn 
and held in a drawn position by hand or a hand-held mechanical release.  "Hand-held bow" 
or "bow" includes a compound bow, a recurve bow and a long bow.
Sec. 5.  12 MRSA §10001, sub-§33, ¶B, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 
and affected by c. 614, §9, is amended to read:
B.  Archery equipment that is permitted under the hunting laws governing archery, 
including, but not limited to, recurved bows and compound bows.
Sec. 6.  12 MRSA §10501, sub-§9, ¶C, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 
and affected by c. 614, §9, is amended to read:
C.  The hunting equipment is carried in at least 2 separate pieces in such a manner that 
it can not cannot be fired, unless the separate pieces are joined together.  For the 
purpose of this subsection, a clip, magazine or cylinder of a firearm may not be 
considered a piece of the hunting equipment.  Bows and arrows Archery equipment 
must be kept in a case or cover if broadheads or field points are kept attached to the 
arrows or bolts.
Sec. 7.  12 MRSA §10502, sub-§2, ¶B, as amended by PL 2013, c. 538, §1, is 
further amended to read:
B.  A firearm or archery equipment, including crossbows, seized in connection with a 
violation of:
(1)  Section 11206;
(2)  Section 10902, subsection 6;
(3)  Section 10752, subsection 6, paragraph B and section 10902, subsection 4, 
paragraphs A and B; or
(4)  Section 10906;
Sec. 8.  12 MRSA §10657, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 334, §1, is amended 
to read:
3.  Definition.  For the purposes of this section, "projectile" means a bullet, pellet, shot, 
shell, ball, arrow, bolt or other object propelled or launched from a firearm or a bow, 
crossbow archery equipment or similar tensile device.
Sec. 9.  12 MRSA §10851, sub-§1, ¶D, as amended by PL 2019, c. 325, §2, is 
further amended to read:
D.  For a resident 70 years of age or older.  For a person who holds a valid senior 
lifetime license under this section at any time during the calendar year that person turns 
years of age, that lifetime license includes all hunting permits and licenses 
authorized in this Part and may renew at no cost a guide license under section 12853.  
A license holder under this paragraph who qualifies to hunt during the special season 
on deer under section 11153 and who meets the eligibility requirements of section 
11106 and section 11162 must have included in that person's license one antlerless deer 
permit and one either-sex permit.  A person who is 70 years of age or older may 
purchase a senior lifetime license that entitles the holder to all the privileges described 
in this paragraph for a one-time $8 fee.
Sec. 10.  12 MRSA §10952, as amended by PL 2019, c. 637, §1, is further amended 
to read:
§10952.  Open seasons for hunting with bow and arrow and crossbow archery 
equipment
1.  Hunting with a bow and arrow or a crossbow archery equipment.  A person 
may, except Except as otherwise provided in this Part, section 11404, a person may hunt 
any wild bird or wild animal with a hand-held bow and arrow archery equipment during 
any open season on that bird or animal if the person holds a valid archery hunting license 
and may, except as otherwise provided in this Part, hunt any wild bird or wild animal with 
a crossbow during any open season on that bird or animal if the person holds a valid archery 
license or any hunting license that is not a junior hunting license or an apprenticeship hunter 
license and a valid crossbow permit.
Sec. 11.  12 MRSA §10953, as amended by PL 2021, c. 599, §§3 to 7, is repealed.
Sec. 12.  12 MRSA §11106, as amended by PL 2015, c. 136, §3 and affected by §12 
and amended by c. 281, Pt. D, §1 and c. 301, §10, is further amended to read:
§11106.  Eligibility for archery hunting license
1.  Age requirement.  A person is eligible to obtain an archery hunting license as 
provided in this section.
A.  A resident or nonresident 16 years of age or older who has satisfied the requirements 
of subsection 2 or holds an apprenticeship hunter license, or who is exempt under 
subsection 3, may obtain an archery hunting license to hunt with bow and arrow archery 
equipment in accordance with section 10952 from the commissioner or the 
commissioner's authorized agent.
B.  A resident or nonresident under 16 years of age may hunt with bow and arrow 
archery equipment if that person holds a valid junior hunting license.
Beginning January 1, 2016, for those persons who obtain a junior hunting license and turn 
years of age during the same calendar year, the archery hunting license is included even 
after the person has turned 16 years of age as long as that person is hunting on that person's 
valid junior hunting license and not longer than the remainder of the calendar year for 
which the license is issued.
2.  Archery hunter education requirements.  Except as provided in paragraph A and 
subsection 3, a person who applies for an archery hunting license other than a junior hunting 
license or an apprenticeship hunter license must submit proof of having successfully 
completed an archery or crossbow hunter education course as described in section 10108 
or an equivalent archery or crossbow hunter education course or satisfactory evidence of 
having previously held a valid adult archery hunting license issued specifically for the 
purpose of hunting with bow and arrow in this State or any other state, province or country 
in any year after 1979 or beginning January 1, 2024, satisfactory evidence of having 
previously held a crossbow permit.
When proof or evidence cannot be otherwise provided, the applicant may substitute a 
signed affidavit that the applicant has previously held the required adult archery hunting 
license or crossbow permit or has successfully completed the required archery hunter 
education course or crossbow hunter education course.
A.  A person who is an enrolled member of the Passamaquoddy Tribe, the Penobscot 
Nation, the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians or the Aroostook Band of Micmacs 
Mi'kmaq Nation who presents certification from the respective reservation governor or 
the Aroostook Micmac Mi'kmaq Council stating that the person is an enrolled member 
of a federally recognized nation, band or tribe listed in this paragraph is exempt from 
the requirements of this subsection.
3.  Archery or crossbow hunter education course exemption for members of 
armed forces domiciled in State.  A member of the Armed Forces of the United States on 
active duty who is permanently stationed outside of the United States and home on leave 
is exempt from archery or crossbow hunter education course requirements under subsection 
if that member shows proof at the time of application for the license that that member's 
home state of record, as recorded in that person's military service records, is Maine. A 
person who no longer meets the conditions for an exemption under this subsection must 
satisfy the requirements of subsection 2.
Sec. 13.  12 MRSA §11108, sub-§1, as repealed and replaced by PL 2015, c. 494, 
Pt. A, §6, is amended to read:
1.  On certain land.  Notwithstanding section 11109, subsection 1 as it applies to this 
subchapter, and subject to all other applicable laws and rules, a resident and a member of 
the resident's immediate family, as long as the hunter's license to hunt is not under 
suspension or revocation, may hunt without a license, including, but not limited to, an 
archery hunting license, a crossbow permit and a muzzle-loading permit, on a single plot 
of land:
A.  To which they are legally entitled to possession;
B.  On which they are actually domiciled;
C.  That is used exclusively for agricultural purposes; and
D.  That is in excess of 10 acres.
Sec. 14.  12 MRSA §11109, sub-§8, as amended by PL 2015, c. 281, Pt. E, §5, is 
repealed.
Sec. 15.  12 MRSA §11109, sub-§9, as amended by PL 2017, c. 427, §9 and 
affected by §19, is repealed.
Sec. 16.  12 MRSA §11162, as amended by PL 2019, c. 637, §§4 to 8, is repealed.
Sec. 17.  12 MRSA §11203, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2005, c. 477, §6, is further 
amended to read:
1.  Hunter orange required.  A person may not hunt with firearms or crossbows 
during the open firearm season on deer unless that person is wearing 2 articles of hunter 
orange clothing that are in good, serviceable condition and visible from all sides, except 
that a person hunting waterfowl from a boat or blind or in conjunction with waterfowl 
decoys is not required to wear hunter orange clothing.  One article of clothing must be a 
solid-colored hunter orange hat.  The other article of clothing must cover a major portion 
of the torso, such as a jacket, vest, coat or poncho, and must be a minimum of 50% hunter 
orange in color.  The presence of a decal on an article of clothing that is otherwise solid-
colored hunter orange does not disqualify that article of clothing from satisfying the 
requirements of this subsection.
Sec. 18.  12 MRSA §11208, as amended by PL 2013, c. 538, §25, is further amended 
to read:
§11208.  Unlawful shooting or discharge of firearm, bow and arrow or crossbow or 
archery equipment
1.  Shooting or discharge of firearm, bow and arrow or crossbow or archery 
equipment over or near public paved way.  A person may not:
A.  Shoot at any wild animal or wild bird from any public paved way or within 10 feet 
of the edge of the pavement of the public paved way or from within the right-of-way 
of any controlled access highway;
B.  Discharge any firearm, bow and arrow or crossbow archery equipment over a public 
paved way; or
C.  Possess any wild animal or wild bird taken in violation of paragraph A or B, except 
as otherwise provided in this Part.
This subsection does not prohibit a person who has a valid permit to carry a concealed 
weapon from possessing that weapon on or near a public paved way as long as it is not used 
for shooting at wild animals or wild birds or discharged in violation of this subsection.
2.  Penalty.  A person who violates subsection 1 commits a Class E crime.
Sec. 19.  12 MRSA §11209, as amended by PL 2021, c. 74, §§1 and 2, is further 
amended to read:
§11209.  Discharge of firearm, crossbow or bow and arrow archery equipment near 
dwelling or building
1.  Prohibition.  A person may not:
A.  Unless a relevant municipal ordinance provides otherwise and except as provided 
in subsections 3 and subsection 4 and sections 12401 and 12402, discharge a firearm, 
including a muzzle-loading firearm, or crossbow or cause a projectile to pass as a result 
of that discharge within 100 yards of a building or residential dwelling without the 
permission of the owner or, in the owner's absence, of an adult occupant of that building 
or dwelling authorized to act on behalf of the owner;
A-1.  Except as provided in sections 12401 and 12402:
(1)  Discharge an arrow from a bow and arrow or a bolt from archery equipment 
when on land of another person and within 100 yards of a building or residential 
dwelling on that land without the permission of the owner of that building or 
residential dwelling or, in the owner's absence, of an adult occupant of that building 
or dwelling authorized to act on behalf of the owner; or
(2)  Cause an arrow from a bow and arrow or a bolt from archery equipment to 
pass across the land of another person and within 100 yards of a building or 
residential dwelling on that land without the permission of the owner of that 
building or residential dwelling or, in the owner's absence, of an adult occupant of 
that building or dwelling authorized to act on behalf of the owner; or
B.  Possess a wild animal or wild bird taken in violation of this subsection, except as 
otherwise provided in this Part.
This subsection may not be construed to prohibit a person from killing or taking a wild 
animal in accordance with sections 12401 and 12402.
For purposes of this section, "building" means any residential, commercial, retail, 
educational, religious or farm structure that is designed to be occupied by people or 
domesticated animals or is being used to shelter machines or harvested crops.
For purposes of this section, "projectile" means a bullet, pellet, shot, shell, ball, bolt or 
other object propelled or launched from a firearm or crossbow.
2.  Penalty.  A person who violates subsection 1 commits a Class E crime.
3.  Target practice; crossbow.  Unless otherwise prohibited, a landowner or the 
landowner's invitee may discharge a crossbow for recreational target practice purposes on 
the landowner's property within 100 yards of a building or residential dwelling without the 
permission of the owner of that building or dwelling.  Nothing in this subsection authorizes 
a landowner or the landowner's invitee to cause a projectile discharged from a crossbow to 
enter property owned by another person.
4.  Sport shooting ranges.  Unless otherwise prohibited, a person may discharge a 
firearm on a sport shooting range as defined in Title 30‑A, section 3011, subsection 1 that 
is within 100 yards of a building if the sport shooting range was established and in regular 
operation prior to the erection of the building.
Sec. 20.  12 MRSA §11212-A, as amended by PL 2019, c. 325, §4, is further 
amended to read:
§11212-A.  Having a loaded firearm, bow or crossbow in a motor vehicle or hunting 
or shooting from a motor vehicle or motorboat
1.  Definitions.  As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the 
following terms have the following meanings.
A.  "Loaded firearm, bow or crossbow" means a firearm with a cartridge or shell in the 
chamber or in an attached magazine, clip or cylinder or a muzzle-loading firearm 
charged with powder, lead and a primed ignition device or mechanism or a bow cocked 
and armed or a crossbow loaded with an arrow or bolt.
B.  "Vehicle" means a motor vehicle or a trailer or other type of vehicle being hauled 
by a motor vehicle.
2.  Prohibition; vehicles.  A person may not shoot while in or on a vehicle, have a 
loaded firearm, bow or crossbow while in or on a vehicle or rest a loaded firearm, bow or 
crossbow on a vehicle except as provided in subsection 3.
3.  Exceptions.  The following exceptions apply to subsection 2.
A.  While hunting, a person who is not in or on a vehicle may rest a loaded firearm, 
bow or crossbow that is under the person's control on the vehicle to shoot only when 
the vehicle is not in motion and the engine of the vehicle is not running.
B.  While hunting, a person who is on but not within an enclosed area or passenger 
compartment of an all-terrain vehicle or snowmobile may shoot a firearm, bow or 
crossbow or rest a loaded firearm, bow or crossbow that is under the person's control 
on the all-terrain vehicle or snowmobile to shoot only when the all-terrain vehicle or 
snowmobile is not in motion and the engine of the all-terrain vehicle or snowmobile is 
not running.
C.  While target shooting and not hunting, a person who is on but not within an enclosed 
area or passenger compartment of a vehicle may shoot a firearm, bow or crossbow or 
rest a loaded firearm, bow or crossbow that is under the person's control on the vehicle 
to shoot only when the vehicle is not in motion and the engine of the vehicle is not 
running.
D.  Notwithstanding paragraph A, a paraplegic or single or double amputee of the legs 
may shoot from a vehicle that is not in motion.
E.  A person who is 21 years of age or older and is not otherwise prohibited from 
possessing a firearm or is 18 years of age or older and under 21 years of age and is on 
active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States or the National Guard or is an 
honorably discharged veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States or the National 
Guard and is not otherwise prohibited from carrying a firearm may have in or on a 
vehicle a loaded pistol or revolver.
4.  Prohibition; motorboats.  A person may not shoot while in or on a motorboat, 
except that:
A.  A person may hunt migratory waterfowl from a motorboat in accordance with 
federal regulations; and
B.  A person may shoot from a motorboat if that boat is not being propelled by its 
motor.
5.  Possession of wild animals or wild birds.  A person may not possess a wild animal 
or wild bird taken in violation of subsection 2 or 3, except as otherwise provided in this 
Part.
6.  Penalty.  A person who violates this section commits a Class E crime.
Sec. 21.  12 MRSA §11213-A, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2005, c. 94, §1, is further 
amended to read:
2.  Shoot within area of another person's decoys.  A person may not with a firearm, 
a bow and arrow or a crossbow or archery equipment shoot within an area encompassed by 
a set of another person's migratory waterfowl or wild turkey decoys, including the area 50 
yards away from the outer perimeter of the set of decoys.
A.  A person who violates this subsection commits a civil violation for which a fine of 
not less than $100 nor more than $500 may be adjudged.
B.  A person who violates this subsection after having been adjudicated as having 
committed 3 or more civil violations under this Part within the previous 5-year period 
commits a Class E crime.
Sec. 22.  12 MRSA §11214, sub-§1, ¶N, as amended by PL 2015, c. 301, §16, is 
further amended to read:
N.  Hunt a wild animal or wild bird by any method other than by the usual method of 
shooting with a firearm not larger than number 10-gauge, shooting with a hand-held 
bow and arrow or shooting with a crossbow archery equipment or by falconry;
Sec. 23.  12 MRSA §11214, sub-§1, ¶O, as amended by PL 2015, c. 301, §16, is 
further amended to read:
O.  Possess a wild animal or wild bird taken in violation of this section, except as 
otherwise provided in this Part; or
Sec. 24.  12 MRSA §11214, sub-§1, ¶P, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 301, §17, is 
amended by amending subparagraph (3) to read:
(3)  The arrowhead, including mechanical broadheads when open, is at least 7/8 
inch in width.; or
Sec. 25.  12 MRSA §11214, sub-§1, ¶Q is enacted to read:
Q.  Use a crossbow to hunt unless:
(1)  The crossbow has a shoulder-type stock. A hand-held pistol-type crossbow 
may not be used;
(2)  The draw weight of the crossbow is 100 pounds or more;
(3)  For hunting deer, bear and moose, the arrowhead, including a mechanical 
broadhead when open, is at least 7/8 inch in width; and
(4)  The crossbow is equipped with a mechanical trigger safety device in working 
condition.
A crossbow arrow that has an explosive or poisonous tip may not be used.
The crossbow may be equipped with a scope or sight.
Sec. 26.  12 MRSA §11223, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2005, c. 477, §11, is further 
amended to read:
1.  Duty.  A person who knows or has reason to know that that person has inflicted 
injury or may have inflicted injury on another person by the use of a firearm, bow and 
arrow or crossbow or archery equipment shall:
A.  Make that person known to the victim;
B.  Render first aid and assistance as that person is capable of rendering under the 
circumstances; and
C.  Give notice of the event by the quickest means to a game warden or, in the event 
that a game warden can not cannot be contacted, to the law enforcement officer nearest 
the place where the event occurred.
Sec. 27.  12 MRSA §11402, sub-§3, ¶G, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 
and affected by c. 614, §9, is amended to read:
G.  The whole of Cranberry Isles in Hancock County, except that a person may hunt 
deer in the Cranberry Isles with a shotgun or archery equipment bow in accordance 
with applicable laws and rules; and
Sec. 28.  12 MRSA §11403, as amended by PL 2021, c. 599, §12, is further amended 
to read:
§11403.  Regular archery-only deer hunting season
2.  Open archery season on deer.  The commissioner shall by rule establish a regular 
archery season beginning at least 30 days prior and extending to the beginning of the 
regular deer hunting season, as described in section 11401, subsection 1, paragraph A, for 
the purpose of hunting deer with bow and arrow or crossbow archery equipment.  During 
the regular archery season on deer the following restrictions apply.
A.  A person may not take a deer during a regular archery season unless that person 
uses a hand-held bow and broadhead arrow in accordance with section 11214, 
subsection 1, paragraph P or a crossbow in accordance with section 10953, subsection 
11214, subsection 1, paragraph Q.
B.  A person may not carry firearms of any kind while hunting any species of wildlife 
with bow and arrow or crossbow archery equipment during the regular archery season 
on deer.  This paragraph may not be construed to prohibit a person from carrying a 
concealed weapon in accordance with Title 25, section 2001‑A.
C.  Except as provided in section 11109‑A, subsection 3, if a person takes a deer with 
bow and arrow or crossbow archery equipment during the regular archery season on 
deer, that person is precluded from further hunting for deer during that year except as 
otherwise provided in law or rule.
D.  Except as provided in this subsection, the provisions of this Part concerning deer 
are applicable to the taking of deer with bow and arrow and crossbow archery 
equipment, including the transportation, registration and possession of deer taken by 
these methods.
A person who violates this subsection commits a Class E crime.
Sec. 29.  12 MRSA §11952, sub-§1, ¶B, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 
and affected by c. 614, §9, is amended to read:
B.  Hunt wild hares or rabbits in any manner except by the ordinary method of shooting 
with guns or shooting with a long bow and arrow, archery equipment or by falconry.
Sec. 30.  12 MRSA §12506, sub-§7, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §253 and 
affected by §422, is amended to read:
7.  Other harvesting methods for suckers.  Notwithstanding subsection 1, a person 
licensed or otherwise entitled to fish in Maine waters may take suckers for that person's use 
in all rivers, brooks and streams that are open to fishing between April 1st and June 30th 
of each calendar year by the use of a hand spear, by bow and arrow archery equipment or 
by snagging.
A.  A person may not use a bow and arrow archery equipment to harvest suckers unless 
the arrow or bolt used has a barbed or pronged point and the arrow or bolt is attached 
to the bow archery equipment with a line.
B.  The following penalties apply to violations of paragraph A.
(1)  A person who violates paragraph A commits a civil violation for which a fine 
of not less than $100 nor more than $500 may be adjudged.
(2)  A person who violates paragraph A after having been adjudicated as having 
committed 3 or more civil violations under this Part within the previous 5-year 
period commits a Class E crime.
SUMMARY
This bill makes the following changes to the laws governing inland fisheries and 
wildlife and conservation.
1. It defines "archery equipment" to mean a bow or crossbow.
2. It provides that a person commits a Class E crime if while within the jurisdiction of 
the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau of Parks and Lands the 
person discharges archery equipment within 300 feet of any picnic area, designated 
camping area, parking area, building, shelter or boat launching site or in violation of park 
rules or in areas closed to hunting by rule, law or ordinance.
3. It changes references in the hunting laws to "bow and arrow" and "bow and arrow 
or crossbow" to "archery equipment."
4. It provides that except as provided in the laws governing the muzzle-loading-only 
deer hunting season, a person may hunt any wild bird or wild animal with archery 
equipment during any open season on that bird or animal if the person holds a valid archery 
hunting license. It repeals the laws governing open seasons for hunting with a crossbow, 
issuance of crossbow permits and crossbow permits and fees.
5. It provides that beginning January 1, 2024, a person who previously held a crossbow 
permit is eligible to obtain an archery hunting license.
6. It removes the requirement that a crossbow hunter wear hunter orange clothing 
during the open firearm season on deer.
7. It removes the discharge of a crossbow within 100 yards of a building or residential 
dwelling without the permission of the owner from the laws governing prohibited 
discharges and allows the discharge of a crossbow on a landowner's own land for any 
purpose, including target practice and hunting.
8. It provides that a person may not discharge an arrow or bolt from archery equipment 
when on land of another person and within 100 yards of a building or residential dwelling 
on that land without the permission of the owner of that building or residential dwelling or 
cause an arrow or bolt from archery equipment to pass across the land of another person 
and within 100 yards of a building or residential dwelling on that land without the 
permission of the owner of that building or residential dwelling.
9. It adds bows to the laws governing loaded weapons in motor vehicles and hunting 
or shooting from motor vehicles.
10. It specifies that there is a continual closed season on deer on the Cranberry Isles in 
Hancock County, except that a person may hunt deer on the Cranberry Isles with a shotgun 
or bow in accordance with applicable laws and rules.
11. It provides that a person may not hunt wild hares or rabbits in any manner except 
by the ordinary method of shooting with guns, archery equipment or by falconry.
12. It provides that a person may take suckers by the use of a hand spear, by archery 
equipment or by snagging.