Shotgun Deer Hunting Season Begins Saturday, Dec. 1
All hunters are reminded to wear fluorescent orange throughout shotgun deer hunting season, which begins on Dec. 1.
With the recent accident off Moosehorn Road in which a hunter fell out of his tree stand and had to be taken by EG Rescue to the hospital, and because hunting is in fact allowed both in the western part of East Greenwich and on Greenwich Cove, we thought it might be helpful to review rules and precautions for the deer-hunting season, which began earlier this fall but, as of Saturday, includes hunters with shotguns too. The following is from a press release from the Department of Environmental Management: DEM reminds all Rhode Islanders that, for safety reasons, they must wear fluorescent orange when in state management areas during the shotgun deer hunting season, which opens on Saturday, Dec. 1. Hunters are required to wear 500 square …
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