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A person shall not, except during the paraplegic, Youth Deer Hunt and shotgun deer seasons, have in his or her possession a shotgun shell loaded with a rifled slug, single ball, buckshot of any size, BB shot or air rifle shot in any place where birds or mammals might be found, except on a skeet, trap or target range between sunrise and sunset, and except for the hunting of waterfowl, or coyote as provided in 321 CMR 2.03.

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Massachusetts Register no. 1571 (April 10, 2026), pp. 109-112 = 321 CMR pages 43-46: the text of 321 CMR 3.02(4), Hunting and Tagging of Deer, as filed by the Division of Fisheries & Wildlife under the Notice of Compliance at pp. 107-108 of the same issue and effective 12/19/25. Reproduced by the Massachusetts State Library, archives.lib.state.ma.us, handle 2452/886198.

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firearms having a barrel length of 18 inches or longer shall be permitted. a person shall
not, except during the paraplegic, youth deer hunt and shotgun deer seasons, have in
his or her possession a shotgun shell loaded with a rifled slug, single ball, buckshot of
any size, bb shot or air rifle shot in any place where birds or mammals might be found,
except on a skeet, trap or target range between sunrise and sunset, and except for the
hunting of waterfowl, or coyote as provided in 321 cmr 2.03. during the primitive

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