![]() Automatic firearm (a firearm that continues to fire as long as the trigger is held back.).It is Unlawful to Hunt with, or Possess for Hunting, Any: Please see exceptions and additional information related to Crossbow Hunting.įrom September 1 to December 15, it is unlawful to use artificial lights from 1/2 hour after sunset until 1/2 hour before sunrise to illuminate, jack, locate, attempt to locate or show up wild animals or wild birds except raccoons which may be hunted at night with flashlights during the open season (see General Hunting Laws for details).Īn exception to this may be made for agents appointed by the commissioner to hunt coyotes at night during this period under policies established by the Department. Crossbows cannot be used to hunt deer during the muzzleloader season or when hunting under the authority of an expanded archery permit (a person may hunt deer with a crossbow in an expanded archery area while hunting during the regular archery and crossbow season or firearms season on deer under the authority of their archery license or firearms hunting license).Drawlocks and set bows are illegal unless otherwise permitted for disabled hunters.It is unlawful to hunt with the use of (or sell or offer for sale for the purpose of hunting) a set gun, or any medicinal, poisonous or stupefying substance (except rodenticide for orchard mouse control and gas cartridges for woodchuck control).Towns may regulate the discharge of firearms as provided by Title 30-A however, they cannot regulate or charge fees to hunt, fish or trap. Prior to hunting near densely populated communities, hunters should check with local authorities regarding such ordinances. Several Maine cities and towns have adopted local ordinances that restrict or prohibit the discharge of certain projectiles (e.g., arrows, bullets, crossbow). Rulemaking Proposals Open to Public Comment.But they're more for conversation than for anything serious. Yeah I have a bayonet for my Uzi and for my Swedish K and a few of my rifles. I'll just pack the equivalent weight in ammo instead and be way ahead. If you want to hang a bayonet on your smg, by all means go ahead. The official army line is that the presense of the bayonet on the rifle makes the individual soldier "more aggressive and more likely to finally close with the enemy".īut its all marsh gas. So the presense of the bayonet in endlessly rationalized. You KNOW the idiots at the top of the khaki pyramid will specify one in the purchase specs. Frankly I'm never going to believe any future war movies (Starship Troopers, et al) until I see the "Plasma Rifle in 40-watt range" with a bayonet mount. ![]() Therefor weapons are still designed with a bayonet mounting. However the military mind is trained to look backward, not forward. Therefor, the bayonet has not had a valid military purpose for almost a hundred years - not unlike close-order drill (but thats another debate). The invention of spotted artillery and the machine gun circa WWI decisively ended the infantry square as a battle tactic (but NOT before a quarter of a million French Poilus were butchered). A brief history of the bayonet - Around the 17th century, someone figured out that a blade on the end of your muzzle-loading rifle allowed it to double as a pike in your infantry square (upon which infantry tactics had been based for about 2 millenia).
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