EMAIL TO A FRIEND PRINT ARTICLE

ADDITIONAL INFO
	*Corcoran, Minnesota Hunt Location: Wherever you can get landowner permission and safety allows Species: Pheasants, waterfowl, whitetails Dates: Vary Special Regs: Must hunt deer from a stand at least 6 feet high. This is one of the few cities where hunters can use high-powered rifles with landowner permission and a special permit from the police chief. Note: "I've seen some nice-looking bucks lately," says Chief Paul Schutte, a deer hunter.

RELATED ARTICLES
	•This is a test – test it out •Bear Hunt Banned •Faces in the Field: Off to a Quick Start •Canada Conflict: Having a Cow •Remote-Control Hunting •Gun Talk •Waterfowl Paradise •Poachers Caught on Silver Anniversary

Hunting in the City

By Brian McCombie

Mar 2, 2005

Top Urban Hunts
*Juneau, Alaska
Hunt Location: Mendenhall Wetlands State Game Refuge (a 4,000-acre refuge completely within Juneau city limits)
Species: Canada geese, green-winged teal, mallards and pintails
Dates: Sept. 1-Dec. 16*
Special Regs: Waterfowl hunters must have a no-fee permit from Alaska Fish and Game (AFG). "Last year was the first year we had a permit requirement, and we gave out seven hundred fifty-six permits," says AFG biologist Neil Barten.
Note: Double your action. Put in on the Gastineau Channel or Mendenhall River, bag some ducks and catch some salmon.

*Yuma, Arizona
Hunt Location: Various open spaces within city limits, including those adjacent to Marine Corps Air Station Yuma
Species: Mourning doves
Dates: Sept. 1-15; Nov. 19- Jan. 2*
Special Regs: No shooting within a quarter mile of a dwelling without owner's permission
Note: "Many incorporated towns in Arizona, because they include so many open spaces, allow some hunting within city limits," notes Randall Smith, Arizona Game and Fish area biologist.

*Washington, Georgia
Hunt Location: Virtually anywhere you can get landowner permission and safely shoot
Species: Gray squirrels
Dates: Aug. 15-Feb. 28*
Special Regs: Can use only single-shot shotguns with No. 6 shot. Hunting hours are from 8:15 to noon, Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings. Requires $3 permit and a firearms safety talk by Chief of Police Mike Davis.
Note: Before the in-town squirrel hunt was authorized, Washington tried trapping. "It was just a bridge too far," says Davis. "Not enough traps and too manpower-intensive."

*Tennessee
Hunt Location: Potentially every city
Species: All
Dates: Vary
Special Regs: No discharge of firearms if it threatens people, although Tennessee landowners (with hunting licenses) can harvest game on their property even within city limits where firearms discharge is otherwise illegal.
Note: In 2004, the state legislature unsuccessfully tried to stop in-city hunting by restricting the discharge of firearms within city limits. The effort failed when it was determined by the attorney general that restrictions couldn't be passed simply to stop hunting-there had to be a demonstrable threat to public safety.

PREVIOUS
Page 1 | Page 2

Comment on This Article Your Name: Enter the following word: Your Comments: Please keep comments focused on the subject (and profanity-free) or we may delete your post. Do not enter more than 10 lines. If you see inappropriate language, e-mail us.

We require all participants in interactive areas to accept the terms of the Bonnier Corporation subscriber agreement. Please read the agreement before making comments. When you click on the button above to submit your comments, you are indicating your acceptance of and are agreeing to adhere to the terms of the subscriber agreement.