§ 4710. Safety zone; shooting prohibited
(a) A person may on land owned or occupied by him or her and within 500 feet of any occupied dwelling house, residence, or other building or camp occupied by human beings, or any barn, stable, or other building used in connection therewith, maintain posters furnished by the Department of Fish and Wildlife not less than 12 inches wide and 18 inches high containing the words “safety zone, shooting prohibited.” An area bounded by such posters placed at each corner, and not more than 200 feet apart on the boundaries shall be considered enclosed land for the purpose of this section and is hereby defined as a “safety zone.” Without advance permission of the owner or occupant, a person shall not discharge a firearm within or take a wild animal that is within a “safety zone” as defined herein.
(b) Any person who violates a provision of this section shall be fined $50.00. (Added 1967, No. 40,§§ 1, 2, eff. March 16, 1967; amended 1983, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), eff. April 13, 1984; 1991, No. 13, § 5.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Title 10 - Conservation and Development
§ 4701. Use of gun, bow and arrow, and crossbow; legal day; dogs
§ 4703. Use of set guns; recovery for damage
§ 4704. Use of machine guns and autoloading rifles [Effective until July 1, 2024]
§ 4705. Shooting from motor vehicles or aircraft; shooting from or across highway; permit
§ 4708. Interference with hunting, fishing, or trapping
§ 4710. Safety zone; shooting prohibited
§ 4712. Tracking of injured wildlife
§ 4713. Tree stands; ground blinds
§ 4714. Importation and possession of animals for hunting
§ 4715. Remote-control hunting
§ 4716. Coyote-hunting competitions; prohibition
§ 4742a. Youth deer hunting weekend
§ 4745. Taking big game out of season prohibited; time
§ 4747. Big game taken by illegal means
§ 4748. Dogs pursuing deer or moose
§ 4782. Possession in cold storage of big game
§ 4783. Purchase and sale of big game
§ 4784. Transportation of big game
§ 4826. Taking deer damaging crops
§ 4827. Black bear doing damage
§ 4827a. Feeding bear; prohibition
§ 4828. Taking of rabbit or fur-bearing animals by landowner; selectboard; certificate; penalty
§ 4829. Person suffering damage by deer or black bear
§ 4833. Coyote Control Program
§ 4861. Fur bearing animals; taking; possession
§ 4864. Transporting beaver skins; confiscation
§ 4902. Wild birds generally; no open season; exception
§ 4904. Use of light, snares, traps
§ 4905. Birds’ nests and eggs; destroying or robbing
§ 4908. Youth turkey hunting weekend
§ 4909. Connecticut River zone
§ 4910. Enforcement discretion
§ 4922. Retrieval of covered wild animals