[Excerpts from online regulations]
3.02(3)
Hunting of Bobcat, Foxes and Coyotes
5.
During the shotgun deer season, a person hunting coyote shall not use any
electronic call or other noise-making device. Nothing in 321 CMR 3.02(3)(d)5.
shall be construed to prohibit the use of deer antlers or replicas thereof or
grunt tubes by persons lawfully hunting deer, or the use of hand or mouth
operated waterfowl callers by persons lawfully hunting waterfowl.
3.02(4)
Hunting and Tagging of Deer
(f)
A person shall not make, set, or use any bait, decoy, torchlight or spotlight,
trap, or other like device for the purpose of attracting, ensnaring, taking,
injuring, or killing a deer, nor hunt by baiting or within any baited area, nor
hunt, drive, worry, or disturb any deer with or by the aid of any noise-making
device, provided that nothing in 321 CMR 3.02(4)(f) shall be deemed to prohibit
the use of scents or of deer antlers or replicas thereof or of grunt tubes as
callers or attractants by persons otherwise lawfully hunting deer.
3.02(9) Hunting of Wild Turkey in Massachusetts
(i)
Prohibitions. A person shall not hunt or take wild turkeys by means of
or set or use any bait, live decoys, electronic or electronically operated
callers, nor any trap or other device intended or designed for the purpose of
capturing or ensnaring wild turkeys, nor shall any person use or have control
of, in any place where turkeys may be found, any dog or dogs while hunting wild
turkey, nor shall any person or persons drive, herd or take or attempt to take
by driving or herding any wild turkey or turkeys provided that nothing in 321
CMR 3.02(9)(h) shall be construed to prohibit the use of hand or mouth operated
turkey calls by persons otherwise lawfully hunting wild turkey.
8.
OTHER HUNTING METHODS: It is lawful to hunt crows with an electronic
call, or by means of bait.
10. OTHER HUNTING
METHODS: It is lawful to hunt fox and coyote with hounds and bait. It is
lawful to hunt fox, coyote, and bobcat with electronic or manually operated
calls.
