Hunting Season

Just put up New Hampshire Fish & Game's seasonal calendar in the Government and Useful Links pages. Bow season for deer and turkeys starts September 15 and continues through December 15 in our part of the state (Wildlife Management Unit G).

Meanwhile, the state legislature is still working on legislation to protect landowners from liability lawsuits. Maine currently has a law that requires unsuccessful litigants to pay a landowner's legal fees.  The new legislation stems from a lawsuit filed by William Jasmin against an Epsom landowner after Jasmin fell out of a faulty tree stand. The Concord Monitor has a good story about it here. We'll try to keep you posted on developments.  One thing to keep in mind in the meantime: landowners apparently are most liable when they agree to compensation from people using their land. Jasmin claims that the Epsom landowner asked him to kill as many coyotes on his land as possible, a request that Jasmin's lawyer interprets as "compensation."