HomeMy WebLinkAbout1969 Hunting Safety Committee report 1969 ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE LEXINGTON HUNTING SAFETY COMMITTEE
FOR THE HUNTING SEASON OF 1968
THE LEXINGTON HUNTING SAFETY COMMITTEE , WHICH WAS FORMED IN 1964 BY
VOTE OF THE TOWN MEETING, SUBMITS THE FOLLOWING REPORT ON ITS ' ACTIVITIES
AND THE 1968 HUNTING SEASON IN LEXINGTON
AFTER DISCUSSION THE COMMITTEE TOGETHER WITH THE HUNTING ADVISORY
COMMITTEE DECIDED TO ELIMINATE ONE AREA ON WALNUT ST FROM THE APPROVED
HUNTING AREA LIST ADDED TO. THE LIST WAS AN AREA ON MASSACHUSETTS AVE
LETTERS WERE SENT TO THE OWNERS OF LAND ON THE APPROVED LIST ASKING
THEIR COOPERATION IN LIMITING THE NUMBER OF PERMITS GRANTED IN ADDITION
THE COMMITTEE SENT LETTERS OF WARNING TO OWNERS WHOSE LAND HAD BEEN INVOLVED
IN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS IN PAST YEARS
ALL HUNTERS RECEIVED A LETTER WHEN APPLYING FOR A PERMIT FROM THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT URGING THEIR COOPERATION IN OBSERVING THE LANDOWNERS ' BOUNDARIES
AND RESPECTING THE MASSACHUSETTS HUNTING LAWS
1968 1967
LANDOWNERS GIVING PERMITS 20 19
PERMITS ISSUED 98 83
PERMITS ISSUED TO LEXINGTON RESIDENTS 30 31
PERMITS ISSUED TO OUTSIDERS 68 52
COMPLAINTS 23 16
PROSECUTIONS 3 5
PERMITS REVOKED 0 I
THE PROSECUTIONS WERE AGAINST THREE HUNTERS WHO DID NOT HAVE A PERMIT
TO HUNT IN LEXINGTON THE THREE WERE FINED A TOTAL OF $60
POSTING OF SIGNS WAS AGAIN DONE BY SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE HUNTING ADVISORY
COMMITTEE
IN CONCLUSION, THE COMMITTEE FEELS THAT THE HUNTING PROGRAM HAS FUNCTIONED
EFFECTIVELY AND THAT IT SHOULD BE CONTINUED IN THE FUTURE
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
ROBERT CATALDO
VINCENT E HAYES
AIDEN S RIPLEY (ADVISOR)
STANLEY A BROWN (CHAIRMAN)
LEXINGTON HUNTING SAFETY COMMITTEE