§ 20-15-4 - Equipment used by archers. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 20-15-4

   § 20-15-4  Equipment used by archers.– (a) No person hunting, pursuing or taking deer by archery shall be equippedwith equipment not authorized by regulations promulgated by the departmentand/or as authorized by subsection (b) herein.

   (b) Possession of archery aid devices for deer hunting withspecial permit. Any person who has a permanent physical impairment due toinjury or disease, congenital or acquired, which renders them so severelydisabled as to be unable to use a conventional bow and arrow device, and/or whois sixty-five (65) years of age or older, may legally hunt deer using adaptiveequipment and aids. Said permits will be issued by the department only afterthe receipt of a physician's statement confirming the applicant is impaired asreferred to above.