MV Times: Healey Backs Modernizing Hunting Laws

A Martha’s Vineyard Times article reports on Governor Maura Healey’s proposal to modernize Massachusetts hunting laws as part of a broader strategy to address rising deer populations and the spread of tick-borne illnesses. The plan includes lifting the state’s longstanding Sunday hunting ban, expanding access to crossbows, and reducing bowhunting setback restrictions to open more land for deer management. State officials, hunters, and public health advocates argued that reducing deer populations could help limit the spread of ticks and illnesses such as Lyme disease and alpha-gal syndrome, which has become an increasing concern on Martha’s Vineyard. The article also highlights new state efforts to track alpha-gal syndrome as a reportable health condition and details strong local support for expanded deer management measures.

Read the article Here.