Hunting Restrictions on LRCT Property
Updated January 2024
As per the LRCT Land Use and Management Policy, hunting is allowed on a number of LRCT-owned properties, in accordance with the requirements of New Hampshire law.
However, hunting is not allowed:
- on properties where hunting could pose a safety risk because of potential conflicts with intensive recreational or other uses of the LRCT property;
- on properties where hunting could pose a safety risk because of the relatively small size of the LRCT property and potential impacts on abutting properties;
- on properties that are subject to restrictions imposed in the deed by which the property was conveyed to LRCT; and
- on portions of large properties where hunting could pose a risk to safety because of the proximity of abutters’ structures or yards.
Properties where hunting is prohibited or restricted are listed below.
LRCT Fee-Owned Properties Where Hunting is Prohibited or Restricted
Alton
- Rattlesnake Island Preserve – no hunting, all public access is closed during hunting seasons.
Center Harbor
- Center Harbor Neck Preserve – no hunting due to small parcel size
- LRCT Headquarters – no hunting due to small parcel size and proximity to the LRCT office
Gilford
- Avis P. Smart Woods – no hunting or trapping per deed restriction
Meredith
- Turtle (Smith) Island – no hunting due to small parcel size
Moultonborough
- Blanchard Island Conservation Area – no hunting due to small parcel size.
- Garnet Point Conservation Area – no hunting due to small parcel size
- Langdon Cove Preserve – hunting is discouraged on the Langdon Cove properties
- Long Island Properties – Although the State has allowed special deer culling programs on this island, hunting on LRCT Long Island Properties is also restricted by deed or due to small size.
- Red Hill Conservation Area – Sheridan Woods – there is a no hunting buffer zone around abutting houses and the LRCT parking lot. Hunting is otherwise allowed in the Conservation Area.
Moultonborough/Tuftonboro
- Castle in the Clouds Conservation Area – Due to Castle business and events, no hunting on Castle Grounds or buffer area. No hunting until the start of muzzleloader season through April 30 on the remainder of the main property (north/east of Rt 171). The parcels south/west of Rt 171 (Chellman) are governed by the standard LRCT hunting policy and State laws. Refer to current LRCT Castle in the Clouds hunting policy/maps.
Sandwich
- Jimmy Point Preserve – no hunting due to small parcel size
- Red Hill River Conservation Area – Myers Property – no hunting due to small parcel size. Hunting is allowed on all other Red Hill River Conservation Area parcels.
- Tewksbury Brook Preserve – no hunting or trapping per Conservation Easement
Sandwich/Tamworth
- Mill Brook Preserve – no hunting or trapping due to deed restrictions on both properties
Tuftonboro
- Gale Properties – no hunting or trapping due to deed restrictions on both properties
- Ragged Island – no hunting due to small parcel size
- Store Island – no hunting due to small parcel size
Wolfeboro (and Alton for part of Springfield Point property)
- Sewall Woods Conservation Area – no hunting due to nearby residential properties and intense recreational use
- Springfield Point – no hunting per deed restrictions
- Worcester Island – no hunting due to small parcel size