It will be our first time up there (New Hampshire and Maine specifically) to hike late this summer. Where would one search to determine what sort of knife and firearm requirements/restrictions exist in the locations we intend to hike?

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Originally posted by bigdeal:
It will be our first time up there (New Hampshire and Maine specifically) to hike late this summer. Where would one search to determine what sort of knife and firearm requirements/restrictions exist in the locations we intend to hike?

http://www.handgunlaw.us/states/newhampshire.pdf

New Hampshire last year did away with a permit for concealed carry in their state. As long as you are not prohibited from carrying a fire arm (felon) any person can conceal carry in NH. I just received a non-resident permit that will allow me to carry in states that my Utah permit would not allow.
Hiking is great in NH, the White Mountains have some of the best trails in the Northeast. A lot of 4,000 feet hikes.

Be sure to employ deterent measures for ticks. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), have reported contracted Powassan virus, which differs from Lyme disease as it can be transferred from tick to human in a matter of minutes in Maine.

You take a big hand gun, a big knife, big hiking boots and big altitude so the bears, mooses and all prehistoric creatures along the trail know, that's bigdeal, from SIGforum. We'll just let him be...

There is constitutional carry in all 3 northern New England states now. You can carry concealed on the AT all the way from the MA-VT border to Mt. Katahdin.

Ditto the warning about ticks. Worst I've ever seen.

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Originally posted by CQB60:
Be sure to employ deterent measures for ticks.

Yup. Bad ticks are a far greater threat threat than bad guys. I've been hiking in NH since childhood. Never felt the need for a gun but would never ever consider leaving the house without DEET.

My wife was hiking there the last week of May and said our dog was covered with ticks.