Complaints about hunters in separate corners of the state sparked legislation this year that would have set aside Calf Pasture Beach in Norwalk and a section of the Quinnipiac River near the Eugene B. Fargeorge Preserve as hunt-free zones. Residents in those areas were fed up with having to not only hear gunshots but having to witness hunters shoot birds out of the sky as they tried to enjoy a walk or day at the shore. But even those bills that set aside a small portion of recreation space did not make it out of the state legislature.