Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-09-06
Pheasant Shooting
Area Regulations
Set Up By State
Holiday Season To
Open On October l

OPNh VII INCOoSl
A regulation concerning regu-
lated pheasant Shooting areas has
been adopted by the Game and In
land Fish Commission.
The regulation which requires,
among other things, a $25 annual
pheasant shooting grounds permit
for anyone desiring to operate such
a project became effective on Aug
ust 81.
1t provides also that applicants
must furnish the Commission with
the number Of pheasants to be
reared or purchased and released
for shooting purposes during the
time covered by the permit; that
the Commission shall be permitted
to enter the premises for inspec-
tons, and that no regulated pleas
ant shooting grounds permit be is
sued for less than 200 acres of
land in one tract, or land and
water combined. Nor will the per-
NIT be issued until the Commits
sion is satifed that such shooting
grounds will not be inimical to
any public interest"
Marking Required
Under the new regulation, boun-
diaries of the licensed premises
have to be marked by a single
strand of wire or other fence and
posted with printed notices not
less than fifty yards apart, and
containing such wording and other
materials as the Commission may
desire.
In addition, when boundaries
pass through forest, brush, briar
thickets or high weeds, the licen-
see is required to maintain
cleared strip of five feet. A 50-yard
buffer strip on the inside of the
perimeter of the area is also re-
quired. No hunting at any time
can be done in the buffer strip
and not less than 100 pheasants
legally acquired and approved by
the Commission shall be released
on the shooting area annually. Per-
mits allow holders and their
guests to take or kill, by shooting
only, up to 95 per cent of the to-
tai.
Pheasants released on the area
set aside must be full-winged and
fully able to care for themselves
in a wild state, and wherever the
Commission deems desirable, all
mature birds released shall bear
a metal leg band of a type approx
I ed by it. There are no limitations
on sex and age of birds taken, nor
on daily or season bag so long as
not more than the specified sea-
son percentage is taken.
The period of taking pheasants,
however, will be fixed each year
by the Commission without regard
to the general statewide open sea-
son for small game and will be so
certified to permit holders. The
period established for the 1852
season is October l to January Is,
1862.
General Provisions
All other game found on the
premises may be taken only under
general provisions of laws govern
ing licenses, bag limits, etc.
The Commission also requires
that any pheasants taken shall
have affixed consecutively number
ed tags which shall not be removed
until the individual bird is prepar-
ed for consumption. AT this time,
they are to be destroyed. 1t is lille
gal for any person to remove birds
from the grounds or consume them
on the premises which have not
been tagged.
In addition, the new regulation
permits the training of dogs anC
Field Trials at any time of the
year upon the premises and say.
that Retriever Trials may be con
Quoted after a special permit, al
required in Article 80, has beer
issued. Pheasants killed by dog!
are to be included in the allowable
kill for the year.
Fines of from $50 to not more
than 5000 and So per bird killed
Illegally are provided for violation!
in addition to revocation of permi
and confscation of game on tn
shooting area.