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MD. Natural Resources Code Ann. §  10-406 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Natural Resources|Title 10 - Wildlife|Subtitle 4 - Hunting Restrictions -- in General|Section 10-406 - Open Season for Hunting and Trapping Fur-Bearing Mammals

    (a)    Except during the hunting and trapping season or as allowed under subsection (b) of this section, a person may not hunt or trap any fur–bearing mammal or possess the meat or pelt of any fur–bearing mammal, whether hunted or trapped within the State or any other state, territory, or country.    (b)    (1)    (i)    A person may possess any green pelt of any fur–bearing mammal until March 25 for purposes of curing the skins.            (ii)    However, in Frederick, Garrett, Allegany, Carroll, Howard, and Washington counties, a person may hunt or trap mink or muskrat between November 15 and February 15, of the year following, and a person may possess any green mink and muskrat pelt until February 25 for purposes of curing the skin.            (iii)    1.    In the remainder of the State except for the counties in subsubparagraph 2 of this subparagraph, a person may hunt or trap mink or muskrat between January 1 and March 15.                2.    In Baltimore, Cecil, Harford, Kent, Queen Anne’s, Somerset, and Worcester counties, a person may hunt or trap mink or muskrat between December 15 and March 15 of the year following.            (iv)    The Department may extend any muskrat season set by this subsection for a period of 1 week, if the Department considers it necessary for any reason, including weather conditions.        (2)    A person may possess the meat of muskrat or otter no more than 10 days after the close of open season for these mammals in order to dispose of the meat for food. However, a person may apply for a permit to store the meat during the closed season if the meat was hunted lawfully.        (3)    A muskrat damaging any embankment or impoundment may be destroyed by the owner at any time.        (4)    A person may hunt or trap and possess the pelt or meat of raccoon or opossum during those periods and under the restrictions, including bag limits, the Department may establish by regulation.        (5)    In Charles and Dorchester counties, a person may hunt or trap a fox or possess the pelt of a fox at any time of year.        (6)    A person may hunt or trap on the person’s land a coyote, fox or skunk that is damaging or destroying the personal or real property of the landowner.        (7)    A person may:            (i)    Trap a coyote during the trapping season established by the Department; or            (ii)    Hunt a coyote:                1.    While the person is legally hunting for any other species of game bird or mammal, by any method legal for use at the time in hunting that other species; or                2.    At any time of year, by predator calling.
MD. Natural Resources Code Ann. §  10-407 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Natural Resources|Title 10 - Wildlife|Subtitle 4 - Hunting Restrictions -- in General|Section 10-407 - Open Season for Wetland Game Birds, Wild Waterfowl, and Certain Other Migratory Birds Regulated by Federal Rule or Regulation

    (a)    Before establishing the open season for ducks, except sea ducks, geese, and swan as required by subsection (b) of this section, the Department shall conduct public hearings on the proposed season, at least 1 of which shall be held, on an alternating basis, in Wicomico, Somerset, Worcester or Dorchester counties.    (b)    The Department annually shall establish and publish the open season, excepting Sundays, for doves, mergansers, woodcock, and wetland game birds, including wild waterfowl, in conformity with the federal migratory bird rules and regulations adopted annually by the Secretary of Interior of the United States.
MD. Natural Resources Code Ann. §  10-408 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Natural Resources|Title 10 - Wildlife|Subtitle 4 - Hunting Restrictions -- in General|Section 10-408 - Department to Regulate Use of Weapons and Ammunition

    (a)    In this section, “handgun” means a firearm:        (1)    With a barrel length not exceeding 6 inches; and        (2)    That does not have a scope or an electronic device attached.    (b)    (1)    Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Department shall:            (i)    Prescribe by regulation the means or weapons for hunting designated wildlife; and            (ii)    Set forth any restrictions relating to weapons used to hunt designated wildlife, including the amount and size of ammunition for designated game birds or mammals.        (2)    The Department may not prohibit a licensed bow hunter from openly carrying a handgun that the hunter is otherwise authorized to carry under § 4–203 of the Criminal Law Article if the bow hunter:            (i)    Is at least 21 years old;            (ii)    Is hunting in deer management Region A as defined by the Department’s Guide to Hunting and Trapping;            (iii)    Is carrying the handgun for personal protection; and            (iv)    Does not use the handgun to kill wildlife wounded by a vertical bow or crossbow.    (c)    The Department shall make the regulations available for distribution with each hunting license purchased.    (d)    This section does not authorize the Department to restrict the use of firearms except in the activity of hunting designated wildlife.
MD. Natural Resources Code Ann. §  10-408.1 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Natural Resources|Title 10 - Wildlife|Subtitle 4 - Hunting Restrictions -- in General|Section 10-408.1 - Certain Traps Near Residences

    (a)    A person, while trapping or attempting to trap animals, may not place, set, maintain, or operate any snares, body-gripping, or leghold traps within 150 yards of a permanent human residence.    (b)    This section does not apply to:        (1)    State and federal wetlands;        (2)    Private wetlands as designated by the Department;        (3)    Land which qualifies for agricultural assessments, as provided under § 8-209 of the Tax - Property Article, and timberland and lands used for reforestation;        (4)    Except in Howard and Harford counties, owners and lessees of any privately owned land; and        (5)    Owners and lessees of any privately owned land in Howard and Harford counties as long as a trap described in subsection (a) of this section is not within 150 yards of the permanent residence of another person.    (c)    This section does not apply to the use of body-gripping traps with a jaw spread of less than 6 inches that are placed, maintained, and operated completely submerged in water.    (d)    This section does not apply to the use of snap-type traps used to catch rats and mice.
MD. Natural Resources Code Ann. §  10-409 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Natural Resources|Title 10 - Wildlife|Subtitle 4 - Hunting Restrictions -- in General|Section 10-409 - Department to Regulate Bag Limits; Bag Limits to Be in Conformity With Federal Rules and Regulations

    Pursuant to § 10-205 of this title, the Department shall establish and publish by April 25 each year the bag limits per day for game birds and mammals by regulation for the ensuing year. The bag limits for ducks, geese, brant, railbirds, woodcock, mergansers, doves, and snipe may conform to the federal migratory bird rules and regulations adopted annually by the Secretary of Interior of the United States.
MD. Natural Resources Code Ann. §  10-411 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Natural Resources|Title 10 - Wildlife|Subtitle 4 - Hunting Restrictions -- in General|Section 10-411 - Hunting on Private Lands

    (a)    A person may not upon any pretense come to hunt on the lands owned by another person without the written permission of the landowner or the landowner’s agent or lessee.    (b)    Any person hunting on this private property is liable for any damage the person causes to the private property while hunting on the private property.    (c)    The landowner may not be liable for accidental injury or damage to the person whether or not the landowner or the landowner’s agent gave permission to hunt on the private property.    (d)    In Harford County a person who violates subsection (a) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine of not less than $25 and not exceeding $250.
MD. Natural Resources Code Ann. §  10-412 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Natural Resources|Title 10 - Wildlife|Subtitle 4 - Hunting Restrictions -- in General|Section 10-412 - Hunting Wetland or Upland Game Birds

    (a)    (1)    In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.        (2)    “Baited area” means any area where shelled, shucked, or unshucked corn, wheat or other grain, salt, or other feed capable of luring, attracting, or enticing birds is directly or indirectly placed, exposed, deposited, distributed, or scattered, and this area remains a baited area for 10 days following complete removal of all corn, wheat or other grain, salt, or other feed.        (3)    “Baiting” means the placing, exposing, depositing, distributing, or scattering of shelled, shucked, or unshucked corn, wheat or other grain, salt, or other feed so as to constitute for birds a lure, attraction, or enticement to, on, or over any areas where persons are attempting to hunt them.    (b)    A person may not hunt wetland game birds or upland game birds, except quail and pheasant, by the aid of baiting, or on or over any baited area, if the person knows or reasonably should know that the area is a baited area.    (c)    This section does not prohibit:        (1)    The hunting of wetland and upland game birds on or over standing crops, flooded standing crops (including aquatics), flooded harvested croplands, grain crops properly shocked on the field where grown, or grains found scattered solely as the result of normal agricultural planting or harvesting; and        (2)    The hunting of all upland game birds on or over any lands where shelled, shucked, or unshucked corn, wheat or other grain, salt, or other feed has been distributed or scattered as the result of bona fide agricultural operations or procedures, or as a result of manipulation of a crop or other feed on the land where grown for wildlife purposes. Manipulation for wildlife management purposes does not include the distributing or scattering of grain or other feed once it has been removed from or stored on the field where grown.    (d)    By rule or regulation, the Department may exempt from this section captive raised mallard ducks which are released on a regulated shooting ground to be shot at immediately after release.
MD. Natural Resources Code Ann. §  10-413 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Natural Resources|Title 10 - Wildlife|Subtitle 4 - Hunting Restrictions -- in General|Section 10-413 - Restrictions Pertaining to Dogs and Cats

    (a)    An owner of a dog may run or train the owner’s dog on woodcock, pheasants, or any imported species, ruffed grouse, rabbit, hare, and quail at any time of year if an attendant accompanies the dog. An attendant of the dog may not carry firearms of any description, except a handgun, or permit the dog, while being trained, to kill any game birds or mammals except during the open season for the game. Each attendant shall possess a valid hunting license while training any dog.    (b)    A person may not willfully allow any dog belonging to the person to destroy the eggs or nest of any game bird or mammal. Any person harboring a dog shall be deemed its lawful owner.    (c)    Any Natural Resources police officer or any law enforcement officer may kill any dog, which does not bear a license, found destroying game birds or mammals or the nest or eggs of any game bird or mammal.    (d)    A Natural Resources police officer or any law enforcement officer shall and any other person may destroy any cat found hunting any game bird or mammal or protected bird or mammal. A cause of action for damages cannot be maintained for this act.    (e)    (1)    The owner or custodian of a retriever dog shall obtain a permit from the Department before the owner or custodian may shoot artificially reared game birds for the purpose of training the dog. The permit is not required in order to shoot game birds during an open season or on a licensed shooting preserve.        (2)    Only the trainer of a retriever dog and not an assistant to the trainer is required to obtain a permit under this subsection.        (3)    On payment of the $5 permit fee, the Department shall issue annually a permit to the owner or custodian of a retriever dog to train the dog at any time of the year.        (4)    A permittee under this subsection may, while training a retriever dog, possess and shoot with a shotgun any artificially reared game bird that has been liberated by hand and tagged before its use with an identification band provided by the Department.
MD. Natural Resources Code Ann. §  10-414 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Natural Resources|Title 10 - Wildlife|Subtitle 4 - Hunting Restrictions -- in General|Section 10-414 - Hunting Restrictions Relating to Raccoon and Opossum

    (a)    A person may not possess any live raccoon or opossum unless the person first procures a permit from the Department. Any raccoon or opossum reduced to possession by a hunter or trapper shall be immediately killed.    (b)    Notwithstanding any other provisions of this title, the owner of a marsh or the owner’s employees may hunt any raccoon which destroys a muskrat or its home in a marsh area of the State at any time.    (c)    A landowner or the landowner’s agent may set or use steel traps or similar devices at any time to trap raccoon or opossum which are damaging property.    (d)    A person may not cut a tree for the purpose of hunting or dislodging a raccoon or opossum without the consent of the owner of the tree.
MD. Natural Resources Code Ann. §  10-417 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Natural Resources|Title 10 - Wildlife|Subtitle 4 - Hunting Restrictions -- in General|Section 10-417 - Export and Shipment of Game or Nongame Birds or Mammals

    (a)    A person may not export from the State any game bird or mammal, except wild waterfowl and fur-bearing mammals. However, a licensed hunter may take out as personal baggage in the open season only the prescribed possession limit as set by regulation. The hunter shall produce the hunter’s hunting license upon demand of any Natural Resources police officer, any law enforcement officer, or agent of the common carrier. An express company or any common carrier knowingly may not accept any game bird or mammal, except wild waterfowl or fur-bearing mammals, for shipment within or outside the State.    (b)    A person desiring to export wild waterfowl from the State shall ship them in the open, tied by head or feet and tagged accordingly, or in a container, slatted so that the birds are visible. A person may not export from the State in 1 week more than the prescribed bag limit of wetland game birds the person kills.    (c)    A person acting as a common carrier, or an officer, agent, or employee of a common carrier, may not ship, carry, take, or transport any nongame bird within or outside the State.
MD. Natural Resources Code Ann. §  10-418 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Natural Resources|Title 10 - Wildlife|Subtitle 4 - Hunting Restrictions -- in General|Section 10-418 - Clothing Worn by Hunters or Assistants

    (a)    This section does not apply to any person who:        (1)    Hunts deer with a bow and arrow during the season restricted to hunting with a bow and arrow;        (2)    Hunts game birds or mammals during the open season using falcons, hawks, or owls; or        (3)    Hunts or accompanies, aids, or assists another person hunting the following species:            (i)    Wetland game birds;            (ii)    Fur–bearing mammals;            (iii)    Crows;            (iv)    Doves; or            (v)    Wild turkeys.    (b)    Except as provided in subsection (a) of this section, a person who hunts any wildlife and a person who accompanies, aids, or assists another person in a field, wooded area, marsh, or on the water to hunt any wildlife shall wear:        (1)    A cap of a solid daylight fluorescent orange or daylight fluorescent pink color;        (2)    A vest, jacket, or jacket containing back and front panels of at least 250 square inches of a solid daylight fluorescent orange or daylight fluorescent pink color; or        (3)    An outer garment of camouflage fluorescent orange or pink worn above the waist which contains at least 50 percent daylight fluorescent orange or daylight fluorescent pink color.    (c)    By regulation, the Department may define the terms:        (1)    “Daylight fluorescent orange” consistent with the recommendations of the North American Association of Hunter Safety Coordinators; and        (2)    “Daylight fluorescent pink”.
MD. Natural Resources Code Ann. §  10-419 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Natural Resources|Title 10 - Wildlife|Subtitle 4 - Hunting Restrictions -- in General|Section 10-419 - Commercial Use of Dead Seals Prohibited

    (a)    It is unlawful to import into the State for commercial purposes, to possess with intent to sell, or to sell the dead body or a part or product of a seal.    (b)    This section does not prohibit the sale or possession with intent to sell of a part or product of a seal when the seller can demonstrate that the part or product was imported prior to July 1, 1973. It does not prohibit the sale of a part or product of a seal by an individual not normally engaging in this type of commercial sale, as long as the part or product was originally possessed and used by the seller for the seller’s own private purposes. This section does not prohibit the importation of a seal or a part or product of a seal as long as the importation is done for legitimate zoological, educational, or scientific purposes.    (c)    A person who violates a provision of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000, for each violation, or imprisoned for 6 months, or both.
MD. Natural Resources Code Ann. §  10-420 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Natural Resources|Title 10 - Wildlife|Subtitle 4 - Hunting Restrictions -- in General|Section 10-420 - Muzzle Loading Hunting Season for Deer

    The Department shall establish a separate season for hunting deer with muzzle loading firearms.
MD. Natural Resources Code Ann. §  10-420.1 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Natural Resources|Title 10 - Wildlife|Subtitle 4 - Hunting Restrictions -- in General|Section 10-420.1 - Hunting Deer With Certain Handguns

    Notwithstanding any hunting law or regulation to the contrary, a person may hunt deer with a handgun having a barrel length of 6 inches or longer and ammunition which produces a muzzle energy of 700 foot pounds or more during the firearms hunting season only in hunting areas where a high-powered rifle is allowed as provided in § 10-415 of this subtitle.
MD. Natural Resources Code Ann. §  10-421 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Natural Resources|Title 10 - Wildlife|Subtitle 4 - Hunting Restrictions -- in General|Section 10-421 - Restriction on First Day of Firearms Season for Hunting Deer

    On the first day of the firearms season for hunting deer, a person may not hunt any animal other than deer in this State, except that waterfowl may be hunted from a licensed gunning rig within the seaduck shooting zone and gunning rig zone.
MD. Natural Resources Code Ann. §  10-422 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Natural Resources|Title 10 - Wildlife|Subtitle 4 - Hunting Restrictions -- in General|Section 10-422 - Interference With Hunters

    (a)    If the Department determines that a significant interference or disruption of a hunt or hunters is likely to occur on any land managed by the Department, the Department may adopt regulations to prohibit that interference or disruption.    (b)    While on private land that is owned by another person or in a hunting area on land managed by the Department, a person may not:        (1)    Interfere intentionally with the lawful taking of wildlife by another person; or        (2)    Harass, drive, or disturb any game animal intentionally for the purpose of disrupting a lawful hunt.    (c)    A Natural Resources police officer or other police officer of the State who has probable cause to believe that a person has violated this section may:        (1)    Order the person to desist or to leave the area; or        (2)    Arrest the person on refusal to desist or leave the area.    (d)    The conduct declared unlawful in this section does not include any incidental interference arising from lawful activity by private land users or users of land managed by the Department, including farmers, miners, or persons engaged in recreation.
MD. Natural Resources Code Ann. §  10-423 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Natural Resources|Title 10 - Wildlife|Subtitle 4 - Hunting Restrictions -- in General|Section 10-423 - Applicability of Penalty Provisions

    (a)    (1)    Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, any penalty imposed under this section does not apply to an individual who kills or wounds a black bear in defense of the individual’s own life, the lives of other individuals, or the lives of animals, including honey bees in a bee colony managed by the individual, on the individual’s property.        (2)    The exemption for an individual that kills or wounds a black bear in defense of a honey bee under paragraph (1) of this subsection applies only to an individual who has installed and properly maintained an electric fence.    (b)    If the Secretary adopts any regulation, including an emergency regulation, under § 10–205 of this title or § 10–405 of this subtitle to prohibit the hunting, possessing, selling, purchasing, shipping, carrying, transporting, or exporting of black bears, a person who violates the regulation is subject to the following penalties:        (1)    For a first offense, a fine not exceeding $1,500, imprisonment not exceeding 6 months, or both; and        (2)    For a second or subsequent offense, a fine not exceeding $2,000, imprisonment not exceeding 1 year, or both.