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§ 10-412. Baiting of game birds

West's Annotated Code of MarylandNatural ResourcesEffective: March 14, 2016

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Natural Resources
Title 10. Wildlife (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 4. Hunting Restrictions--in General (Refs & Annos)
Effective: March 14, 2016
MD Code, Natural Resources, § 10-412
§ 10-412. Baiting of game birds
Definitions
(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.
Wetland game or upland game birds
(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.
Scope of section
(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.
Captive raised mallard ducks
(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.

Credits

Added by Acts 1990, c. 145. Amended by Acts 2015, c. 148, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2015; Acts 2016, c. 8, § 1, eff. March 14, 2016.
MD Code, Natural Resources, § 10-412, MD NAT RES § 10-412
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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