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§ 2383. Dogs pursuing, injuring or killing big game

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 34 Pa.C.S.A. GameEffective: March 26, 2018

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 34 Pa.C.S.A. Game (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 23. Hunting and Furtaking
Subchapter E. Dogs Pursuing Game or Wildlife
Effective: March 26, 2018
34 Pa.C.S.A. § 2383
§ 2383. Dogs pursuing, injuring or killing big game
Currentness
(a) General rule.--Except as provided in subsection (b), it is unlawful for any person to make use of a dog in any manner to hunt for or to take big game or to permit a dog owned, controlled or harbored by that person to pursue, harass, chase, scatter, injure or make use of a dog to kill any big game.
(b) Exception.--It shall be lawful to do any of the following:
(1) Make use of a dog to pursue, chase, scatter and track wild turkeys during the fall wild turkey season.
(2) Make use of a leashed tracking dog to track a white-tailed deer, bear or elk in an attempt to recover an animal which has been legally killed or wounded during any open season for white-tailed deer, bear or elk.

Credits

1986, July 8, P.L. 442, No. 93, § 1, effective July 1, 1987. Amended 2007, June 30, P.L. 62, No. 18, § 1, imd. effective; 2018, March 26, P.L. 86, No. 11, § 1, imd. effective.
34 Pa.C.S.A. § 2383, PA ST 34 Pa.C.S.A. § 2383
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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