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Session Laws, 1947
Volume 411, Page 177   View pdf image (33K)
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WM. PRESTON LANES, JR., GOVERNOR. 177

Game and Inland Water Fish," sub-title "State Game Ref-
uges and Hunting Grounds," and "Elk and Deer," be and
they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments,
to read as follows:

81. (Entry Upon Refuges.) No person shall trespass in
any manner on any State Game or Fish Refuge without the
consent of the Game Warden or person in charge of said
lands or waters. It shall be unlawful to allow any dog,
domestic stock or poultry to enter upon or trespass in
any manner upon any State-owned game or fish refuge.
Persons regularly residing on lands included within any
refuge may be granted a special written permit by the
Game Warden which may be revoked at any time to have
traps, dogs, or guns in possession on such Refuge so long
as they are not used in hunting or trapping for game unless
said hunting or trapping is done under special permit from
the Game Warden for propagating purposes. Where any
portion of a State Game Refuge is used for a State Park
entry by any person within the refuge area for recreational
pursuits shall not be restricted on the portion of said terri-
tory used as a State Park so long as such persons do not
carry fire-arms or traps or do not permit dogs to disturb
or chase game.

The Game Warden by written permission may grant to
responsible persons the right to hunt or trap for vermin and
to use dogs and guns in connection therewith on State Game
Refuges or may grant permission to trap birds or game
animals which, when so trapped, shall be used for propagation
purposes.

DEER

83. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt, pursue,
kill or have in possession any female or fawn of the deer
family within the State of Maryland at any time; however, it
shall be lawful to hunt, pursue, or kill any male deer with
two or more points to one antler during any open season as
provided by law. No person shall kill or attempt to kill a
second deer in any one season or have in possession more than
one male deer killed in this State during any one year.

Every person killing a deer found in a wild state shall,
within twenty-four hours report said kill to a salaried Deputy
Game Warden and write the State Game Warden giving
name, address, hunter's license number, county, and location
where said deer was killed.

(b) It shall be unlawful to hunt in any manner any deer
except through the use of a gun propelling one all-lead or lead-

 

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