Ch. 6 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(b) Each copy shall be accompanied by a sketch map showing the exterior
boundaries, access roads, principal ponds, [creeks] CREEKS, and other bodies of water
in sufficient detail to identify and clearly record the location of the proposed feeding
zones and shooting blinds or stands.

(e) Applications shall be filed with the Department within [two] 2 weeks after
the Department has publicly released the waterfowl hunting [rules and] regulations for
the forthcoming season.

10-1005.

(a) A licensee may not establish a feeding zone within 400 yards of any building
nor within 400 yards of an exterior boundary line of the property unless [he] THE
LICENSEE obtains notarized written permission to do so from the adjoining land
owner and submits the written permission with the application. Where the property is
bounded by a body of water, the licensee may establish a feeding zone up to the
shoreline or in the adjoining waters within 300 yards of his shoreline, if the feeding zone
does not come within 400 yards of another property owner, unless [he] THE
LICENSEE obtains notarized written permission to do so from the other property
owner. These provisions do not permit hunting or shooting on or from any location
which would be unlawful under other laws or [rules and] regulations of the State.

(b) Within [ten] 10 days of receipt of notice of the approval by the Department
of any licensed feeding zones, each zone shall be marked with a sign not less than 12 by
18 inches with printing no smaller than 12 lines (2 inches high) gothic type, stating
"Waterfowl feeding zone — shooting within 400 yards prohibited". The sign shall be
visible above any vegetation or other obstruction. Prior to the opening of the wild
waterfowl hunting season, each licensed shooting blind or stand also shall be posted
with a similar sign, stating "Licensed Shooting Area For This Property".

(c) Subsequent to the issuance of a license [no person may] A PERSON MAY
NOT change the location of feeding zones or shooting blinds or stands without approval
of the Department.

(e) Feeding shall commence on and continue through the date the Secretary
designates. Prior to the opening of the wild waterfowl season feeding may be done
anywhere on the licensed area, if all food put out in places other than the designated
feeding zone is consumed or removed at least [ten] 10 days prior to the opening date of
the season. [Thereafter, no feed may] AFTER THAT TIME, FEED MAY NOT be
placed anywhere except in the designated feeding zones. As used in the [rates and)
regulations, feeding does not include salt blocks, properly shucked corn, standing crops
(including aquatics), flooded standing crops, flooded harvested croplands, or grains
found scattered solely as a result of normal agricultural practices.

(f) A person may not shoot or hunt[,] or attempt to do so[,] within 400 yards of
any licensed feeding zone. The hunter[,] or [his] THE HUNTER'S agent[,] may
retrieve any dead or crippled bird within that area in any manner lawful under the
appropriate federal and State [rules and] regulations. A person may not shoot or
hunt [,] or attempt to do so[,] from any site or location in the licensed [area] AREA,
except the licensed shooting blinds and stands. In addition to any other action by the

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