170 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 55

(i) The term "wild birds" includes all birds other than domestic
birds.

(j) The term "wild quadruped" shall mean any quadruped pro-
tected or unprotected by law except those species commonly classed
as domestic animals.

(k) The term "fur dealer" shall mean a person who buys or other-
wise acquires raw and green furs, skins, hides, or pelts of wild quad-
rupeds from a trapper, or other person, and sells or otherwise dis-
poses of raw and green furs, skins, hides or pelts of wild quadrupeds
so bought for resale or transfer or for manufacturing into a finished
product.

(l) The term "green pelt" shall mean a pelt which is not dried or
cured or tanned.

(m) The word "furs" or "pelts" shall mean and include the raw,
green and cured skins, hides, furs or pelts from all wild quadrupeds.

(n) The term "open season" shall mean the time, with the excep-
tion of Sunday, during which game and fur-bearing animals may
be legally taken or killed and shall include both the first and last day
of the season or period designated by this subtitle.

(o) The term "closed season" shall mean the time during which
game or fur-bearing animals may not be legally taken or killed and
includes all periods of time not included within the open season.

(p) The term "hunt" shall mean to include: Hunt, pursue, catch,
kill, trap or shoot, or attempt to hunt, pursue, catch, kill, trap or
shoot.

(q) The term "booby, brush or stake blind" shall mean any off-
shore stationary blind, float, raft or boat (except any boat under
power, or sink box) that is anchored or tied at a blind site which is
legally licensed for the current hunting season.

151. Methods of hunting; licenses to hunt from boats.

(a) Methods of hunting. —During the open season, wild water-
fowl may be taken only with a shotgun which is not larger than ten
gauge, which is loaded only with shot and which is fired from the
shoulder, and by the use of the long bow and wood shaft, except that
the use of the weapon known as the cross bow is prohibited. Such
wild waterfowl may be taken on land or on water and the aid of a
dog or dogs or of artificial decoys may be employed. It shall be un-
lawful to hunt, pursue, or kill any wild waterfowl of any species
with or by means of any automatic loading or hand-operated repeat-
ing shotgun capable of holding more than three shells, the magazine
of which has not been cut off or plugged with a one piece metal or
wooden filler incapable of removal through the loading end thereof
so as to reduce the capacity of said gun to not more than three shells
at any one time in the magazine and chamber combined, unless fed-
eral regulations provide otherwise. It shall be unlawful to have a
rifle in possession while hunting wild waterfowl. It shall be unlawful
to use [more than ten] live decoys [on any property] at any [one]
time. No waterfowl, except crippled birds not otherwise retrievable,
shall be shot while resting on water or land. It shall be unlawful to
use any airplane, sink box or sink boat, or floating device towed by
a power boat or a sail boat for the purpose of hunting wild water-