MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                      1325

(A) TRAINING DOGS AT CERTAIN TIMES PERMITTED. -
AN OWNER OF A DOG MAY RUN OR TRAIN HIS DOG ON
WOODCOCK, ENGLISH RINGNECK, MONGOLIAN AND MELANISTIC
PHEASANTS OR ANY OTHER IMPORTED SPECIES, RUFFED
GROUSE, RABBIT, HARE, AND QUAIL, BETWEEN AUGUST 1 AND
MARCH 1, FOLLOWING, IF AN ATTENDANT ACCOMPANIES IT.
AN ATTENDANT OF THE BOG MAY NOT CARRY FIREARMS OF ANY
DESCRIPTION, EXCEPT A HANDGUN, OR PERMIT THE DOG,
WHILE BEING TRAINED, TO KILL ANY GAME BIRDS OR MAMMALS
EXCEPT DURING THE OPEN SEASON FOR THE GAME. EACH
ATTENDANT SHALL POSSESS A VALID HUNTING LICENSE WHILE
TRAINING ANY DOG.

(B) RUNNING DOGS AT CERTAIN TIMES PROHIBITED. -
BETWEEN MARCH 1 AND JULY 31, A PERSON MAY NOT ALLOW
ANY DOG BELONGING TO HIM TO RUN AT LARGE ON ANY
PROPERTY, OTHER THAN THAT OWNED OR TENANTED BY HIM,
AND PURSUE GAME BIRDS OR MAMMALS OR DESTROY THE EGGS
OR NEST OF ANY GAME BIRD OR MAMMAL. ANY PERSON
HARBORING A DOG SHALL BE DEEMED ITS LAWFUL OWNER.

(C)   NATURAL RESOURCES POLICE OFFICER MAY KILL
DOG DESTROYING GAME BIRDS OR MAMMALS. - ANY NATURAL
RESOURCES POLICE OFFICER OR ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER MAY KILL ANY DOG, WHICH DOES NOT BEAR A
LICENSE, FOUND DESTROYING GAME BIRDS OR MAMMALS, OR
THE NEST, OR EGGS OF ANY GAME BIRD OR MAMMAL.

(D)    KILLING CATS HUNTING GAME BIRDS AND MAMMALS
AND PROTECTED BIRDS PERMITTED; DUTY OF NATURAL
RESOURCES POLICE OFFICER. - A NATURAL RESOURCES POLICE
OFFICER OR ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER SHALL AND ANY
OTHER PERSON MAY DESTROY ANY CAT FOUND HUNTING ANY
GAME BIRD OR MAMMAL OR PROTECTED BIRD OR MAMMAL. A
CAUSE OF ACTION FOR DAMAGES CANNOT BE MAINTAINED FOR
THIS ACT.]]

10-414. HUNTING RESTRICTIONS RELATING TO RACCOON AND
OPOSSUM.

(A) POSSESSING LIVE RACCOON OR OPOSSUM DURING
CLOSED SEASON PROHIBITED. - A PERSON MAY NOT POSSESS
ANY LIVE RACCOON OR OPOSSUM DURING ANY CLOSED SEASON
UNLESS HE FIRST PROCURES A PERMIT FROM THE DEPARTMENT.

(B)     RACCOON DESTROYING MUSKRATS; MUSKRATS
ENDANGERING LAKES. - NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER
PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE, THE OWNER OF A MARSH OR HIS
EMPLOYEES MAY HUNT ANY RACCOON WHICH DESTROYS A
MUSKRAT OR ITS HOME IN A MARSH AREA OF THE STATE AT
ANY TIME.