1388                                        LAWS OF MARYLAND                            [Ch. 4

(B)   MASKING FEEDING ZONE.—WITHIN TEN DAYS OF
RECEIPT OF NOTICE OF THE APPROVAL BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
ANY LICENSED FEELING ZONES, EACH ZONE SHALL BE MASKED
WITH A SIGN NOT LESS THAN 12 BY 18 INCHES WITH
PRINTING NO SMALLER THAN 12 LINES (TWO 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, STATEING
"LICENSED SHOOTING AREA FOR THIS PROPERTY".

(C)         RESTRICTION OF CHANGE OF
LOCATION.—SUBSEQUENT TO THE ISSUANCE OF A LICENSE NO
PERSON MAY CHANGE THE LOCATION OF FEEDING ZONES OR
SHOOTING BLINDS OR STANDS WITHOUT APPROVAL OF THE
DEPARTMENT.

(D)    PRESUMPTION.--___EVERY CLUB MEMBER, GUEST,

AGENT, AND PERMITTEE OF THE APPLICANT IS PRESUMED TO
HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF THE LOCATION OF ANY FEEDING ZONE AND
ANY AREA WHERE SHOOTING IS PROHIBITED.

(E)    FEEDING.—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 DAYS
PRIOR TO THE OPENING DATE OF THE SEASON. THEREAFTER,
NO FEED MAY BE PLACED ANYWHERE EXCEPT IN THE
DESIGNATED FEEDING ZONES. AS USED IN THE RULES 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)    PROHIBITION.—A PERSON MAY NOT SHOOT OR
HUNT, OR ATTEMPT TO DO SO, WITHIN 400 YARDS OF ANY
LICENSED FEEDING ZONE. THE HUNTER, OR HIS 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 EXCEPT THE LICENSED
SHOOTING BLINDS AND STANDS. IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER
ACTION BY THE DEPARTMENT, VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION BY
THE LICENSEE, HIS AGENTS, CLUB MEMBERS, GUESTS, OR
PERMITTEES IS GROUNDS FOR IMMEDIATE REVOCATION OF THE