Ch. 689                                    1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(I)      [any] A dead game bird or dead game mammal [for 5 days and
dead deer for 30 days after the season closes] LEGALLY ACQUIRED for use as [food.
Also, a licensed hunter may obtain a permit from the Department during open season or
within 5 days after open season closes to possess any frozen game bird or mammal for a
period not exceeding 180 days.] FOOD;

(II)    A MOUNTED SPECIMEN OF A GAME BIRD OR GAME MAMMAL
LEGALLY ACQUIRED FOR PERSONAL USE;

(III) HAIR, ANTLERS, FEATHERS, FEET, OR SKIN OF GAME BIRDS OR
GAME MAMMALS LEGALLY ACQUIRED FOR PERSONAL USE; OR

(IV) DEER ANTLERS THAT HAVE BEEN MANUFACTURED INTO AN
ARTICLE OF COMMERCE

(b)     A person may ship or bring into the State by express or as baggage any game
bird or GAME mammal the person legally killed in any other state, territory, or country!,
if the person accompanies the game bird or mammal and presents a hunter's license or
permit of the other state, territory, or country where the game bird or mammal was killed
if the document is required by the other state, territory, or country. However, game birds
and mammals or any part of them brought into the State may not be sold or offered for
sale]. THE GAME BIRD OR GAME MAMMAL SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A COPY OF
THE HUNTER'S LICENSE AND ANY NECESSARY PERMIT OF THE STATE, TERRITORY,
OR COUNTRY IN WHICH THE GAME BIRD OR GAME MAMMAL WAS KILLED. IF THE
STATE, TERRITORY, OR COUNTRY DOES NOT REQUIRE DOCUMENTATION, THEN
THE GAME BIRD OR GAME MAMMAL SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A STATEMENT
INDICATING THE OWNER OF THE SPECIMEN, THE OWNER'S ADDRESS, AND THE
STATE, TERRITORY, OR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN.

(c)     (1) Except as provided in PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION OR §
10-512(a)(2)(ii) of this title, a person may not sell, offer for sale, [purchase, offer to
purchase,] barter, or exchange, at any time within the State any game bird or game
mammal taken from the wild, [except the meat, pelt or carcass of any coyote, muskrat,
raccoon, mink, otter, nutria, opossum, beaver, fox, long-tail weasel, fisher, or skunk,
whether caught] OR CAPTIVELY RAISED DEER, in the State or in another state,
territory, or country.

(2) THE PROHIBITIONS OF PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION DO NOT
APPLY TO THE:

(I)      MEAT, PELT, CARCASS, OR MOUNTED SPECIMEN OF ANY
BEAVER, COYOTE, FISHER, FOX, MINK, MUSKRAT, NUTRIA, OPOSSUM, OTTER,
RACCOON, SKUNK, OR LONG-TAILED WEASEL LEGALLY TAKEN BY THE PERSON;

(II)    HIDE, HAIR, TAIL, OR FEET, EXCLUDING A MOUNTED
SPECIMEN OF DEER, SQUIRREL, OR RABBIT LEGALLY ACQUIRED;

(III) FEATHERS, SKIN, OR FEET, EXCLUDING A MOUNTED SPECIMEN
OF UPLAND AND FOREST GAME BIRDS LEGALLY ACQUIRED;

(IV) EXCEPT AS PROHIBITED BY FEDERAL LAW, FEATHERS OF
WETLAND GAME BIRDS LEGALLY ACQUIRED; OR

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