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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 690
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2. In Baltimore, Cecil, Harford, Kent, Queen Anne's,
Somerset, and Worcester Counties, a person may hunt or trap mink or muskrat
between December 15 and March 15 of the year following.
(iv) The Department may extend any muskrat season set by this
subsection for a period of 1 week, if the Department considers it necessary for any
reason, including weather conditions.
(2) A person may possess the meat of muskrat or otter no more than 10
days after the close of open season for these mammals in order to dispose of the meat
for food. However, a person may apply for a permit to store the meat during the closed
season if the meat was hunted lawfully.
(3) A muskrat damaging any embankment or impoundment may be
destroyed by the owner at any time.
(4) A person may hunt or trap and possess the pelt or meat of raccoon or
opossum during those periods and under the restrictions, including bag limits, the
Department may establish by regulation.
(5) In Charles and Dorchester Counties, a person may hunt or trap a fox
or possess the pelt of a fox at any time of year.
(6) A person may hunt or trap on the person's land a coyote, fox or skunk
that is damaging or destroying the personal or real property of the landowner.
(7) A person may:
(i) Trap a coyote during the trapping season established by the
Department; or
(ii) Hunt a coyote:
1. While the person is legally hunting for any other species of
game bird or mammal, by any method legal for use at the time in hunting that other
species; or
2. At any time of year, by predator calling.
Chapter 572 of the Acts of 1995, as amended by Chapter 200 of the Acts of
1998
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1995. [It shall remain effective for a period of 5 years and, at the end of
September 30, 2000, with no further action required by the General Assembly, this
Act shall be abrogated and of no further force and effect.]
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 2000.
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Approved May 18, 2000.
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