ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                               Ch. 20

(2) Notwithstanding any requirement of law, if the designated checking
stations are closed in the county where a person kills a deer, a Natural Resources
police officer shall authorize the person to report with the deer to a designated
checking station in another county.

(c)      (1) Subject to subsection (d)(3) of this section, a person with a hunting
license also may purchase bonus deer stamps from the Department.

(2)     A bonus deer stamp allows a person with the hunting license to hunt
1 deer for each stamp purchased in any of the following hunting seasons for deer in
the State:

(i) Deer bow hunting season;

(ii) Deer muzzle loader season; and

(iii) Deer firearms season.

(3)     An individual who purchases a bonus antlered deer stamp but does
not use it during a particular season may use that stamp during any subsequent
season in that hunting license year.

(4)     The fee for each bonus antlered deer stamp issued in accordance with
this subsection shall be $10.00 for residents and $25.00 for nonresidents.

(5)     The Department may establish by regulation the type and number of
deer stamps issued under this subsection if necessary to control the deer harvest in
various areas of the State.

(d)     Repealed.

(e)     A person may not remove the head or hide or any part from any deer,
except internal organs, or cut the meat into parts until the deer has been checked by
the Department or 1 of the Department's agents at a designated checking station.
Removal of the head or the hide of any deer not checked at a designated checking
station shall be prima facie evidence that the deer was hunted illegally. Each separate
deer or part of any deer taken illegally or found in possession shall be considered a
separate offense.

(f)      Any person who, while operating a motor vehicle on any highway in the
State, accidentally strikes and kills a deer on the highway may have the deer if the
person produces visible evidence of collision with the deer to any Natural Resources
police officer, State law enforcement officer, or other designated representative of the
Secretary. The provisions of this subsection shall be applicable to deer killed by
collision with a motor vehicle at any time whether during the open season for killing
deer or during the legally closed season.

(g)     A person may not hunt a deer while the deer is taking refuge in or
swimming through the waters of the State.

(h) Abrogated.

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