2013 Maryland Code
NATURAL RESOURCES
§ 10-408 - Department to regulate use of weapons and ammunition

§10-408.

The Department shall prescribe by regulation the means or weapons for hunting designated wildlife. The Department shall set forth any restrictions relating to weapons used to hunt designated wildlife, including the amount and size of ammunition for designated game birds or mammals. The Department shall make the regulations available for distribution with each hunting license purchased. This section does not authorize the Department to restrict the use of firearms except in the activity of hunting designated wildlife.

§ 10-408 - 1. Certain traps near residences

(a) Traps prohibited within 150 yards. -- A person, while trapping or attempting to trap animals, may not place, set, maintain, or operate any snares, body-gripping, or leghold traps within 150 yards of a permanent human residence.

(b) Land to which section not applicable. -- This section does not apply to:

(1) State and federal wetlands;

(2) Private wetlands as designated by the Department;

(3) Land which qualifies for agricultural assessments, as provided under § 8-209 of the Tax - Property Article, and timberland and lands used for reforestation;

(4) Except in Howard and Harford counties, owners and lessees of any privately owned land; and

(5) Owners and lessees of any privately owned land in Howard and Harford counties as long as a trap described in subsection (a) of this section is not within 150 yards of the permanent residence of another person.

(c) Traps submerged in water. -- This section does not apply to the use of body-gripping traps with a jaw spread of less than 6 inches that are placed, maintained, and operated completely submerged in water.

(d) Rat and mouse traps. -- This section does not apply to the use of snap-type traps used to catch rats and mice.