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2015 Maryland Code
NATURAL RESOURCES
Title 10 - WILDLIFE
Subtitle 4 - HUNTING RESTRICTIONS -- IN GENERAL
§ 10-420.1 - Hunting deer with certain handguns

MD Nat Res Code § 10-420.1 (2015) What's This?

Notwithstanding any hunting law or regulation to the contrary, a person may hunt deer with a handgun having a barrel length of 6 inches or longer and ammunition which produces a muzzle energy of 700 foot pounds or more during the firearms hunting season only in hunting areas where a high-powered rifle is allowed as provided in § 10-415 of this subtitle.

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