2015 Maryland Code
NATURAL RESOURCES
Title 10 - WILDLIFE
Subtitle 6 - WILD WATERFOWL
§ 10-603 - Hunting from powered boats
(a) Prohibitions against disturbing. -- Except while lawfully hunting under the requirements of this subtitle, a person in a boat may not purposely or unnecessarily disturb wild waterfowl.
(b) Limitations upon hunting -- Floating devices. -- A person may not hunt wild waterfowl while using a floating device towed by a power boat or a sailboat.
(c) Limitations upon hunting -- Sinkboxes, etc. -- A person may not hunt wild waterfowl from a boat, sinkbox, or device that allows the hunter to be completely concealed beneath the water.
(d) Limitations upon hunting -- Motor and sailboats. --
(1) A person may not hunt wild waterfowl from a boat that is propelled by a motor or under sail.
(2) A person may shoot and immediately retrieve lawfully wounded or killed wild waterfowl while in a boat if all forward progress of the boat has ceased and the motor has been shut off.
(3) Crippled birds may be shot from a boat under power in the area open for the special sea duck season.
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