2010 Pennsylvania Code
Title 34 - GAME
Chapter 29 - Special Licenses and Permits
2941 - Dog training areas.

                               SUBCHAPTER C
                     PERMITS RELATING TO HUNTING DOGS

     Sec.
     2941.  Dog training areas.
     2942.  Special retriever training areas.
     2943.  Field dog trials.
     2944.  Field dog trials for retrievers.
     2945.  Fox chasing.
     § 2941.  Dog training areas.
        (a)  Establishment.--Upon the application of 20 or more
     citizens of this Commonwealth, the commission may issue a permit
     to the applicants authorizing the establishment and maintenance,
     on land owned by them or over which they have legal control, of
     a special dog training area where dogs may be trained at any
     time during the entire year and field trials may be conducted
     without the necessity of securing a field trial permit. No such
     dog training area shall be less than 100 acres nor more than 250
     acres. Permits shall not be issued for more than ten special dog
     training areas in any one county. Persons training dogs in
     established dog training areas shall not be required to have a
     hunting or furtaking license.
        (b)  Training periods.--At any time during the year,
     permittees or guests may train their dogs or the dogs of other
     persons on the designated dog training area.
        (c)  Hunting and furtaking restrictions.--Neither the
     permittees nor any other person shall at any time hunt or take
     furbearers within the confines of the dog training area. The
     permittees, or any person authorized by them, may hunt or trap
     unprotected game or wildlife for the purpose of population
     control. A permit must be secured from the director permitting
     the removal of any protected game or wildlife.
        (d)  Big game hunting may be permitted.--Hunting of big game
     may be permitted on dog training areas during seasons fixed by
     the commission. Action of the permittees to permit big game
     hunting shall be conspicuously posted in the vicinity of the
     area at least two weeks prior to any such season.
        (e)  Marking boundary.--The boundary line of a special dog
     training area shall be plainly and conspicuously posted prior to
     October 1 of each year with legible notices at least 10 by 12
     inches in size, placed in such a manner that any intruder is
     warned of the purpose of the area and bearing such information
     as the commission may require.
        (f)  Unlawful acts.--It is unlawful to:
            (1)  Permit, or through negligence permit, dogs to
        disturb game or wildlife on a dog training area contrary to
        the provisions of this section.
            (2)  Trap for any game or wildlife on a dog training area
        without a permit.
            (3)  Willfully, negligently or maliciously cut, remove,
        cover up, deface or otherwise mutilate, injure or destroy any
        special dog training area boundary fence or wire or poster
        placed in accordance with the provisions of this section.
            (4)  Violate any other provision of this section.
        (g)  Penalty.--A violation of this section is a summary
     offense of the fifth degree.

        Cross References.  Section 2941 is referred to in section
     2943 of this title.