2012 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Title 34 - GAME
Chapter 23 - Hunting and Furtaking
Section 2309 - Unlawful removal of game or wildlife from place of refuge

     § 2309.  Unlawful removal of game or wildlife from place of
                refuge.
        (a)  General rule.--It is unlawful for any person to cut any
     dead or living tree, use smoke or any other method to take any
     game or wildlife or dig any game or wildlife out of its place of
     refuge or den.
        (b)  Woodchuck in cultivated fields.--Woodchucks may be dug
     out of their dens in cultivated fields by any person who, if not
     the owner, lessee or occupant or members of their families or
     hired help thereof, shall first secure permission of the person
     in charge of the property and, immediately after the removal of
     the woodchuck, replace the earth and level off the area dug out.
        (c)  Penalty.--A violation of this section is a summary
     offense of the fifth degree. Each violation constitutes a
     separate offense.