Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 11, August 30, 2024
(1) It shall be unlawful to concentrate,
drive, rally, molest or to hunt, take, capture or kill or attempt to hunt,
take, capture or kill any bird or animal from or by the aid of:
(a) Any automobile, motorcar, aircraft,
train, motorboat, sailboat or any type mechanically propelled device, or any
other device being operated in conjunction with any of the above-mentioned
devices of transportation. Provided, however, that nothing in this regulation
shall prevent hunting from a floating craft (except a sinkbox), including those
propelled by motor, sail and wind, or both, when the motor of such craft has
been completely shut off and/or the sails furled, as the case may be, its
progress therefrom has ceased, and it is drifting, beached, moored, resting at
anchor, or it is being propelled by paddle, oars or pole, and provided further
that nothing in this regulation shall prevent the taking of game birds and game
animals from any stationary motor vehicle or stationary motor driven land
conveyance provided any forward motion is ceased and engine is shut off.
Nothing in this regulation allows the hunting, taking or killing or attempting
to hunt, take or kill any bird of animal from any vehicle on a public
road.
(b) Any electrically
amplified turkey, dove or waterfowl calls or sound whether real or imitation.
Nothing in this regulation shall prevent the use of electrically amplified crow
calls. The possession of any electrical device and/or records capable of
producing real or imitation turkey, dove or waterfowl calls of any type in the
woods, field, or on the waters of this State shall be a violation of this
regulation.
(c) Fire or smoke
whether man-made or natural.
(d)
Any live decoys, except when hunting unprotected birds or animals, provided
that banded live pen raised quail may be used in a recovery pen as a call bird
when such recovery pen is used to recover pen raised quail as provided for in
Regulation
220-2-.16.
(e) It shall be unlawful for any person while
engaged in hunting turkey in this State to use or have in his possession a
decoy which has mechanical or electronic parts which makes the decoy capable of
movement or producing sound or which can be manipulated to produce movement or
sound. Mechanical parts include, but are limited to, decoys attached to weapons
or handheld and manipulated to produce movement such as fanning or reaping. It
is further provided, however, that no turkey decoys shall be lawful except
during spring turkey season in the area of use.
(f) From floodwater. It shall be a violation
of this regulation to hunt or attempt to hunt or take any species of resident
bird or animal taking refuge in, swimming through, flying over, or resting in a
tree, bush, or log standing or floating in any floodwaters or backwaters or
taking refuge on any island less than forty acres in size created by any such
flood or backwaters. Provided, however, that nothing in this regulation shall
prevent the taking of migratory waterfowl from such areas.
(g) Any area where feeding has taken place,
until all the feed has been removed or consumed for at least 10 days prior to
such hunting, except those in possession of a current bait privilege license
hunting white-tailed deer or feral swine on privately owned or leased
lands.
(h) Gasoline or any noxious
chemical or gaseous substance to drive wildlife from their burrows, dens, or
retreats.
(i) It shall be unlawful
to possess fully automatic firearms while hunting any species of
wildlife.
(2) It shall be
unlawful for any person to hunt with a bow or gun that has a light source
attached that is capable of casting a beam of light (including a laser sight)
forward of said bow or gun or to possess such a light source adapted for
attachment to said bow or gun while hunting except for laser type range finders
with computational capabilities; or as provided by Rule
220-2-.02(1)(c)
for conditional use of laser sighting devices by legally blind hunters; or when
the person possesses a current nighttime feral swine and coyote license and is
hunting those species during the date of the established special nighttime
feral swine and coyote hunting season.
(a) It
shall be unlawful to possess any equipment that uses electronics to increase
the ability to see in the dark (night vision/thermal equipment) while hunting
any species of wildlife, both protected or unprotected species except for
persons possessing a current nighttime feral swine and coyote license, hunting
those species during dates of the established special nighttime feral swine and
coyote hunting season."
