Section 10-405 - Open season for forest game birds and mammals and upland game birds and mammals. - Maryland Statutes

§ 10-405. Open season for forest game birds and mammals and upland game birds and mammals.
 

(a)  Establishment by regulation.-  

(1) Pursuant to § 10-205 of this title, the Department shall establish by regulation and publish by July 1 each year the open season to hunt forest and upland game birds and mammals. 

(2) Except as provided under § 10-410 of this subtitle, the Department may not authorize hunting on a Sunday. 

(b)  Extension of season if affected by emergency.- If the Department by regulation pursuant to § 10-205 of this title restricts or reduces the number of days normally allowed to hunt, possess, sell, purchase, ship, transport, carry, or export any game bird or mammal because of an emergency situation, the Department may extend the open season to provide a comparable number of days in any given season. 

(c)  Crows.- The Department shall establish by regulation the maximum open season for hunting crows which is permissible under federal law, and shall include in its regulations such provisions as are permitted under federal law for control of crows at any time they are found to be committing or about to commit depredation upon ornamental or shade trees, agricultural crops, livestock or wildlife, or when concentrated in such numbers and manner as to constitute a health hazard or other nuisance. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 66C, §§ 112, 132; 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., ch. 4, § 1; 1979, ch. 147; 1980, ch. 780; 1982, ch. 159; 1985, ch. 641; 1986, ch. 5, § 1; ch. 687; 1990, ch. 6, § 2; ch. 145; 1991, ch. 55, § 1; 2003, ch. 170; 2007, ch. 347.]