Section 10-603 - Hunting from powered boats. - Maryland Statutes

§ 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. 
 

[1999, ch. 703, § 2.]