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Terms Used In Maryland Code, NATURAL RESOURCES 10-603

  • Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
(a) Except while lawfully hunting under the requirements of this subtitle, a person in a boat may not purposely or unnecessarily disturb wild waterfowl.

(b) A person may not hunt wild waterfowl while using a floating device towed by a power boat or a sailboat.

(c) 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) (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.