- (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section and notwithstanding the time restrictions under § 10-410(a) and (b) of this subtitle, a person who is authorized by the Department to hunt deer and who wounds a deer during legal hunting hours may pursue and kill the deer after legal hunting hours.
(b)
- (1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, a person who pursues a wounded deer in accordance with subsection (a) of this section shall use only the means authorized for the applicable hunting season or permit to kill the deer.
- (2) Notwithstanding the restrictions under §§ 10-410(e) and 10-416(c) of this subtitle, a person who pursues a wounded deer in accordance with subsection (a) of this section may use a light or throw or cast the rays of a spotlight, a headlight, an artificial light, a battery, or any other device while pursuing the wounded deer.
- (c) The Department shall adopt regulations to implement this section.
Added by Acts 2025, c. 553, § 1, eff. July 1, 2025.