- (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.
Added by Acts 1999, c. 703, § 2, eff. May 1, 2000.