A person may hunt mourning doves and woodcock with a bow, an air gun propelling an arrow, or shotgun only. A person may hunt all other upland game with a bow, a rifle, or any other means not prohibited by these regulations. A person may not hunt upland game with any automatic loading or hand operated repeating shotgun capable of holding more than three shells, unless the less the magazine is cut off or plugged with a solid, one-piece filler which cannot be removed from the loading end, so that the gun cannot hold more than three shells in the magazine and chamber combined.

Effective date:

Regulations .01 and .03 were previously codified as Regulations .03 and .34, respectively, under COMAR 08.03.01 Wildlife Conservation. This recodification was effective June 3, 1985 (12:11 Md. R. 1047).

For the history of these regulations before June 3, 1985, see the Administrative History which follows COMAR 08.03.01.

Regulation .02 adopted effective June 3, 1985 (12:11 Md. R. 1047)

Regulation .02 amended effective June 30, 1986 (13:13 Md. R. 1490); November 24, 2016 (43:23 Md. R. 1279)

Regulation .03 repealed effective August 24, 2020 (47:17 Md. R. 796)

Regulation .04 adopted effective July 25, 1988 (15:15 Md. R. 1809)

Regulation .04B amended effective August 31, 2015 (42:17 Md. R. 1110)

Regulation .05 adopted effective August 27, 2007 (34:17 Md. R. 1507)

Regulation .05B, C amended effective June 18, 2018 (45:12 Md. R. 617)

Regulation .05C amended effective August 24, 2020 (47:17 Md. R. 796)