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HOUSE BILL 832
M2 5lr1900
CF SB 417
By: Carroll County Delegation
Introduced and read first time: January 29, 2025
Assigned to: Environment and Transportation
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Carroll County – Natural Resources – Sunday Hunting 2
FOR the purpose of authorizing a person to hunt in Carroll County on each Sunday of the 3
game bird and game mammal seasons; and generally relating to Sunday hunting in 4
Carroll County. 5
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 6
Article – Natural Resources 7
Section 10–410(a) 8
Annotated Code of Maryland 9
(2023 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 10
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 11
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 12
Article – Natural Resources 13
10–410. 14
(a) (1) (i) The Department may allow a person to hunt on each Sunday of 15
the game bird and game mammal seasons in: 16
1. Allegany County; 17
2. Subject to subparagraph (iii) of this paragraph, Calvert 18
County, from 30 minutes before sunrise until 10:30 a.m.; 19
3. Subject to subparagraph (iii) of this paragraph, Caroline 20
County, from 30 minutes before sunrise until 10:30 a.m.; 21
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4. CARROLL COUNTY; 1
5. Cecil County; 2
[5.] 6. Subject to subparagraph (iii) of this paragraph, 3
Charles County, from 30 minutes before sunrise until 10:30 a.m.; 4
[6.] 7. Subject to subparagraph (iv) of this paragraph, 5
Dorchester County, from 30 minutes before sunrise until 10:30 a.m.; 6
[7.] 8. Garrett County; 7
[8.] 9. Subject to subparagraph (iii) of this paragraph, 8
Queen Anne’s County, from 30 minutes before sunrise until 10:30 a.m.; 9
[9.] 10. St. Mary’s County; 10
[10.] 11. Subject to subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, 11
Somerset County, from 30 minutes before sunrise until 10:30 a.m.; 12
[11.] 12. Washington County; 13
[12.] 13. Subject to subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, 14
Worcester County, from 30 minutes before sunrise until 10:30 a.m.; and 15
[13.] 14. Subject to subparagraph (v) of this paragraph, 16
Wicomico County, from 30 minutes before sunrise until 10:30 a.m. 17
(ii) The time restrictions under subparagraph [(i)10 and 12] (I)11 18
AND 13 of this paragraph do not apply: 19
1. On each Sunday of the deer firearms season; and 20
2. On the last three Sundays in October and the first two 21
Sundays in November of the deer bow hunting season. 22
(iii) The time restrictions under subparagraph (i)2, 3, [5, and 8] 6, 23
AND 9 of this paragraph do not apply: 24
1. On each Sunday during the deer firearms season; 25
2. On the last three Sundays in October and the first two 26
Sundays in November during the deer bow hunting season; and 27
3. On each Sunday of the spring turkey hunting season. 28
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(iv) The time restrictions under subparagraph [(i)6] (I)7 of this 1
paragraph do not apply: 2
1. On each Sunday of the deer hunting seasons from the first 3
Sunday in October through the second Sunday in January, inclusive; and 4
2. On each Sunday of the spring turkey hunting season. 5
(v) The time restrictions under subparagraph [(i)(13)] (I)14 of this 6
paragraph do not apply: 7
1. On the first Sunday of the deer firearms season; and 8
2. On the last three Sundays in October and the first two 9
Sundays in November of the deer bow hunting season. 10
(2) The Department may allow a person to hunt deer on each Sunday of the 11
deer hunting seasons from the first Sunday in October through the second Sunday in 12
January, inclusive, in[: 13
(i) Carroll County; and 14
(ii)] Frederick County. 15
(3) (i) Subject to subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, the Department 16
may allow a person to hunt deer on each Sunday of the deer hunting seasons from 30 17
minutes before sunrise until 10:30 a.m. in: 18
1. Kent County; 19
2. Montgomery County; and 20
3. Talbot County. 21
(ii) The time restrictions under this paragraph do not apply: 22
1. To a participant in a junior deer hunt authorized under 23
this subtitle; 24
2. On one Sunday designated by the Department during the 25
deer firearms season; 26
3. In Kent County, on each Sunday during the deer bow 27
hunting season and the deer muzzle loader season; 28
4. In Montgomery County, on one Sunday designated by the 29
Department during the deer bow hunting season; and 30 4 HOUSE BILL 832
5. In Talbot County, on the last three Sundays in October 1
and the first two Sundays in November during the bow hunting season. 2
(4) The Department may allow a person to hunt deer during the deer 3
firearms season: 4
(i) On each Sunday in Harford County; and 5
(ii) On the first Sunday in Anne Arundel County. 6
(5) The Department may allow a person to hunt deer during the deer bow 7
hunting season on: 8
(i) The last three Sundays in October and the first two Sundays in 9
November in Harford County; and 10
(ii) The first Sunday in November in Anne Arundel County. 11
(6) The Department may allow a person to hunt turkey on each Sunday of 12
the spring turkey hunting season in: 13
(i) Carroll County; 14
(ii) Kent County; and 15
(iii) Talbot County, from 30 minutes before sunrise until 10:30 a.m. 16
(7) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, the Department 17
may allow a person with a deer management permit to shoot deer on any Sunday 18
throughout the year in accordance with the terms of the permit. 19
(8) The Department may allow a person using a State certified raptor to 20
hunt game birds or mammals on each Sunday during the open season for the game birds 21
or mammals. 22
(9) The Department may allow an unarmed person participating in an 23
organized fox chase to chase foxes on Sunday. 24
(10) The Department may allow a person shooting pen–reared game birds 25
or tower–released flighted mallard ducks to hunt on Sunday at a regulated shooting ground 26
in accordance with § 10–906 of this title. 27
(11) The Department may allow a person who is 16 years old or younger to 28
hunt on Sunday if participating in a junior hunt established by the Department in 29
accordance with this subtitle. 30
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(12) Except as provided in paragraphs (8) through (10) of this subsection and 1
subject to paragraph (7) of this subsection, a person may not hunt on Sunday in: 2
(i) Baltimore City; 3
(ii) Baltimore County; 4
(iii) Howard County; or 5
(iv) Prince George’s County. 6
(13) A person may not hunt migratory game birds on Sunday. 7
(14) A person may not hunt on public land within the State park system on 8
Sunday. 9
(15) (i) The Department may not allow a person to hunt on public land 10
designated for hunting by the Department on Sunday except in: 11
1. Allegany County; 12
2. Cecil County; 13
3. Garrett County; 14
4. St. Mary’s County; 15
5. Washington County; 16
6. Dorchester County, for turkey during the spring turkey 17
hunting season; 18
7. Frederick County, for deer from the first Sunday in 19
October through the second Sunday in January of the following year, inclusive; 20
8. Subject to subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, Somerset 21
County, on public land leased to a hunt club from 30 minutes before sunrise until 10:30 22
a.m.; 23
9. Subject to subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, Worcester 24
County, from 30 minutes before sunrise until 10:30 a.m.; and 25
10. Subject to subparagraph (iii) of this paragraph, Wicomico 26
County, from 30 minutes before sunrise until 10:30 a.m. 27
(ii) The time restrictions under subparagraph (i)8 and 9 of this 28
paragraph do not apply: 29 6 HOUSE BILL 832
1. On each Sunday of the deer firearms season; and 1
2. On the last three Sundays in October and the first two 2
Sundays in November of the deer bow hunting season. 3
(iii) The time restrictions under subparagraph (i)10 of this paragraph 4
do not apply: 5
1. On the first Sunday of the deer firearms season; and 6
2. On the last three Sundays in October and the first two 7
Sundays in November of the deer bow hunting season. 8
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 9
1, 2025. 10