12 M.R.S. §11213-A: Shooting at or near decoys
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 12: CONSERVATION
- PART 13: INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE
- CHAPTER 915: HUNTING: SEASONS, REQUIREMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS
- SUBCHAPTER 4: GENERAL UNLAWFUL ACTS PERTAINING TO HUNTING
1. Shooting at or near migratory waterfowl or wild turkey decoys. A person may not with a firearm, a bow and arrow or a crossbow shoot or shoot at a migratory waterfowl or wild turkey decoy of another person.
A. A person who violates this subsection commits a civil violation for which a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500 may be adjudged.
B. A person who violates this subsection after having been adjudicated as having committed 3 or more civil violations under this Part within the previous 5-year period commits a Class E crime.
2. Shoot within area of another person's decoys. A person may not with a firearm or archery equipment shoot within an area encompassed by a set of another person's migratory waterfowl or wild turkey decoys, including the area 50 yards away from the outer perimeter of the set of decoys.
A. A person who violates this subsection commits a civil violation for which a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500 may be adjudged.
B. A person who violates this subsection after having been adjudicated as having committed 3 or more civil violations under this Part within the previous 5-year period commits a Class E crime.
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