{"data":{"id":"us-pa/34-pa.c.s.-2383","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"34 Pa.C.S. § 2383","heading":"Dogs pursuing, injuring or killing big game.","body":"(a) General rule.--Except as provided in subsection (b), it is unlawful for any person to make use of a dog in any manner to hunt for or to take big game or to permit a dog owned, controlled or harbored by that person to pursue, harass, chase, scatter, injure or make use of a dog to kill any big game.\n(b) Exception.--It shall be lawful to do any of the following:\n(1) Make use of a dog to pursue, chase, scatter and track wild turkeys during the fall wild turkey season.\n(2) Make use of a leashed tracking dog to track a white-tailed deer, bear or elk in an attempt to recover an animal which has been legally killed or wounded during any open season for white-tailed deer, bear or elk.","path":["Title 34 - GAME","CHAPTER 23 HUNTING AND FURTAKING","SUBCHAPTER E DOGS PURSUING GAME OR WILDLIFE"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=34\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=23\u0026sctn=83\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-01-06 (Statute Update stamp, 34 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:32:38Z","sha256":"1c31311da5db1cec088d83ee6a5059fffdba78bdba6eb97aeb1e00292a06851e","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/34-pa.c.s.-2382","next":"us-pa/34-pa.c.s.-2384"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}