Sec. 3-180.06. Canned Hunting prohibited
Codified through Bill No. CB-018-2026, adopted May 12, 2026, effective July 24, 2026. Source: Municode, Supplement 2026 Update 2. Editorial notes and legislative history omitted.
Prince George's County, Md., Code § 3-180.06 (2026)
Sec. 3-180.06. Canned Hunting prohibitedLinkCopy Citation
(a)
It shall be unlawful for any person to shoot, wound, or kill animals on a canned hunting preserve, game ranch or canned shoot, or otherwise to hunt in an artificial manner.
(b)
No person shall instigate, promote, aid or abet as a principal, agent, employee, participant or spectator, or participate in the earnings from, or to maintain or allow any place to be used for the shooting, wounding, or killing with a firearm or any deadly weapon, any animal that is:
(1)
confined within artificial boundaries; and/or
(2)
tethered or chained, staked out, caged/crated or otherwise restrained, regardless of size.
(c)
No person shall tranquilize, artificially lure by sound, scent, visual stimuli, feeding, bait, use other animals of the targeted animal's own species, or another species, or any other method, within an enclosed area. This Section does not prohibit the natural hunting of native species as permitted by State law.