# COMAR Title 08 — Department of Natural Resources

## Subtitle 03 — Wildlife

### Chapter 04 — Forest Wildlife

#### Regulation .06 Wild Turkey Hunting.

*COMAR 08.03.04.06*

A. Shooting hours during the spring turkey season are from 1/2 hour before sunrise to 12 noon except during the last 2 weeks of the season and on the Junior Hunting Day when the shooting hours are 1/2 hour before sunrise to sunset.

B. A person may not use dogs or organized drives for the purpose of hunting turkeys during the spring season.

C. During the spring and winter turkey seasons a person may only hunt turkeys with an air gun propelling an arrow, a bow, or shotgun with shotgun shells loaded with shot size number 4 or smaller.

D. During the fall turkey season a person may only hunt turkeys with a rifle, handgun, bow, air gun, or shotgun with shotgun shells loaded with:

  (1) Shot size number 4 or smaller; or

  (2) A solid single projectile, such as a pumpkin ball, sabot, or slug.

E. To hunt wild turkeys, a person may not use:

  (1) Recorded or electronically amplified calls; or

  (2) Motorized decoys operated by batteries or any source of electricity.