# COMAR Title 08 — Department of Natural Resources

## Subtitle 03 — Wildlife

### Chapter 09 — Wildlife Possession

#### Regulation .02 Dog Training With Call-Back Pens.

*COMAR 08.03.09.02*

A. A person may possess pen-reared quail or chukar partridge for the purpose of training dogs with call-back pens if that person first obtains a game husbandry license. The trainer or anyone assisting in the training shall possess a valid hunting license while training.

B. Captive-raised birds released during the training process shall be marked in such a way as to identify the birds as captive-raised birds. The markers shall remain attached to the birds until the birds are disposed of, and the markers shall be destroyed after they are removed.

C. A person may not use a call-back pen on State owned or controlled lands.

D. A person may carry and discharge a device known as a starter's pistol while training dogs. The starter's pistol shall have been manufactured in such a manner as to prohibit the firing of a projectile or shot charge which could be projected through the barrel.