# COMAR Title 08 — Department of Natural Resources

## Subtitle 03 — Wildlife

### Chapter 10 — General Wildlife Hunting Regulations

#### Regulation .14 Hunting from a Ground Blind.

*COMAR 08.03.10.14*

A. Definition.

  (1) In this regulation, the following term has the meaning indicated.

  (2) Term Defined. “Ground blind” means any structure with four sides and a top, placed less than 4 feet off the ground.

B. Except as provided in §C of this regulation, a person may not hunt or assist with hunting while the person is in a ground blind unless the person displays on or within 25 feet of the blind:

  (1) A cap of solid daylight fluorescent orange or daylight fluorescent pink color; or

  (2) A panel, band, strip, or garment containing at least 250 square inches of solid daylight fluorescent orange or daylight fluorescent pink color.

C. This regulation does not apply to any person who:

  (1) Hunts deer with a bow during the season restricted to hunting with a bow;

  (2) Hunts game birds or mammals during the open season using falcons, hawks or owls; or

  (3) Hunts or accompanies, aids, or assists another person hunting the following species:

    (a) Wetland game birds;

    (b) Fur-bearing mammals;

    (c) Crows;

    (d) Doves; or

    (e) Wild turkeys.

D. The provisions of this regulation do not exempt a person using a ground blind from the fluorescent orange or daylight fluorescent pink requirements in Natural Resources Article, §10-418, Annotated Code of Maryland.