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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".14" citation="COMAR 08.03.10.14" title_num="08" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="10" heading="Hunting from a Ground Blind.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Definition.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>In this regulation, the following term has the meaning indicated.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Term Defined. “Ground blind” means any structure with four sides and a top, placed less than 4 feet off the ground.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>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:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A cap of solid daylight fluorescent orange or daylight fluorescent pink color; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A panel, band, strip, or garment containing at least 250 square inches of solid daylight fluorescent orange or daylight fluorescent pink color.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>This regulation does not apply to any person who:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Hunts deer with a bow during the season restricted to hunting with a bow;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Hunts game birds or mammals during the open season using falcons, hawks or owls; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Hunts or accompanies, aids, or assists another person hunting the following species:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Wetland game birds;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Fur-bearing mammals;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Crows;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Doves; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Wild turkeys.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>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.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>