34 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Chapter 23 - Hunting And Furtaking

• Chapter Notes

Subchapter A.  General Provisions

• Section 2301 - Prima Facie Evidence Of Hunting
  (a) General rule.--For the purpose of this title, any one of the following acts shall constitute prima facie evidence of hunting: (1) Possession of...
• Section 2302 - Interference With Lawful Taking Of Wildlife Or Other Activities Permitted By This Title Prohibited
  (a) General rule.--Except as otherwise provided in this title, it is unlawful for another person at the location where the activity is taking place...
• Section 2303 - Hunting On Sunday Prohibited
  (a) General rule.--Except as otherwise provided in this title, it is unlawful for any person to hunt for any furbearer or game on Sunday....
• Section 2304 - Ownership Of Carcass Of Game Or Wildlife
  (a) General rule.--The carcass of game or wildlife lawfully killed or taken shall be the property of the person who inflicts a mortal wound...
• Section 2305 - Retrieval And Disposition Of Killed Or Wounded Game Or Wildlife
  (a) General rule.--It is unlawful for any person who kills or wounds any game or wildlife while engaged in any activities permitted by this...
• Section 2306 - Killing Game Or Wildlife By Mistake
  (a) General rule.--Any person who, while hunting or trapping for game or wildlife which may be lawfully taken, by accident or mistake kills or...
• Section 2307 - Unlawful Taking Or Possession Of Game Or Wildlife
  (a) General rule.--It is unlawful for any person to aid, abet, attempt or conspire to hunt for or take or possess, use, transport or...
• Section 2308 - Unlawful Devices And Methods
  (a) General rule.--Except as otherwise provided in this title, it is unlawful for any person to hunt or aid, abet, assist or conspire to...
• Section 2309 - Unlawful Removal Of Game Or Wildlife From Place Of Refuge
  § 2309. Unlawful removal of game or wildlife from place of refuge. (a) General rule.--It is unlawful for any person to cut any dead...
• Section 2310 - Unlawful Use Of Lights While Hunting
  (a) General rule.--Except as set forth in subsection (b), it is unlawful for any person or group of persons to engage in any of...
• Section 2311 - Restrictions On Recreational Spotlighting
  (a) Unlawful acts.--It is unlawful for any person to cast or to assist any other person in casting the rays of a spotlight, vehicle...
• Section 2312 - Buying And Selling Game
  (a) General rule.--Unless otherwise provided, it is unlawful for any person to buy, sell or barter, or aid, abet, assist or conspire to buy,...
• Section 2313 - Investigation And Seizure Of Game Or Wildlife
  (a) Response to questions.--The operator of any vehicle or craft transporting any game or wildlife shall answer, without evasion, any pertinent question posed by...
• Section 2314 - Trespass On Private Property While Hunting
  (a) General rule.--Any person who while violating any provision of this title or any regulations promulgated under this title and who in addition is...

Subchapter B.  Hunting Big Game

• Section 2321 - Unlawful Killing Or Taking Of Big Game
  (a) General rule.--Except as provided in this title or by regulation of the commission, it is unlawful for any person to: (1) Take, injure,...
• Section 2322 - Prohibited Devices And Methods
  (a) General rule.--Except as otherwise provided in this title or commission regulation, no person shall hunt, kill or take or attempt, aid, abet, assist...
• Section 2323 - Tagging And Reporting Big Game Kills
  (a) Tags issued with licenses.-- (1) Each licensed person who kills any big game shall, immediately after the killing and before removing the big...
• Section 2324 - Parties Hunting Big Game
  (a) Power of commission.--The commission may establish limitations applicable to groups or parties of persons hunting together or in unison or in any other...
• Section 2325 - Cooperation After Lawfully Killing Big Game
  (a) General rule.--Except as provided in section 2301(b) (relating to lawful cooperation or assistance) and subsection (a.1), it is unlawful for any person who...
• Section 2326 - Excess Kill Of Big Game
  (a) General rule.--It is unlawful for any body of persons hunting in unison or cooperating in any manner with each other while hunting to...
• Section 2327 - Subsequent Kill If Big Game Unfit For Human Consumption
  Any person who legally kills any big game and discovers that the flesh of the big game was unfit for human consumption at the...
• Section 2328 - Shipping Or Transporting Big Game
  (a) General rule.--Unless properly tagged, it is unlawful for any person to ship or transport the carcass of any big game. The tag shall...
• Section 2329 - Additional Penalty For Poaching (Repealed)
  § 2329. Additional penalty for poaching (Repealed). 2010 Repeal. Section 2329 was repealed July 9, 2010, P.L.387, No.54, effective in 60 days.

Subchapter C.  Hunting Small Game

• Section 2341 - Possession And Transportation Of Small Game
  (a) General rule.--Except as otherwise provided in this title, it is unlawful for any person to transport any small game in excess of the...

Subchapter D.  Furtaking Regulations

• Section 2361 - Unlawful Acts Concerning Taking Of Furbearers
  (a) General prohibitions.--Except as otherwise provided in this title, it is unlawful for any person to: (1) Take, kill, wound, capture or have in...
• Section 2362 - Permitted Acts
  Nothing contained in this subchapter shall prevent: (1) The possession of imported green pelts which were lawfully taken and exported from another state or...
• Section 2363 - Trapping Exception For Certain Persons
  Except for section 2704(c) (relating to furtaker's certificate of training), the remaining provisions of this title shall not be construed to prevent or prohibit...
• Section 2364 - Penalties
  Any violation of this subchapter relating to bobcat or otter is a summary offense of the fourth degree. Except for threatened or endangered species,...

Subchapter E.  Dogs Pursuing Game or Wildlife

• Section 2381 - Dogs Pursuing, Injuring Or Killing Game Or Wildlife
  Except as otherwise provided in this title or by commission regulation, it is unlawful for any person controlling or harboring a dog to permit...
• Section 2382 - Training Dogs On Small Game
  (a) General rule.--Unless otherwise provided by commission regulation, it is lawful to train a dog or dogs during any time of the calendar year....
• Section 2383 - Dogs Pursuing, Injuring Or Killing Big Game
  (a) General rule.--Except as provided in subsection (b), it is unlawful for any person to make use of a dog in any manner to...
• Section 2384 - Declaring Dogs Public Nuisances
  Any dog pursuing or following upon the track of any big game animal in such close pursuit as to endanger the big game animal...
• Section 2385 - Destruction Of Dogs Declared Public Nuisances
  (a) General rule.--A dog declared a public nuisance pursuant to section 2384 (relating to declaring dogs public nuisances) may be killed by any commission...
• Section 2386 - Penalties
  (a) General penalty.--Except as provided in subsection (b), a violation of this subchapter is a summary offense of the fifth degree. (b) Specific penalties.--...

Last modified: October 8, 2016