Pennsylvania Act 2007-18 — GAME AND WILDLIFE CODE (34 PA.C.S.) - USE OF DOGS IN HUNTING WILD TURKEYS

Act text

Session of 2007

No. 2007-18

SB 580

AN ACT

Amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, permitting use of dogs in hunting for wild turkeys.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 2383 of Title 34 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 2383. Dogs pursuing, injuring or killing big game.

[It] (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 hunt for or to take big game or to permit a dog owned, controlled or harbored by that person to pursue, harass, chase, scatter, injure or make use of a dog to kill any big game.

(b) Exception.--It shall be lawful to make use of a dog to pursue, chase, scatter and track wild turkeys during the fall wild turkey season.

Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

APPROVED--The 30th day of June, A. D. 2007.

EDWARD G. RENDELL