58 Pa. Code § 141.6

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 45, November 9, 2024

Section 141.6 - Illegal devices

It is unlawful to:

(1) Use electronic calls to take wildlife except bobcats, foxes, raccoons, coyotes and crows.

(2) Use snares to take wildlife or furbearers except beavers may be taken with snares completely or partially submerged in water in a waterway or watercourse, marsh, pond or dam.

(3) Use body gripping traps with a spread larger than 6 1/2" x 6 1/2" for any furbearer, except beaver and otter.

(4) Use a cage or box trap capable of catching more than one furbearer at a time.

(5) Use a semi-automatic shotgun or magazine shotgun for coyotes or crows unless the shotgun is plugged to a two-shell capacity in the magazine.

(6) Hunt or take wildlife through the use of an electronic contrivance or device not permitted by Commission regulation.

58 Pa. Code § 141.6

The provisions of this §141.6 amended July 6, 1979, effective 9/1/1979, 9 Pa.B. 2265; amended July 10, 1981, effective 7/11/1981, 11 Pa.B. 2493; amended April 30, 1982, effective 5/1/1982, 12 Pa.B. 1396, 12 Pa.B. 1396; amended September 17, 1982, effective 9/18/1982, 12 Pa.B. 3295; amended June 17, 1983, effective 6/18/1983, 13 Pa.B. 1941; amended July 13, 1984, effective 7/14/1984, 14 Pa.B. 2414; amended June 19, 1987, effective 7/1/1987, 17 Pa.B. 2464; amended July 7, 1989, effective 7/8/1989, 19 Pa.B. 2956; amended March 8, 1991, effective 3/9/1991, 21 Pa.B. 949; amended August 7, 1998, effective 8/8/1998, 28 Pa.B. 3801; amended May 26, 2000, effective 5/27/2000, 30 Pa.B. 2601

Amended by Pennsylvania Bulletin, Vol 53, No. 12. March 25, 2023, effective 3/25/2023

The provisions of this § 141.6 amended under 34 Pa.C.S. §§ 322(c) and 2102(a).

This section cited in 58 Pa. Code § 141.18 (relating to permitted devices).