HUNTING INVASIVE/VARMINT SPECIES

[djleepanda]

I've been checking out youtube a lot lately and found some interesting videos on varmint hunting. This ranged everything from coyotes to rats. Does this require hunting license? Are there any places that have varmint infestation in Maryland that would let "hunters" come in and exterminate them(i.e. farms, landfills, etc)?

I really don't know much about hunting, but Rat/Nutria hunting with .22 seems a lot of fun.

 

[Jerry M]

Wood chuck and Nutria year around no limit. Foxes in certain counties year around no limit (check the book). Buy a hunting license. Makes it allot easier to explain why you have a rifle in your possession, in the middle of the night.

Good luck

Jerry

 

[lx1x]

Wood chuck and Nutria year around no limit. Foxes in certain counties year around no limit (check the book). Buy a hunting license. Makes it allot easier to explain why you have a rifle in your possession, in the middle of the night.

Good luck

Jerry

+1

even they are nuisance species.. you still need license to shoot one..

 

[Schwabe]

.... ayyyyy ... state got to live too ... get a license ... so the illegale immigrants children can go to college ...

 

[Sonofagun]

+1

even they are nuisance species.. you still need license to shoot one..

After you get your hunting license be sure to get the Terrorist stamp - open season and no bag limit!

Grandmother put me to work at an early age w/ a .22 shooting groundhogs that kept getting into the garden and eating plants. The 20 gauge was for shooting pigeons that were roosting in the barn.

 

[Half-cocked]

House Sparrows.

Open season 24/7/365.

 

[WeaponsCollector]

Wild hogs sure would be fun to hunt from a helicopter.

 

[Jim Sr]

Wood chuck and Nutria year around no limit. Foxes in certain counties year around no limit (check the book). Buy a hunting license. Makes it allot easier to explain why you have a rifle in your possession, in the middle of the night.

Good luck

Jerry

http://www.dnr.state.md.us/huntersguide/pdfs/2010_2011_MDHuntGuide.pdf

 

[justsand]

Wood chuck and Nutria year around no limit. Foxes in certain counties year around no limit (check the book). Buy a hunting license. Makes it allot easier to explain why you have a rifle in your possession, in the middle of the night.

Good luck

Jerry

read the read highlighted part

General Hunting Regulations

In addition to the regulations listed elsewhere in this guide,
IT IS UNLAWFUL TO:

Hunt any game bird or mammal while under the influence of alcohol or any narcotic drug.
Hunt or trap on private land without written permission of the landowner.
Hunt any game bird or mammal on Sunday with the exception of:

a person who possesses a Falconry Permit, who may hunt specified game birds and mammals on Sundays during the open season;
an unarmed person participating in an organized fox chase, who may chase foxes on Sundays;
persons hunting on Regulated Shooting Areas may shoot captive raised game birds on Sundays;
persons hunting deer on those Sundays specified in Region A & Region B Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits.
persons hunting turkeys in Allegany and Garrett counties on May 1, 2011

Hunt any animal other than deer on the first day of Deer Firearms Season, except sea ducks in the Sea Duck Zone.
Have a loaded firearm in, on, or leaning against any vehicle. This includes ammunition in the magazine or a muzzleloader ready to fire.
Have a cocked crossbow in or on a vehicle.
Use laser sights when attached to any firearm or bow used for hunting game birds or mammals. Laser sights are those that project a beam of light from a hunting device onto the target. Range finding devices not attached to a hunting device are not considered laser sights.
Shoot on, from or across any public road.
Hunt, trap or shoot at wildlife within 150 yards of an occupied structure or camp without permission of the owner or occupant. This distance is 50 yards for archery hunters on private land in Frederick County only.
Cast the rays of an artificial light from a vehicle on woods, fields, orchards, livestock, wild mammals or birds, dwellings or buildings. However, in Baltimore City, Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties, a person may cast the rays of an artificial light from a vehicle for the sole purpose of observing or photographing wildlife until 9:00 pm. A person may not have a weapon in his possession while the casting rays of an artificial light. Note: coyotes, foxes, opossums, or raccoons may be hunted on foot at nighttime during open season with the use of a dog or light, or both.
Target shoot on state lands except in designated areas.
Construct or use permanent blinds or tree stands on state-owned or controlled properties. (Tree stands and blinds are limited to those of a temporary nature which must be removed at the end of each day.)
Trap on state lands without written permission from the controlling agency.
Hunt without a form of positive identification, such as a drivers license, other photo identification or a secondary form of positive identification.
Tamper with any legally set trap and to remove the catch from any legally set trap.

Note: The woodchuck and nutria are classified as “unprotected mammals.” As such, a hunting license is not required to hunt woodchucks and nutria except in Baltimore and Frederick Counties. Woodchucks and nutria may be hunted throughout the year, including on Sundays. Hunters must wear fluorescent orange while hunting woodchucks. All legal hunting devices may be used to hunt woodchucks and nutria.

 

[djleepanda]

read the read highlighted part

General Hunting Regulations

In addition to the regulations listed elsewhere in this guide,
IT IS UNLAWFUL TO:

Hunt any game bird or mammal while under the influence of alcohol or any narcotic drug.
Hunt or trap on private land without written permission of the landowner.
Hunt any game bird or mammal on Sunday with the exception of:

a person who possesses a Falconry Permit, who may hunt specified game birds and mammals on Sundays during the open season;
an unarmed person participating in an organized fox chase, who may chase foxes on Sundays;
persons hunting on Regulated Shooting Areas may shoot captive raised game birds on Sundays;
persons hunting deer on those Sundays specified in Region A & Region B Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits.
persons hunting turkeys in Allegany and Garrett counties on May 1, 2011

Hunt any animal other than deer on the first day of Deer Firearms Season, except sea ducks in the Sea Duck Zone.
Have a loaded firearm in, on, or leaning against any vehicle. This includes ammunition in the magazine or a muzzleloader ready to fire.
Have a cocked crossbow in or on a vehicle.
Use laser sights when attached to any firearm or bow used for hunting game birds or mammals. Laser sights are those that project a beam of light from a hunting device onto the target. Range finding devices not attached to a hunting device are not considered laser sights.
Shoot on, from or across any public road.
Hunt, trap or shoot at wildlife within 150 yards of an occupied structure or camp without permission of the owner or occupant. This distance is 50 yards for archery hunters on private land in Frederick County only.
Cast the rays of an artificial light from a vehicle on woods, fields, orchards, livestock, wild mammals or birds, dwellings or buildings. However, in Baltimore City, Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties, a person may cast the rays of an artificial light from a vehicle for the sole purpose of observing or photographing wildlife until 9:00 pm. A person may not have a weapon in his possession while the casting rays of an artificial light. Note: coyotes, foxes, opossums, or raccoons may be hunted on foot at nighttime during open season with the use of a dog or light, or both.
Target shoot on state lands except in designated areas.
Construct or use permanent blinds or tree stands on state-owned or controlled properties. (Tree stands and blinds are limited to those of a temporary nature which must be removed at the end of each day.)
Trap on state lands without written permission from the controlling agency.
Hunt without a form of positive identification, such as a drivers license, other photo identification or a secondary form of positive identification.
Tamper with any legally set trap and to remove the catch from any legally set trap.

Note: The woodchuck and nutria are classified as “unprotected mammals.” As such, a hunting license is not required to hunt woodchucks and nutria except in Baltimore and Frederick Counties. Woodchucks and nutria may be hunted throughout the year, including on Sundays. Hunters must wear fluorescent orange while hunting woodchucks. All legal hunting devices may be used to hunt woodchucks and nutria.

wait... no hunting licenses for nutria and woodchucks? are there certain restrictions on the firearm cal or type of firearm?

 

[hairba111]

Open season on STINKBUGS! Kill them all.

 

[hailtoby]

Open season on STINKBUGS! Kill them all.

but do it gently

 

[justsand]

I do not believe so but I only hunt in Frederick county so I still need a license

 

[lx1x]

read the read highlighted part

General Hunting Regulations

In addition to the regulations listed elsewhere in this guide,
IT IS UNLAWFUL TO:

Hunt any game bird or mammal while under the influence of alcohol or any narcotic drug.
Hunt or trap on private land without written permission of the landowner.
Hunt any game bird or mammal on Sunday with the exception of:

a person who possesses a Falconry Permit, who may hunt specified game birds and mammals on Sundays during the open season;
an unarmed person participating in an organized fox chase, who may chase foxes on Sundays;
persons hunting on Regulated Shooting Areas may shoot captive raised game birds on Sundays;
persons hunting deer on those Sundays specified in Region A & Region B Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits.
persons hunting turkeys in Allegany and Garrett counties on May 1, 2011

Hunt any animal other than deer on the first day of Deer Firearms Season, except sea ducks in the Sea Duck Zone.
Have a loaded firearm in, on, or leaning against any vehicle. This includes ammunition in the magazine or a muzzleloader ready to fire.
Have a cocked crossbow in or on a vehicle.
Use laser sights when attached to any firearm or bow used for hunting game birds or mammals. Laser sights are those that project a beam of light from a hunting device onto the target. Range finding devices not attached to a hunting device are not considered laser sights.
Shoot on, from or across any public road.
Hunt, trap or shoot at wildlife within 150 yards of an occupied structure or camp without permission of the owner or occupant. This distance is 50 yards for archery hunters on private land in Frederick County only.
Cast the rays of an artificial light from a vehicle on woods, fields, orchards, livestock, wild mammals or birds, dwellings or buildings. However, in Baltimore City, Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties, a person may cast the rays of an artificial light from a vehicle for the sole purpose of observing or photographing wildlife until 9:00 pm. A person may not have a weapon in his possession while the casting rays of an artificial light. Note: coyotes, foxes, opossums, or raccoons may be hunted on foot at nighttime during open season with the use of a dog or light, or both.
Target shoot on state lands except in designated areas.
Construct or use permanent blinds or tree stands on state-owned or controlled properties. (Tree stands and blinds are limited to those of a temporary nature which must be removed at the end of each day.)
Trap on state lands without written permission from the controlling agency.
Hunt without a form of positive identification, such as a drivers license, other photo identification or a secondary form of positive identification.
Tamper with any legally set trap and to remove the catch from any legally set trap.

Note: The woodchuck and nutria are classified as “unprotected mammals.” As such, a hunting license is not required to hunt woodchucks and nutria except in Baltimore and Frederick Counties. Woodchucks and nutria may be hunted throughout the year, including on Sundays. Hunters must wear fluorescent orange while hunting woodchucks. All legal hunting devices may be used to hunt woodchucks and nutria.

if he does it in his property maybe so.. but i bet he'll get grief from dnr police if he is in public land..

 

[hvymax]

Open season on STINKBUGS! Kill them all.

I think you need to have at least a 30-06 minimum power factor for those.

 

[rpker]

Open season on STINKBUGS! Kill them all.

I think you need to have at least a 30-06 minimum power factor for those.

Naplam works better

 

[BenL]

If you're on public land, I'd still get a hunting license. It's $25 well spent, not to get hassled.

 

[djleepanda]

I need to take classes for hunting license right?

 

[Half-cocked]

I need to take classes for hunting license right?

Yep, start here: http://www.dnr.state.md.us/nrp/education/

 

[djleepanda]

thanks!