CHAPTER 94

S.P. 317 - L.D. 942

An Act To Prohibit Shooting Wild Turkey Decoys

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §11213-A, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §145 and affected by §422, is amended to read:

§11213-A. Shooting at or near decoys

1. Shooting at or near migratory waterfowl or wild turkey decoys. A person may not with a firearm, a bow and arrow or a crossbow shoot or shoot at a wildfowl migratory waterfowl or wild turkey decoy of another person.

A. A person who violates this subsection commits a civil violation for which a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500 may be adjudged.

B. A person who violates this subsection after having been adjudicated as having committed 3 or more civil violations under this Part within the previous 5-year period commits a Class E crime.

2. Shoot within area of another person's decoys. A person may not with a firearm, a bow and arrow or a crossbow shoot within an area encompassed by a set of another person's wildfowl migratory waterfowl or wild turkey decoys, including the area 50 yards away from the outer perimeter of the set of decoys.