1905 Pa. Laws 252-53, No. 180, § 8
| dc.coverage.spatial | Pennsylvania | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-24T14:09:31Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-12T17:04:15Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T04:19:32Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1905 | |
| dc.description.abstract | No person shall make use of what is known as buckshot in hunting deer or fawn within this Commonwealth, or shall kill or wound, or attempt to kill or wound, any deer or fawn within this Commonwealth, or shall kill or wound, or attempt to kill or wound, any deer or fawn within this Commonwealth by or with or through the use of a gun propelling or emitting more than one pellet, bullet or ball at a single discharge; and persons violating this provision shall be subject to the penalties provided by existing law for the unlawful taking or killing of deer or fawn. | |
| dc.description.lawtext | Section 8. The open season for deer or fawn, within this Commonwealth, shall be from the fifteenth day of November to the first day of December of each year. No person shall make use of a dog or dogs in hunting deer or fawn within this Commonwealth; and the fact that a dog of any description shall be taken into the woods, or shall be had in the possession or under control, or shall be cared for or harbored, or permitted to remain with or in the camp of any person or persons who may go to hunt, during the open season for deer or fawn in this State, shall render each person in said camp liable to the full penalty prescribed by law for the unlawful taking or killing of deer or fawn, upon proof, duly sworn to, that the dog so taken into the woods, or had in possession or under control, or harbored, cared for, or permitted to remain in said camp, did, within a radius of ten miles from said camp, run after, pursue or follow upon the track of any deer or fawn for a distance of one hundred yards. No person shall make use of what is known as buckshot in hunting deer or fawn within this Commonwealth, or shall kill or wound, or attempt to kill or wound, any deer or fawn within this Commonwealth by or with or through the use of a gun propelling or emitting more than one pellet, bullet or ball at a single discharge; and persons violating this provision shall be subject to the penalties provided by existing law for the unlawful taking or killing of deer or fawn. The game laws of this Commonwealth shall not be held to apply to elk. | |
| dc.description.summary | Pennsylvania limited deer hunting to November 15–December 1 and prohibited using dogs or buckshot, as well as firearms that discharged multiple pellets, bullets, or balls at once. Violations carried the same penalties as unlawfully taking or killing deer, while elk were exempt from these game laws. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/5163 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedbyGoogle | https://www.google.com/books/edition/Laws_Enacted_in_the_General_Assembly_of/0eMqAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=pennsylvania+laws&printsec=frontcover | |
| dc.subject | HUNTING REGULATION | |
| dc.title | 1905 Pa. Laws 252-53, No. 180, § 8 |