58 Pa. Code § 135.104 - Controlled hunting and trapping area access requirements and limitations
(a)
Check-in. A person issued an access permit shall check-in upon
arrival at the special wildlife management area in the manner set forth in the
instructions provided with their permit, which may include physical
presentation of their permit to Commission staff at a designated registration
area. A person issued a 1-day access permit must check-in on the scheduled date
within 1/2 hour before open hunting hours for that day, otherwise the
Commission may void the access permit and conduct a random drawing to reassign
the unclaimed access permit as set forth in §
135.103(e)
(relating to controlled hunting and trapping area access permit
procedures).
(b)
Check-out. A person issued a controlled hunting or trapping
area access permit shall check-out upon departure from the assigned controlled
hunting or trapping area in the manner set forth in the instructions provided
with their permit, which may include physical presentation of the permit and
any game or wildlife harvested to Commission staff at a designated registration
area or the mailing of a harvest report card supplied with the permit by the
deadline specified on the permit. A person issued a controlled hunting area
access permit shall check-out of the controlled hunting area no later than 1
hour after the close of hunting hours for the day as set forth in §
141.4 (relating to hunting hours)
or within 1 hour of the closing time specified on their access
permit.
(c)
Access
restricted.
(1) Except as provided
in this subsection, entry into a controlled hunting or trapping area without a
valid controlled hunting or trapping area access permit is
prohibited.
(2) A person in
possession of a valid access permit may enter only the controlled hunting or
trapping area or hunting blind designated on their access permit.
(3) A person may recover wounded or harvested
game or wildlife from a controlled hunting or trapping area that is not
designated on their access permit only after receipt of specific advance
permission from the Commission. A person may seek this permission by contacting
the Commission using the telephone number provided in the materials
accompanying their access permit.
(4) A person with a valid controlled hunting
or trapping area access permit is prohibited from entering or remaining in a
controlled hunting or trapping area at any time outside of 1 hour before or 1
hour after legal hunting hours as set forth in §
141.4 or as specified on their
access permit without specific advance permission from the
Commission.
Notes
The provisions of this § 135.104 amended under the Game and Wildlife Code, 34 Pa.C.S. §§ 322, 721(a), 2102(b) and 2722(g).
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