(c)
Additional prohibitions.
In addition to the prohibitions contained in the act pertaining to State game
lands and §
135.2, except with the written
permission of the Director, it is unlawful to:
(1) Contaminate, pollute or degrade
groundwaters or surface waters or any waterways.
(2) Graze or permit the grazing of livestock,
place or maintain beehives or beekeeping apparatus.
(3) Solicit, or place advertisements, signs
or posters.
(4) Ride a nonmotorized
vehicle, conveyance or animal, except on roads normally open to public travel,
or designated routes as posted, or while lawfully engaged in hunting, trapping
or fishing.
(5) Ride a nonmotorized
vehicle, conveyance or animal from the last Saturday in September until the
third Saturday in January, and before 1 p.m. from the second Saturday in April
through the last Saturday in May inclusive, except on Sundays or while lawfully
engaged in hunting, trapping or fishing.
(6) Ride a nonmotorized vehicle, conveyance
or animal on roads open to foot travel only.
(7) Drive motor vehicles with or without
attachments having a registered gross vehicle weight in excess of 12,000
pounds.
(8) Use a boat propelled by
a motor or operate a boat in excess of slow, no wake speed. Boats propelled by
electric motors are authorized for use on waterways when operated at slow,
no-wake speed unless the waterway is otherwise posted closed to all boats or
all boats propelled by a motor.
(9)
Consume, possess or transport any alcohol, liquor, beer, malt or brewed
alcoholic beverage.
(10) Use or
possess any controlled substance or drug paraphernalia as defined or classified
under The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act (35 P.S.
§§
780-101-780-143).
(11) Construct, place, maintain, occupy, use,
leave or abandon any structures or other tangible property, except that
portable hunting blinds or stands may be used subject to the following
restrictions:
(i) Use may not cause damage to
trees.
(ii) Except as provided in
subparagraph (iii), overnight placement of portable hunting blinds or stands
may not occur sooner than 2 weeks prior to the opening of the first deer season
nor later than 2 weeks after the close of the last deer season within each
wildlife management unit.
(iii)
Overnight placement of portable hunting blinds is additionally permitted during
the spring turkey season within each wildlife management unit.
(iv) Portable hunting blinds or stands placed
under subparagraph (ii) or (iii) must be conspicuously marked with a durable
identification tag that legibly sets forth in the owner's first name, last name
and legal home address in English or must bear a number issued by the
Commission for this purpose.
(12) Feed wildlife or lay or place any food,
fruit, hay, grain, chemical, salt or other minerals.
(13) Release domestic animals, captive bred
or captive raised game or wildlife.
(14) Operate a motor vehicle in willful and
wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property or in excess of posted
speed limits, or where no speed limit is posted, in excess of 25 miles per
hour.
(15) Target shoot with
firearms, bows and arrows or devices capable of launching projectiles, unless
the person is in possession of a valid hunting or furtaker license signed by
its holder. Exercise of privileges shall be done in a manner as to not cause
injury to persons or property, or on areas not otherwise posted closed to those
activities.
(16) Except as provided
in Subchapter J (relating to shooting ranges), discharge any firearm, bow and
arrow, or device capable of launching projectiles that is not a lawful device
to hunt game or wildlife.
(17)
Engage in an activity or event involving more than ten persons, which may
conflict with the intended purposes or uses as defined in section 722 of the
act (relating to use of property), or poses a potential environmental or safety
problem.
(18) Sell, distribute,
deliver, service, guide or rent any equipment, material or commodity or
otherwise transact or engage in any commercial activity. Commercial activity is
any activity in which a person directly or indirectly accepts consideration of
value as compensation for the provision of goods or services, including
transportation.
(19) Use State game
lands for any personal, organizational or commercial purpose other than the
intended use as defined in section 722 of the act.
(20) Operate under authority of a contract,
lease, agreement or permit and fail to abide by the terms and conditions
contained in the contract, lease, agreement or permit.
(21) Be present on State game lands from
November 15 through December 15 inclusive when not engaged in lawful hunting or
trapping and fail to wear a minimum of 250 square inches of daylight
fluorescent orange-colored material on the head, chest and back combined or, in
lieu thereof, a hat of the same colored material. The material shall be worn so
it is visible in a 360° arc. Persons using shooting ranges are exempted
from this requirement.
(22) Shoot
clay birds anywhere except areas designated by the Director by signs stating
that clay bird shooting is permitted.
(23) Operate, control, retrieve or launch an
unmanned aerial vehicle of any size, design or specification on or from lands
or waters designated as State game lands. This provision may not be construed
to limit activities specifically authorized by the Commission in writing or
Federal, State or local governmental response to fire, rescue, police or other
emergency matter, or engagement in legitimate governmental function.
(24) Engage in dog training activities on
small game from the Monday prior to the start of the youth pheasant season
until the opening of the regular pheasant season in §
139.4 (relating to seasons and bag
limits for the license year). This paragraph may not be construed to limit dog
training activities on any other public or private lands or waters not
designated as State game lands.