[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township
of Schuylkill as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
[Adopted 11-12-1958]
On or after the passage of this article, it shall be unlawful
for any person or persons to hunt, shoot, wound, kill or pursue with
intent to kill or wound any deer situate in the Township of Schuylkill
with any firearm, except with a shotgun firing a single ball or slug,
but nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the hunting
of deer in season with bow and arrow within the Township of Schuylkill.
For the purpose of this article, the fact that a person shall
be found in possession of a loaded rifle, pistol or revolver firing
a center-fire cartridge during said deer season, either in fields,
forests, or public highways situate in the Township of Schuylkill,
shall be considered prima facie evidence that said person is hunting
deer. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the use of
such rifle, pistol, or revolver upon the range of any organized and
established sportsman's club situate in the Township of Schuylkill.
[Amended 1-7-2013 by Ord.
No. 2013-01; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch.
1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this article
shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a Magisterial
District Judge under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of
not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution. In default of payment
thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term
not exceeding 90 days. Each day or portion thereof that such violation
continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute a separate
offense, and each section of this chapter that is violated shall also
constitute a separate offense.
