No Centerfires in Baltimore County

Twud said:

I overheard a conversation in the gun shop yesterday the gist of which was that centerfire rifles are illegal for hunting in Baltimore County, for any species. The guy who was arguing the no centerfire position seemed pretty sure of himself.
I've been hunting grounhogs for twenty years with a 22-250 and I've never heard of such law.
I've searched the DNR web site and can't find anything about it.
Maybe E.Shell will join in on this one, he seems to have the magic touch when it comes to finding laws at the DNR site.
Mark

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The answers can be found in, The complete Guide to Hunting and Trapping in Maryland, page 14 & 15.

Rifle Regulations

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It is unlawful to hunt with an automatic firearm capable of firing a series of shots with one continuous pull of the trigger.
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Rifles used for deer hunting must use ammunition developing a muzzle energy of at least 1,200 foot pounds.
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Firearms used for deer hunting may not have an ammunition clip loaded with more than 8 cartridges or bullets. If a clip has the capacity to hold more than 8 rounds, the clip does not have to be physically blocked, but no more than 8 cartridges or bullets may be loaded.
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Rifles may be used to hunt upland game (except dove and woodcock) and forest game (except turkey during the spring season), crow, woodchuck, nutria and certain furbearing species.
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It is only lawful to hunt with ammunition of soft point (expanding) construction. All military, full metal jacketed, incendiary or tracer bullets are prohibited.
Breech-loading rifles may not be used to hunt deer in Anne Arundel,Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Charles, Frederick (in that portion of Frederick County lying south of a line beginning at the Washington/Frederick County line at US Rt. 40 and continuing on Rt. 40 east to Harmony Road, proceeding south on Harmony Road to I-70, following I-70 east through Frederick County), Harford, Howard, Kent, Montgomery, Prince George’s, Queen Anne’s, St. Mary’s and Talbot Counties or in Worcester County as follows: (1) within one mile of any school, (2) within that portion of South Point lying south of a line beginning at the west end of the Sinepuxent Bay Bridge on State Rt. 611, then by and with the south side of Rt. 611 to the junction of the South Point Road going south for a distance of .6 miles to a point opposite the southern boundary of the Ocean City Golf and Yacht Club property on the west side of the road, then by the southern boundary of the Ocean City Golf and Yacht Club to Trappe Creek and (3) within that portion of the land lying south of a line beginning at the mouth of the St. Martin River northwest to the junction with Shingle Landing Road, then by and with the south side of Shingle Landing Road to the junction with State Rt. 113, then by and with the east side of Rt. 113 to the junction with Rt. 589, then by and with the east side of Rt. 589 to the junction with US Rt. 50, then by and with the north side of Rt. 50 to the junction with Assawoman Bay, then by and with the west boundary of Assawoman Bay to the junction with the St. Martin River.

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