(a) General rule.--It is unlawful for any person to shoot at any game or wildlife while it is on a public highway or on a highway open to use or used by the public or to shoot across a public highway or a highway or roadway open to use or used by the public unless the line of fire is high enough above the elevation of the highway to preclude any danger to the users of the highway. It shall be unlawful for any person, after alighting from a motor vehicle being driven on or stopped on or along a public highway or road open to public travel, to shoot at any wild bird or wild animal while the person doing the shooting is within 25 yards of the traveled portion of the public highway or road open to public travel.
(b) Penalty.--A violation of this section is a summary offense of the fourth degree.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 25 - Protection of Property and Persons
Section 2502 - Chemical test to determine amount of alcohol
Section 2503 - Loaded firearms in vehicles
Section 2504 - Shooting on or across highways
Section 2506 - Prohibitions within burial grounds
Section 2507 - Restrictions on shooting
Section 2508 - Protection of institutions, parks and resorts
Section 2509 - Damage to property
Section 2510 - Littering and restrictions on vehicles
Section 2511 - Damage to trees
Section 2512 - Unlawful acts on commission lands or waters
Section 2521 - Incident reports
Section 2522 - Shooting at or causing injury to human beings
Section 2523 - Rendering assistance after incidents
Section 2524 - Protective material required
Section 2525 - Possession of firearm for protection of self or others