Section 5 in The Orissa Forest Shooting Rules, 1973
5. Acts prohibited in forest.
- The following acts are prohibited within a reserve or protected forest except when specifically permitted under a permit granted by the competent authority, namely :(i)use of poison or dynamite to kill or capture wild animals or fish;(ii)spearing or running with dogs any kind of deer or antelope;(iii)shooting by sitting or watching in the neighbourhood of water or salt licks, any wild animal other than carnivore, bear and such other animals specially declared as dangerous and water birds;(iv)erecting dams, weirs or fixing traps, diverting streams for the purpose of catching fish or driving fish ;(v)shooting - (a) bison, elephant, buffalo with any weapon other than rifle of a bore equal to or larger than 400 or 376 magnum;(b)any big game except with a rifle of a bore of 300 and above or with a bullet from a shot gun;(vi)shooting or chasing from a wheeled vehicle or shooting from within 50 metres of such a vehicle or shooting between the hours of sunset and sunrise or with the aid of electric light, any animal other than carnivore or animal specially declared as dangerous;(vii)shooting any protected species(viii)hunting or shooting in any park or sanctuary;(ix)killing or catching wild elephants in contravention of any rules made under the Elephants Preservation Act, 1879 (Act VI of 1879) or the Madras Wild Elephants Preservation Act, 1873 (Madras Act I of 1873);(x)shooting the female or young of any kind of deer, antelope and bison;(xi)shooting deer with horns in velvet;(xii)shooting any wild animal within 500 metres from the premises of any sacred or religious place;(xiii)retrieving, flushing or beating of wild animal by whatsoever means from a shooting block to any other area for the purpose of shooting or killing;(xiv)The setting of nets, snares or pitfalls for catching any wild animals and the destroying or taking the eggs or nests;(xv)hunting except by a person authorised under these rules for the destruction of such wild animals which are pest or vermin in a forest other than reserved forest;(xvi)leaving any 'Machan' constructed or pit dug after it has served its purpose and in no case shall it be maintained in position for a period exceeding 48 hours;(xvii)hunting or shooting any game during the close season.
