(a) General rule.-- Except as provided in subsection (b), it is unlawful for any person to make use of a dog in any manner to hunt for or to take big game or to permit a dog owned, controlled or harbored by that person to pursue, harass, chase, scatter, injure or make use of a dog to kill any big game. (b) Exception.-- It shall be lawful to do any of the following: (1) Make use of a dog to pursue, chase, scatter and track wild turkeys during the fall wild turkey season. (2) Make use of a leashed tracking dog to track a white-tailed deer, bear or elk in an attempt to recover an animal which has been legally killed or wounded during any open season for white-tailed deer, bear or elk.
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