---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 5201"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "5201"
heading: "Obstruction of a lawful hunt"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/5201"
units:
  - "Chapter 72 — Recreational Hunting Safety"
---

# §5201. Obstruction of a lawful hunt


It is a [violation](/usc/16/620e.md?p=11) of this section intentionally to engage in any physical [conduct](/usc/16/5207.md?p=8) that significantly hinders a [lawful hunt](/usc/16/5207.md?p=2).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXII, § 320802, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2121.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Short Title

Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXII, § 320801, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2121, provided that: “This subtitle [subtitle H (§§ 320801–320808) of title XXXII of Pub. L. 103–322, enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Recreational Hunting Safety and Preservation Act of 1994’.”