The record-union., 1892-08-06
THE GAME LAW.
Trouble Can be Avoided by Studying
Its Provisions.
The Shooting Season is Approa ching,
But Gunners Should Check
Their Enthusiasm.

The wild game crops of this season will
soon be matured, but the law has wisely
fixed limit TO the time during which
game may be killed. 1t may be well to
mention. also, that the State Sportsmen's
Association is prepared to prosecute any
and all persons found violating the pro-
visions of the law, which are as follows:
Every person who, in the State of Cal
itornia, between the LIST day Of March and
the lst day of October, in each year, hunts,
pursues, takes, kills or destroys any
quail, partridge, or grouse, or any kind
OF wild duck or rail, is guilty of INSIDE
meanor. Every person who, in any of
the counties OF the State of California, at
any time, takes, gathers or destroys the
eggs OF any quail, partridge or grouse, or
mallard duck, or any kind of summer
duck, red head, teal or any gray duck, or
any other kind of wild duck, is guilty of
misdemeanor.
Every person who, in the State of
California, between the lst day OF Janu-
airy and the lst day of July in each year,
hunts, pursues, takes. kills or destroys
doves, is guilty Of a misdemeanor.
Livery person who, in any Of the coun-
ties in the state of California, hunts, pur-
sues, takes, kills or destroys any male
deer, antelope, mountain sheep or buck
for the period of Two years from the date
of the passage of this Act, is guilty of a
misdemeanor.
Every person in the State of California
who has III his possession any green hides
or any green skins of any deer. elk, ante
lope or mountain sheep, killed alter the
passage Of this Act, and before the eX-
piration of two years from the date of the
passage OF this Act, is guilty OF misde-
meanor.
Every person in the State of Califor-
MIA who at any time, hunts, pursues,
kills, takes, or destroys any female deer,
antelope, elk, mountain sheep, or doe,
shall be guilty OF a msdemeanor.
Every person who shall AT any time
hunt, pursue, take. kill, or destroy any
spotted fawn, is guilty OF a misdemeanor.
Every person who shall take kill. or
destroy any of the animals or birds
mentioned in this section, at any time,
unless the carcass of such animal or bird
is used or preserved by the person TAX
ing or Staying it, or is sold for food, is
guilty of misdemeanor.
Every person who shall buy, sell,
offer or expose for sale, transport or carry,
or have in his possession, any deer or
deerskin; or any hide, or pelt, from
which the evidence of sex has been re-
moved, or any of the aforesaid game, at a
/ time when it is unlawful to kill the same,
| as provided by this and subsequent sec
| tons, is guilty of misdemeanor
Every person who takes, catches, Or
kills, or exposes for sale, or has in his
/ possession, any speckled trout, brook OF
salmon trout, or any variety of trout. be-
! tween the first day of November and the
! first day of April in the following year
except salmon trout taken with rod and
line III tide water, is guilty of misde-
meanor.
Fishing for salmon, shad, etc., be-
| tween o'clock Saturday evening and
shutdown of succeeding Sunday, prohib-
tied.
Fishing by explosives, or by pound
weir, cage, trap or set net, prohibited"
Persons having knowledge Of violations
of the law are requested to communicate
with @. w. Kyle, Secretary of the State
Association, San Francisco.