Evening journal., 1893-09-11
THOU SHALT NOT KILL
Pastridges and Quails Must
Not Be Shot in Delaware.
MANY WERE STARVED AEDFRozEH.

The Cunning Season for Rabbits Begins
November 1-Delaware sportsmen VIII
Have n Tame season-The Man with the
Hounds win BE Right In It.
Il would be well for gamers who
have not kept the run Of legislation af-
fecting Delaware game TO carefully
peruse the law passed by the last
General Assembly. This is particularly
true Of the quail, partridge and pheasant.
The salient points of the law In dues
lion are to be found In chapter 055 Of
the laws just published. They are as
follows:
No PartrIdges This Year
Section 1.-Strike out ell Of section
of chapter 507. volume II, Laws of Della
ware, down TO the word or in the
eighth line, and insert In lieu thereof the
| following: That from and after the
passage OF this act 1t shall be unlawful
for any person In the State of Delaware
to hunt kill, take or destroy, sell or ex-
pose for sale OF have In his or her pos-
session, after the same has been killed .anv
partridge, quail OF pheasant before
the first day Of November. A. d. 1894;
and from aud after November first. 1894
Il shall be unlawful TO hunt, kill. take
or destroy, sell or expose for sale, after
the same has been killed, any partridge.
quail or pheasant, except between the
first day of November and the first day Of
January In each year, or TO hunt, kill take
or destroy, sell, or expose for sale, or have
In bis or her possession, after the same has
been killed, any rabbit, or hare, except
between the FIRST day OF November and
the first day Of January in each year.
'Section 2-That from and after the
passage Of this act It shall be unlawful
TO shoot or kill by firearms any species
of ducks on the marshes in or bordering
on this state In the night time, that is to
say from one hour after sunset to one
hour before sunrise.
Section 3 That from and after the
passage OF this act it shall be unlawful
for any person OF persons within this
state at any time to buy, for purposes Of
profit or sale any partridge, quail or
pheasant, and all acts or parts OF acts
authorizing the issuing Of licenses TO
dealers In said birds be aud the same are
hereby repealed as far as they relate to
{ the buying Of said birds"
The penalties are the same as under
r the old law and the right of appeal from
/
/, the Superior Court is retained.
Hard winter Killed tho Bg.ss.
These amendments were fathered b
Senator Records and Representative
e James h. s. Gam In years gone by the
, cunning season opened on November 10
q la Maryland and other nearby states II
Z opened on November /. A non-resideni
c gunner could goto the other states. guI
for two weeks IN the best part OF th'
y season, and then overrun Delaware Il
Il the deirlment Of the local sportsmen
4 The opening day was made the same a
d In the other states to prevent this.
s That no partridge or quail can be sho
q In Delaware this fall and winter Will b.
d a hardship TO the sportsmen. TIL
I amendment was passed to give the bird
II a year In which to recover from the dis
4 astrous effects Of last winters cold ant
q snow.
Senator Records, who prepared th
y amendment, is an ardent sportsman him
: self. Last winter he went out with hi
'e dogs and gun and found whole covies 0
j. partridges starved OF frozen to death 1
II Sussex. Similar reports came to hiI
r from other parts Of the state.
Some OF the gunners now assert tha
the birds are unusually numerous
many sections of the state and are SORT
- they did not fight the passage Of th
amendment.
70 Woods Full OF Them
a. The woods are full of rabbits, II
,s nothing unusual for man without dos
j to kick up two or three in an afternoon
~ ramble through the thickets in quest {
m other game. In six weeks the hound
an will slip from the leash and Jim Dry
will be in constant danger of losing b
az life.
lg Another Warren Smoker.
A meeting will be held this evening