The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-04
CUNNING SEASON NEWS.
What Game May Be Shot il
New Jersey During the
Winter Months.

A handy little pamphlet has been compiled
which contains the fish and game laws of the
State Of New Jersey up to May i, 1895. II
contains lib pages n is full of information
VALUABLE to the hunter and fisherman. The
substance of these laws was given last spring
by the News" but as the open season for
cunning is now coming on it is given again.
Part one gives the law as to cunning and
trapping game other than fish, throughout
the State. The first section declares it to be
unlawful for any person at any time, either
on their own property or that of others, to
pursue with intent 10 kill, or in any manner
to take or injure any share or rabbit, quail,
ruffied grouse European pheasant, European
grouse, European partridge. wild deer, buck,
doe or fawn, gray snipe. duck, brant, goose,
dove, swan, gray, black or fox squirrel,
woodcock, reed bird, rail bird, marsh hen,
grass OF upland plover, or other game bird
or game animal, excepting in the manner
usually known as hunting with gun, or with
dog and gun, the gun being such as may be
held at arms length and fred from the
shoulder, without other rest, under a penalty
| of S50.n
Wild deer, buck, doe or fawnm may be taken
between Oct. IS and Nov. 5, inclusive,
in each and every year. The penalty for
violation of this regulation is 500 for each
and every such animal SO unlawfully taken
or had in possession.
GAME SECTIONS.
TIL State is divided into two game sections.
The northern section includes the counties
of Sussex, Warren, Hunterdon, Morris. Pas
sale, Bergen. Hudson, Essex, Union, Middle
sex and Mercer.
The southern section comprises all the other
counties of the State.
In the northern section, hare, rabbit, quail
tpartridge), ruffed grouse partridge or
pleasantly, gray, black or fox squirrel, Euro
pean pheasant, European partridge, Euro
pean grouse or woodcock may be taken in
the manner prescribed by law between Octo-
Der 20 and and December 1G, inclusive.
In the southern section the open season for
the above enumerated game birds and ami
mails is from November Is to January l, in
elusive.
The open season for gray snipe English or
Wilson snipe) is during March and April.
and August 81 to December Is, inclusive
reed bird, rail bird, or marsh hen, August %
to December Is, inclusive.
The open seasonfor grass or upland plover,
OF uofe, is from november = 10 december 10,
inclusive.
WHAT IS UNLAWFUL.
1t is Unlawful under a penalty of twenty
dollars, to kill, capture, or injure, or have in
possession, any night hawk, ~whippoorwill,
thrush, meadow lark, finch, martin, barn
swallow, woodpecker, robin, oriole, red or
cardinal bird, cedar bird, or tanager or other
insectiverous bird, but this is not to be con
strued to prevent the taking or killing of
English sparrows, cranes, hawks, crows,
%ravens, crow blackbirds, kingfishers. or red
winged blackbirds.
1t is also unlawful, under a penalty of
twenty dollars, to rob or destroy the eggs or
nest of any wild bird whatsoever.
In hunting geese, luck or brant, or other
web-footed wild fold, the hunter must place
his boat OF sink-box or floating vessel in
which he hes in wait, at a distance OF not
more than one hundred feet from ice or
marsh or meadow, bar or bank, or heaped
seaweed not covered with water at high
tide, the said boat or other vessel to be at
tached to said marsh or meadow by a line.
And it shall be unlawful to hunt such water
fowl, except between one hour before sun
rise and one hour after sunset, under a fine
of twenty-five dollars. The boat so used to
be propelled by oars or paddles.
NO SHARES ALLOWED.
The open season for geese. duck, brant or
other web-footed wild fowl, shall be from
September 80 to May l, inclusive; penalty
twenty dollars.
1t is unlawful, under a penalty of twenty
dollars, to snare, trap, snood net or device OF