The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-24
]. THE Open SEASON.
Matters Of Interest to Gunners
Fish and Game Laws
Many Changes.

Much interest is being manifested by
the nner this year rs to the changes
made in the fish and game laws. Most
of the game comes in today. Here are
the main extracts of the States law
with a table of the game and fish season
and the penalties. 1t is Unlawful for any
person at any time, either on their own
property or that of others, to pursue with
intent to kill, or IN any manner to take
or injure any hare or rabbit, quail,
ruffed grouse European pheasant, Euro
pear grouse, European cartridges, wild
deer Duck doe or fawn) gray snipe,
duck brant, goose dove. swan, gray or
black fox squirrel, woodcock, reed bird,
rail bird, marsh hen, grass or upland
plover, or other game bird or animal, ex-
cepting 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 fired from the shoulder.
without other rest, under a penalty of
$50.
The State is divided into W game sec
tions. The northern section comprises
the counties of Sussex, Warren, Hunter
don, Morris, Passaic, Bergen, Hudson,
Essex, Union, Middlesex and Mercer.
The southern section includes the re-
naming counties of the State.
1t is unlawful under the penalty of $50
to kill, capture or injure or nave in
possession any night hawk, whippoorwill,
thrush, meadow lark, finch, martin barn
swallow, woodpecker, robin, oriole, red
or cardinal bird. cedar bird, but this is
not to be construed to prevent the taking
or killing of English sparrows, cranes,
hawks, crows, ravens, crow blackbirds,
kingfishers or red winged black birds.
It is also unlawful under { enalty of
$40 to rob or destroy the egs nest of
any wild bird whatsoever.
NO DESTRUCTION OF EGGS OR
NESTS.
In hunting geese. duck or brant, or
other web-footed wild fowl, the hunter
must place his boat or sinx-box or other
floating vessel in which he lies in wait,
bred feet from in or marsh or meadow,
bar or bank. or heaped seaweed not COW
boat or other vessel to be attached to
said marsh or meadow by a line; and it
shall be unlawful to hunt such water
fowl, except between one hour before
sunrise and one hour after sunset, under
a penalty of $25. The boat so used to be
propelled by oars or. paddles.
1t is Unlawful under a penalty of so
for each offense to hun with a gun or
dog, or carry a gum in the fields on Sun
day. 500
to snare. trap, snood net or device of any
description whatsoever any or the game
birds or animals protected by the game
No explosives or medicated bait are to
be used in any of the waters OF the
ing fish. under a penalty of not less than
500 nor more than $500.
District courts, justices Of the peace
and police magistrates shall have Jurisr
5;oti6n Ia try and punish any person or
persons accused of violating, any pro
Visions of the act Any ponce oFHnscmers,
nrotector. or any officer or detective OF
INV i~ncorporated game protective society
may arrest without warTants ondd nTos
aasssdines NAV be instituted any day OF
the week Sunday to be no par 10 the
successfSaI %RsSsssu T1s&RaEs 81 81
r. g MA VIM TO trespass on any lands,
carving a gun, after public notlcs Oh ssa ~
part Of t the 9Maer Such ttrepspassing. such
n natiee being posted conspicuously ada,
cent to the highway blnding on sa u
l am for s9 dam IA IS Which shall not be less
than SIC damages. Any person defaclng
exceeding $50 or an Imprisonment in the
county jail not exceeding thirty oass' u
both. .r
sell. offer or expose for sale any of the
game birds or animals, excepting only IN
the seasons which such game DlruS OF
animals may be lawfully hunted ana
killed, and within ten days thereafter,
under penalty of $40 for each and every
bird or other animal enumerated. so had
lawfully in possession. sold, offered or
exposed for sale.
The above act has caused a great deal
of discussion among the local gunners
about town as to the question, If a rab-
bit was shot in Pennsylvania and brought
into Jersey (The Pennsylvania is a little
earlier than ours) could he be arrested
for bringing that rabbit into the State
before the law in this State went into
effect?' In an interview with a prom
inent lawyer on this subject, he defined
it thus:-"A person who kills a rabbit in
Pennsylvania or any other State while
the season is open can take that rabbit
in any other State where the season may
not be open. and he cannot BIZ pun
ished for It. as you. see, in the first
place he shot the rabbit in season: and
IN the second place. he had the rabbit in
his lawful possession, n the law reads,
unlawful possession: so you see he
cannot be punished for a misdemeanor
he never committed"
PENALTIES.
*Game., Inclusive date. Penalty
Wild deer, buck, doe
Hare or rabbit .....Oct. 25-Dec. 10 20
Quail (partridge) ....Oct. 25tDec. 10 %
Ruffed grouse !. /. ....Oct. 25rDec. 10 20