Bridgeton pioneer., 1895-10-31
WHOLE NO. 1890
THE GAME LAWS.
ANA NOW the Boys are Getting Ready
for the Cottontail, Which Promise
to be Plentiful

ANU NOW the Boys are Getting Ready
for the Cottontail, Which Promise
to be Plentiful.
A handy little pamphlet has been COM
piled which contains the fish and game
laws OF the State of New Jersey, up to.
May l, 1895. 1t contains 113 pages and is,
1ull OF information valuable to the hunter
and fisherman. The substance of these
laws given last Spring by the PIONEER.
out 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 1t to be unlawful for any person
at any time, either on their own property
or That of others, to pursue with intent to
XIII, or IN any manner to take or iniurs
any mare or rabbit, quail, ruff1ed grouse.
European pheasant, European -sron,se
European partridge, wild deer, buck, doe.
or gray snipe, duck, brant, goose, dove.
swan, gray, black or fox squirrel, wood
cock, reed bird, rail bird, marsh hen.
grass or upland plover, or other 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 fired from the
shoulder without other rest, under a
penalty of fifty dollars"
Wild deer, buck, doe or avn may be-
taken between October 25th and Novem-
Der 9th, inclusive, in each and every
year. The penalty for violation of this
regulation is one hundred dollars for
each and every such animal so unlaw--
fully taken or had in possession.
The State is divided into two game Sec
tons. The northern section includes the
counties of Sssex, Warren, Hunterdons
Morris. Passaic, Bergen Hudson, Essex,
Union Middlesex and Mercer.
The southern section comprises all the
other counties of the State.
In the northern section, hare, rabbit,
quail (partridge,) ruffed grouse (part-
ridge or peasant), gray, black or fox
squirrel, European pheasant, European
partridge, European grouse or woodcock
may be taken in the manner prescribed
by law between October 25th and Decem--
Der 10th, inclusive.
In the southern section the open season
for the above enumerated game birds and
animals is from November 18th to Janu-
ary LIST inclusive,
The open season for gray snipe English,
| or Wilson snipe) is during March and
April, and August 31st to December 18th,
inclusive; reed bird, rail bird, or marsh,
hen, August 25th to December 18th, in
elusive.
The open season for grass or upland
plover, or dove, is from November 1st to
December 18th, inclusive.
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, tanager or insectivorous bird, but
| this is not to construed to prevent the
taking or killing of English sparrows,
cranes, hawks, crows, ravens, crow black
birds, kingfishers, or red-winged black
| birds.
1t is unlawful, under penalty of
twenty dollars, to rob or destroy the eggs
or nest of any wild bird whatsoever.
In hunting geese, duck or brant,
| other web-footed wild fold, the hunter
must place his boat or sink box or other
| floating vessel in which he lies in wait, at
| 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 attached to said marsh
or meadow by a line. And it shall be un-
| lawful to hunt such water fowl, except.
between one hour before sunrise and one
hour after sunset, under a penalty of
twenty-five dollars. The boat is used to
| be propelled by oars or paddles.
The open season for geese, duck, brant
or other web-footed wild fowl, shall be
from September 3Oth to May lst, inclu-.
sive; penalty twenty dollars.
| 1t is unlawful, under a penalty Oh
twenty dollars, TO snare, trap, suood, net
or device of any description whatsoever,
any of the game birds or animals pro-
tected by the game and fish law.
| 1t is also unlawful, under penalty OF
twenty dollars for each otfense, to hunt
| Will : SuH, VI uoS anu gun, oI carry d.
| gun in the fields on Sunday.
| The open season for black bass and
Oswego bass is from May 3Oth to Deem
Der 1st, inclusive; penalty twenty dol
lars.
| The open season for brook trout is from
April 1st to July 18th, inclusive; penaly
twenty dollars.
No explosives or medicated bait are
to be used in any of the waters of the
State for the purpose of taking or kill
ing fish, under penalty of one hundred
nor more than five hundred dollars.
The closed season for pickerel is from
| February 10th to May 1st, inclusive.
They may be caught at any other time in
a lawful way with rod and line.
Justices of the peace, district courts
and police magistrates shall have juris-