The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-08-26
WATCH OUT FOR GAME LAWS.

Deputy Game Warden Geo. Carpenters
Work-Summary of the Most Impor-
tant Game Laws of Interest to Times
Readers.
Deputy Warden George Carpenter states
that he finds very few indications of viO-
lated game laws this season and says that he
thinks sportsmen are beginning to reach
the conclusion that 1t Is good deal safer
and perhaps much cheaper to refrain from
hunting out of season. Mr.. Carpenter is
about the county great deal and has bad
habit-for any unwary sportsman-of in
vestigating the cause for action il he hap
pens to hear suspicious gun shot or two.
which coupled with his absolute power to
make just as thorough a search of game
bags as he chooses. makes him power to
be feared by the sportsman law breaker.
Mr.. Carpenter is an enthusiastic sportsman
himself but one who believes In fairness in
sport and consequently in the enforcement
of the game laws, and those who know him
best affirm that he is so impartial in the ex-
his best friend if he caught him in viola
tion of the laws he is appointed to enforce.
In this connection 1t may be we'll to re-
mind some of our amateur sportsmen of the
varieties of game. The list is made direct
ly from the compilation of the state game
and fish laws of the revision of 1897.
It should be remembered that all fox, gray
and black squirrels are now protected by
law. as they were last year, and can be law
fully shot only from October 1st to Decem-
Der 31st both inclusive. The use of ferrits,
common In some localities, Is also forbidden
IN squirrel hunting. AS this is only the
second year in which squirrels have been
given any protection and as some mistake
was made in various papers throughout the
state last year in regard to the opening of
the season, careful note should be taken of
this law.
The season for ruffled grouse, partridge,
pheasant, quail, snipe, woodcock, and plo-
yer opens on the same day on which the
squirrel season opens but closes on the even
ing of the first of December instead of the
3lst. Pinnated grouse or prairie chickens
are protected for five years from May Z,
1897, the date of the passage of the special
act relating to them.
The first game at which the lovers Of the
gun may shoot Is water fowl, the season
for "any kind of wild duck. wild goose,
brant or other wild water fowl" being "from
the 1st day of September to the 31st day Of
January both inclusive, and then from only
one half hour before sunrise until one and
one half hours after sunset each day."
No swivel or punt guns are allowed nor
is it lawful to use any snare, trap, or pitfall
in the hunting of any game birds. 1t is al
so unlawful for persons on any boat propell-
ed by steam, naptha, electricity, etc., to
shoot any wild fowl
The open season for deer is "from the Sth
day of November to the 30th of November
both inclusive" No person can lawfully
kill more than five deer in one season
nor can he lawfully kill deer when In the
red coat or fawn when in the spotted coat.
The use of snares, pitfalls, artificial lights,
or dogs is also forbidden as is also the kill
ing or capturing of deer when in the waters
of any of the streams, ponds, or lakes of the
state. 1t is also unlawful to hunt deer with
out first securing hunters license, costing
seventy-fve cents, from the county clerk OF
the county in which the hunter resides.
The trout season closes next week Wed.
tember 1st to May 1st