The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-07-07
State Game Laws.

! VIII De OF interest 10 our readers. Ine
synopsis includes all the changes made
by the last legislature. The official
+, compilation of the laws is now being
made and will not be ready for some
time:
GAME.
Open season for partridge, quail,
spruce hen, snipe, woodcock and plover
Oct. 90 to Nov. 30, both inclusive ex-
cept in the upper peninsula, where the
open season for hunting partridge is
from Oct. to Nov 80 both inclusive
Prairie chickens are protected until
the year 1909.
Wild ducks, geese, brant and other
wild water fowl may be killed from one
half hour before sunrise until one and
one-half hours after sunset, from Sept.
to Jan. 81.
Blue bill, canvas back, widgeon, pin
tail, whistler, spoon-bill, butter ball saw
bill ducks and wild geese may be killed
from Sept. / until May 1 following
thereafter.
The open season for killing wild
ducks, wild geese, brant and other
wild water fowl in the upper peninsula
is from September until Jan. Is there
after.
Wild pigeon, Monaghan and Eng
fish pheasants are protected until the
10 In ff,,1t L,
ing doves at any time. The killing of
song or insectivorous birds of any kind
is unlawful.
The sale of cartridges, quail or
woodcock is prohibited absolutely.
Open season for hunting deer in any
portion of the state except Altoona, La
peer, Huron, Sanilac, Tuscola, Macomb,
Allegan, Ottawa and ST. Clair counties
Nov. to Nov 30, both inclusive. All
hunters must be provided with a license
to hunt deer. The resident license fee
is IS cents Non-residents must take
out nonresident license, the fee for
which is S2j.
1t is unlawful to make use of dogs in
hunting or pursuing deer, and the
presence of a hound in hunting camp
or club house during the hunting season
is made prima facie evidence of guilt.
Five days are allowed hunters to get
their deer out of the woods, after the
close of the hunting season. after which
10 yin1o 20 t,.a, ~ ;np
panies to transport or have them in
possession.
Moose, elk and caribou are protected
until 1909
Wild turkeys are protected until the
year 1905.
Open season for hunting fox black
and grey squirrels, Oct to Dec. 81,
both inclusive.
GAME FISH.
Open season for catching speckled or
brook trout and grayling, May to
September l. 1t is unlawful to have
in possession any specified trout or
grayling of less length than six inches
The catching or shipping of brook
trout or grayling for sale is prohibited
Black, strawberry, green or white
bass may be taken with hook and line
only, at any season of the year.
The use of any kind of nets in any of
the inland waters of the state is unlaw-
full, except in streams not protected by
local act, where dipnets may be used
for taking suckers, mullet, redsides and
grass pike.
The transportation or shipment of
any game or game fish beyond the
boundaries of the state is prohibited.
Beaver are protected until the year
1906.
Open season for taking otter, fisher
and marten, November Is to May l
following thereafter.
COMMERCIAL FISH.
The taking of white fish and lake
trout is prohibited from October 80 to
December Is, except in that portion of
Lake Erie bordering on Monroe county,
where the closed season is from No
vember 10 to December /.
Herring and other rough fish may be
taken in pound nets from April to
July Is, and from September to De-
cember 10, where it will not interfere
with or catch immature white fish or
trout
1t is unlawful to have in possession
any white fish of less weight than two
pounds; any trout of less weight than
one and one-half pounds; any wall-eyed
pike, pickerel or catfish weighing less
than one pound, or any perch, less than
four ounces, each in the round.
Heavy fines or Imprisonment, or both,
is provided for violation of any of the
provisions of these statutes.
An official compilation of the game
and fish laws of this state may be OBJ