Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-08-19
GUIDES REQUIRED IN SOME OF
THE STATES.
HARD LOT FOR HUNTERS
States Which Exact License Fees
From Nonresident Hunters-Hints
on Common Accidents-Danger in
Confoundng Remedies for SUM-
stroke and Snakebite.


been attained in certain features of the
game laws of the states Of the middle
west and now the date Of September
l it tacitly recognized as being about
the correct time to open the shooting
season. Even South Dakota which
formerly threw down the bars at Aug.
20, now establishes Sept 1 as the open
ing day, and this is the date also for
North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin,,
and Illinois.
AS to the game supply Of prairie
chickens and quail, the reports are
promising. 1t would not be correct to
say that they are unusually pro1nis-
ing, but more truthful to call them
usually promising" AS matter of
fact we have this same old story every
year about the promising game crop in
these states of the northwest, and
every year the history is pretty much
the same. There are plenty of birds
up to a week or so before the opening
of the season, and a week or SO after
there are no birds at ALL The visiting
shooter who goes out into North Dako-'
ia or Minnesota for chicken shoot,
usually finds that even though he ar
rives on September 1, he has arrived
just little too late to find the birds.
The local shooters have seen to it that
the birds have pretty much all been
eaten by the time opening day arrives.
This early shooting seems to be one of
the ancient prerogatives which the
average western shooter ascribes to
Il, ~T,0 4 OI
the statement that year by year the
respect for the laws increases just as
the numbers of our game birds de-
crease After while our western
shooters will learn that they cannot
have their cake and eat it, and then
they may be a little better contented
to eat part of it now and more of it
little later on.
The question of a nonresident Ii
cense is one which nowadays cuts
considerable figure in the plans of the
shooter In Wisconsin it costs non
resident $40 to get a Wisconsin shoot
ing license. If you go to North Dako-
ia it will cost you $25 to shoot prairie
chickens. If you go into Minnesota
you will have to pay a nonresident Ii
cense to hunt provided you are a
citizen of a state which requires
nonresident hunting license. That
is to say, since Illinois exacts such non
resident license from Minnesota shoot
ers or others who go there to shoot,
any man from Illinois must pay such
license if he goes to Minnesota.
Bad as this is, however, it is scarce
ly patch to the little statute which
the wise men Of South Dakota have
put on their books for the benefit of
tourist sportemen. Section II of the
South Dakota law says: "It shall be
unlawful for any nonresident of the
state of South Dakota to pursue, hunt,
or kill any of the game animals named
in this act except when accompanied
by qualified guide. A qualified guide
is one that at the time is a deputy
game warden of the county. Deputy
game wardens are prohibited from act
ing as guides for any person not pos
sesssing license permitting such per-
son to hunt"
This law is, without doubt based up
on the similar sandbag measure of
Wyoming, which requires non-resi-
dent sportsman to take out a $40 Ii
cense if he hunts for big game and
then prohibits him from going out to
hunt the aforesaid game unless he
takes a licensed guide.
1t hardly need be said that this is
protection entirely beyond the limits
of desirable action.
Of course if you go deer hunting in
Wisconsin or Michigan you will ex-
pect to get shot once in while. If
you or friend should be caught by a
stray bullet in the way, and not be
killed by it, wash the bullet wound
well, then take clean rag and satu-
rate it with a weak solution of carboIic
acid or alcohol. Put the rag over the
wound and keep it wet. The antisep-
tic side of surgery is worth all the
rest Do not try to dig the bullet out,
for it may be, in gentlemen of GER
tain build, a couple of feet or so down
to the bullet, and it is painful fishing
for lead under such circumstances
A good preparation for a crude anti
septic lotion is carbolic acid one part
in forty parts of water.
Of course, if you go hunting you
will get snake bitten every once in a
while, and it is well enough to know
what to do in an emergency of that
nature. Put stout rubber band above
the wound to stop the circulation OF
the blood, or twist handkerchief
above the wound by means of a tourni
quet. Into the wound itself dust free
ly quantity of permanganate OF
potash. Give whiskey enough to in
toxicate and keep up smaller amounts
of liquor for several days. Into this
liquor put Sampson wood, one ounce
to each pint of whiskey. Reflect that
there is no danger. If you are fright
ened when bitten by a snake it is all
over but the funeral. Don't be scared
Your family will need you.
Wet feet you will get as a matter OF
course and in regard to wet feet au.