Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-08-22
FREAKS IN THE
GAME LAWS
GUIDES REQUIRED IN SOME OF
THE STATES.
HARD LOT FOR HUNTERS
States Which Exact License Fees
From Nonresident Aunters--Atnts
on Common Accidents-Danaer IN
Contoundtna Remedies for Sun.
stroke and Snakeaite,

Practical uniformity has at length
! aeen attained in certain features otthe
game laws of the states OF the middle
west and now the date of September
l II tacitly recognized as being about
tho correct time to open the shooting
| season, Even South Dakota which
formerly threw down the bars at Aug.
20, now establishes Sept 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 aud quail, the reports are
promising II would not be correct to
say that they are unusually promis.
| ing, but moro truthful to call them
| usually promising" As matter OF
! fact we have this Same old story every
year about the promising gamo crop In
these states OF the northwest and
every year tho history is pretty much
the same, There are plenty of birds
up to a week or SO before the opening
/ OF the season, and week or so after
there are no birds at NIL. The visiting
shooter who goes cut into North nako-
Ia or Minnesota for n chicken shoot,
usually finds that even though he ar
rivcs on September 7 he has arrived
just a little too late to find tho birds.
The local shooters have seen to Il that
the birds have pretty much all boon
eaten by the time opening day arrives.
This early shooting seems to be one OF
the ancient prorogatves which the
average western shooter ascribos TO
himself This should he qualified with
the statement that year by year tho
respect for the laws increases Just IA
the numbers of our game birds de.
crease After n while our western
shooters will learn that they cannot
have their cake and cat Il, and then
they may be little better eontentod
to eat a part of II now and moro of II
a little later on.
Tho question of a nonresident H.
cense is one which nowadays cuts
considerable figure in tho plans OF the
shooter In Wisconsin IL costs n non.
resident $40 to get II Wisconsin shoot
ing license If you so to North Duko.
tn 1t will cost you SIS to shoot prairie
chickens, If You 30 into Minnesota
| you Will have to pay a nonresident II.
Cense to hunt provided you are n
citizen Of a state which requires
a 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 IN, however. IL 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: ut shall be
unlawful for any nonresident OF the
state Of South Dakota 10 pursue hunt,
or Kill any of the game animals named
! In this act except when accompanied
| by qualified guide. A qualified guide
| Ia one that at the time Is deputy
game warden OF the county, Deputy
game wardons 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 a non-resi
dent sportsman TO take out $40 IL.
conse II he hunts for big game and
then prohibits him from going out to
hunt the aforesaid game unless he
takes licensed guide.