The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-05
DIGEST OF NEW GAME LAW.
What Birds and Animals May Be Tax
 en in This State and How.

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 en in This State and How. The new statutes containing new laws passed at the last session Of the General Assembly have been published.
 In the game laws there are many changes to which the attention of the sportsmen is directed.
 The following abstracts from the new game laws of importance to the sportsmen have been prepared by the New Haven County Game and Fish Protective association:
 The following named birds only are game birds:
 Swans geese, brant, river and sea ducks, rails, coots, mud hens and gal lInules, shore birds, blower surf birds, snipe, sandpipers, tatlers and curleWs, open season September to March 3l Woodstock (wild turkeys and prairie chickens), grouse, pheasnts, part ridges and quail Open season October to November 30.
 No person shall kill or have in pos session more than five cartridges in one day, or 36 in one year; and no woodcock, quail or partridge shall be sold for two years.
 | The nests and eggs of all wild birds except those specified below as not pro- | tected at all, are absolutely protected; and all wild birds except those specified above as game birds, and crows, Eng l fish sparrows, great horned owls, and | hawks, other than the fish hawk or os- prey are protected at all seasons. No parts of plumage of such wild birds may be sold or had in possession except by licensed collectors
 1 Sharing, or the setting of a trap, snare or similar device where game birds can be taken, is forbidden, and any person may destroy any such snare, trap or device.
 The open season is that part of the year when game birds may be taken in a lawful manner, and taking, possess ing. pursuing, and all lesser acts, usch as disturbing, hurrying and worrying any wild bird whether the acts result in taking or not, and every attempt to take, or act of assistance to any other person in attempting to take ,are for hidden at all other times.
 NIIdy StuIi iltlS' pptIl SNeNStiI OttSbNt to November 30, inclusive.
 Wild hares and rabbits, season Octo- Der 1 to December 31, inclusive.
 Deer, permanent close season till 1911.
 Mongolian, Chinese, English pheas- ants, permanent close season till 1906.
 Ferrets, forbidden for five years.
 Fire, smoke, dynamite, sulphur, etc, to take rabbits or squirrels, forbidden.
 Firearms in the open air Sunday, for bidden.
 Shooting live birds at match is for bidden.
 Quail, woodcock and partridge shall not be transported except when accom- panied by the actual owner, nor trans ported in any package within the state, unless the kind and number of such birds are plainly marked on the out side of the package, nor transported in any manner beyond the limits of the state. The carrier and shipper are both liable for violation of this pro- vision.
 Penalties for the violation of the game law range from $10 to $50 (wth the exception of deer, S100, and some provisions concerning animals alone under $lO) with the officers fee of $20 added to the penalty as costs; and each bird or animal taken constitutes q separate and distinct offense Officers may search during reasonable hours, and places or receptacles of any kind which they have reasonable ground to suspect are used to keep cover, or car ". any fish or game contrary to law Gncluding small birds).
 Trout, open season, April 1 to June 30 inclusive length limit, inches; no person make take over 30 inches in a day
 Lake trout, open season, May l to September 30, length limit, 10 inches.
 No trout orblack bass may be taken except with hook and line, the line held in hand. or attached to rod and the rod held in hand Trout shall not be transported except when accompanied by the actual owner, and no person shall accompany at one time more than ten pounds of trout.
 Bass, season July 1 to April 50, length limit inches, striped bass, inches.
 Pickerel season, May 1 to February 2S, inclusive, length limit, 12 inches.
 Sawdust or shavings shall not be al lowed to run into streams inhabited by trout, and no fish may be taken by ex plosives, the possession of explosives on the shores of inland waters is for bidden.
 Set lines and floats are forbidden be- tween April and December
 Nets are forbidden in inland waters except minnow nets in waters not in hahited hy trout
 Penalties for violators of the above |