The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-01
WARNSIHE HUNTERS
Department Of Agriculture Calls At
i tention to Laws Relating to the
:: Shipment of Game.
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Disregard Of Laws Renders Shippers
Liable to Confiscation of Game
and Heavy Penalties.

The department of agriculture has issued a
pamphlet calling the attention of huntsmen to
tile provision of the federal and state laws
lating to the shipment of game The most i'm
portant provisions of the various laws are stated
as follows: "-s..t = ..<
(t} shipment.-It is unlawful for any person
to deliver to any common carrier for transporta-
ton from one state Or territory to another, or
ton Of local laws. This prohfbition applies not
only to game killed out Ct season, but to that
captured in an Illegal 1nanner Thy trans,' nets
etc.. or for illegal purposes, as, in some states
for sale or shipment. =. ~: IT,
~ Packages Must Be Marked.-Eyery pack
bear statement Of the contents and the ship
attention to these details renders the shipper
liable not only to loss Of his game but also to
sSpns game IN trunks
tag made specially to hide the shippers name
and statement of contents; OR resorting to any
ment-are all evasions Of the law and subject
the shipper to the same penalties as for its d.
treated as serious ofrense Under some State
laws and is punishable by special penalties.
~ spe1 OF Of
at any season; all those in which quail occur.
except three in, the SOUTH prohibit export of
state where prairie chickens are found prohibits
their export As result of these restrictions,
it is almost impossible in the west to ship quail
% western Ssias;1AM the states and terri:
prohibit export of all game protected by local
| laws. OF the six exceptions. Louisiana and Texas
While Arkansas, Missouri. Montana and Wyo'
ming either prohibit export of certain species or
Of other restrictions Eastern dealers in ordering
or receiving such game from these states encour
age direct violations Of local laws and may rem;
| der themselves liable to the penalties provided
| for violating the fedora! law.
| (G Alaska Game.-Under the act of June Z
| 1902, the shipment from Alaska of any hides OF
carcasses Of deer, moose, mountain sheep. noun
tain goats, or parts thereof. or any wild birds
parts een at an se end yt
game may. however, be shipped under permit
iron, the secretary of agricultuEs: - .-,,,a,,
hibit export Of dead game frequently allow ship
ment of live birds, intended solely for propaga
thorities. Persons contemplating shipment OF
live birds should inforl0 themselves fully as tt
all local regulations No permits for the ship
sued BY this department. I'LL :, s,-t5sr ,
. (s) Game for. Private Use.TSome states, es
pecially those which issue on-resident hunting
amount of game out of the. state for private use
openly, and accompanied by the owner. To in
sure safe transit Of game. careful attention
s be eea to sseh
! cedar birds, meadow 1arks. ficLers. nighthawk
| or bull bats, and few other insectivorous birds
| MS we'll as such birds as longspurs snow bunt
| ings and shore 1arks. which are useful in de
stroying seeds of weeds, are occasionally kille,
as game. They.sare. however. generally protect
sent to market or shipped out. of the state.
Coy Birds for Millinery Purposes.-Sta
even more stringent than those protecting gam
birds have recently been enacted by many state
for, the preservation of birds which are not in
cluded III the game list. Under these statute
| birds which are in demand for millinery purpose
are protected throughout the year. and sale an
possession, as we'll as killing are prohibited! l
! should be remembered that the principal center
4 for millinery supplies nearly all located i
! states which have such laws; and the purchas
Of native song birds, as well as of herons, pel
I cans, gulls, terms sea swallows. grebes. o
other plume birds should be ;avoided.. The ship
lnent Of these birds or any part Of their Pill
mage is prohibited by the provisions of the fed
eral law. Ostrich feathers are not subject t
these restrictions and their use should be Ell
couraged. .,:.- S II. Es#