The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-06
ENJOY RARE SPORT.
Size of Hunters Kill This Year Is
Limited Only by Accuracy ::
49,. of His Aim. :..
Deer Are Very Plentiful in Northern
Wisconsin-Digest of the Min.
nesota Game Laws.

Reports received from the hunting fields
do not contradict the prophecies, made be-
fore the season opened that the present
season would be the best for prairie chick
ems and ducks that had been seen in many
years. AS was expected by close obsery
ers chickens are not quite SO plentiful on
the lowlands as they were year ago, the
heavy rains Of the spring and early sum-
mer having flooded the nests or drowned
the young birds. b.. 81:
On the higher ground, however, game is
SO plentiful that the size of the hunters
bag is limited only by the accuracy Of his
aim. Test is added to the sport by the
vigor of the birds, which fly stronger than
usual and are by no means easy targets.
The best sport generally speaking, is along
the western Minnesota line.
Ducks are reported to be very plentiful
in both Minnesota and Wisconsin, but
| more especially in the badger state. Deer
also are reported to be very plentiful
Many hunters from Chicago and the
north central and southwestern states
! have arrived in Minnesota and the Da-
kotas during the last week. Some OF
them We're on the ground several days be-
fore the season opened.
The first man to arrive from Chicago
| this year in quest of sport was w. D.
Boyce. He has special car filed with
friends and will hunt in North Dakota. Mr..
| Boyce's coming is omething more than a
! hunting trip. Twenty years ago he walked
out of Lisbon, N D., on his way to Chi
cago, because he did not have money
enough to pay fare. Now he comes back
that refused to give him living in the
| pioneer days.
MaskaIonge Fishing Good.
Maskalonge fishing is at it's best in the
| northern lakes. These are fish that many
anglers wait for until August and Seu-
| TENDER and pass up the trout and bass. At
North Pelican Lake, Lake George and
| Lake Thompson three maskalonge were
| hooked this week that aggregated 1O7
| pounds in weight. They were taken by
a st. Paul party during the morning trip
on the lake. This is one of the best
catches for long time, though two Of
| these big fish were taken last year whose
combined weight 1Os pounds, the
larger one weighing Sc pounds.
| Reports from northern Wisconsin indi-
cate that some good hunting will be had
there this fall On Pelican lake one day
last week while party were fishing they
| sighted nine deer during the afternoon,
This is about as many as one will see
during a shooting trip in the open sea-
son, and if poachers do not get among
the deer there are few who cannot say
they at least had an opportunity to bring
down one.
Shooting of quail is prohibited in Mime
|
1st of October and the LIST of December. a
| fact that should be remembered by hunt
ers,, and pheasants are protected until
tSeptember, 1904. Prairie chickens ere
known as grouse or cartridges, and may
be shot between Sept. 1 and Nov /.
Ducks, geese and other migra tory fowl
may be shot between Sept. l and Jan. l.
These facts are repeated for the rea SON
that the laws have been so amended Of
late years that hunters have become con-
fused.
., Digest of Game Laws
The following digest Of the Minnesota
game and fish laws is appended for the
| convenience Of the nfmrods:
Open for turtle dove. snipe. prairie
| chicken, pinnated grouse, White-breasted grouse,
! or sharptafied grouse, Sept. 1 to Nov. /.
Open season for woodcock and upland plover.
July to Oct 81.
| Monaghan, English Chinese pheasants nro-
| tected until Sept. i, 1904.
| Open season for quail, partridge. ruffed grouse
or pheasant, Oct. to Dec. l.
Open season for wild duck. wild goose, brant
or any aquatic fowl Sept. to Jan. l.
Unlawful to sell ship within without
| the state any quail. grouse, prairie chicken or
pheasant, wild duck of any variety, wild goose
| or brant
Number Of game birds that may be killed lin
| tied to twenty-five per day.
| Above birds. when lawfully Killed. may be
| had in possession ten days after closed season
for lawful disposition
| Open season for otter, beaver mink and musk
| rat. Nov to May 1.
| Elk protected at all times.
| Open for deer. Nov. 10 to Nov. so.
| Unlawful to kill more than three deer in one
| season. Unlawful to sell BUCK doe, deer or fawn
at any time. --.-
| Open season for antlered moose and antiered
| caribou Nov. is to Nov. 20. Unlawful to kill
more than one moose or one caribou during any
| open season.
| Shipment of carcasses of large game or any
part thereof out of the state absolutely prohib-
| tied
Open season for trout, any variety, April Is
| to Sept. 1.
Open season for piack, gray or Oswego bass.
| June to March l..
All other food fish, May to March Except
! ing pike, pickerel, whitefsh. lake trout. stur-
or other waters wherein fishing is prohibited
| with a metz o..
| Pickerel and suckers may be caught at any
time
Unlawful to sell or have in possession for sale
any brook trout, black bass, gray or Oswego
| bass, at any time prior to Jan. 1. 1902. =.
! Number Of fish that may be caught limited to
fifty day. -.
| Unlawful for any person to ship cause to
be conveyed by common carrier or private con.
veyance at any time, any elk. moose. caribou,
| or deer to any persons except same Is In control
Of and accompanied by some person in charge
thereof other than an employe Of a common car
rier .,-t ,,i 49,.
| Big game hunters must hold a license. Fee
for residents of Minnesota, Is cents; for non.
residents $25. Licenses issued by county audi
tors. - ~ = ~.'. 90. g. =
Moose, deer caribou. when lawfully killed,
may be held in possession five days after close
of season.