The Meeker herald., 1903-04-11
MEEKER, COLO, SATURDAY, APRIL H. 1908.
NEW GAME LAW.
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The salient points Of the new game
law are as follows:
Open seasons:
Deer having horns, Sept 1890 each
year.
Mountain sheep and antelope hav-
ing horns, Oct. 1919, beginning in
1907.
Elk having horns, Nov. l-5, begin
ming in 1907.
Prairie chickens, sage chickens and
grouse, Sept. to Oct 70, each year.
Wild turkeys, Sept. l to Oct. ~, be-
ginning in 1907.
Doves, Aug. l-sl, each year.
Crested quail, Nov. i-so, begin4 ing
In 1907. q
Bob white quail, Oct. l-sl, hesin-
ming In 1870 -
Wild ducks, geese, snipe, curlew,
brants, swans and other water fowl
and shore birds, Sept. 10 to April Is,
except in attitudes Of 1000 feet, when
it shall be Sept. 15 to Mayl. No food
must be placed within 100 yards of
any shore or blind to feed wild fowls.
The open season for trout not less
than seven inches in length, and
other fish, shall begin June l and end
Oct. 81 next ensuing, and in no in
stance shall fishing be done between
the hours Of o'clock p. m. and 4
O'Clock a. M; provided-that the
public shall have the right to ilsh in
any stream in this state, stocked at
public expense, subject to actions in
trespass for any damage done proper
ty along the bank OF any such stream.
The right to kill game or hsh is
limited to food purposes only, and to
twenty-five ducks and to twenty-five
other birds, and twenty pounds of
trout and fifty pounds of other fish
for each person in any one calendar
day, and no person shall take. kill or
have In possession in any one open
season more than one deer with horns.
Nor shall any person have In posses
sion at any one time more than nifty
ducks and fifty other birds, nor more
than twenty-five pounds Of trout or
fifty pounds Of other fish.
No person can hold fish or game
more than five days after the season
closes.
Steel or hard-pointed bullets are
forbidden to be used In killing game
and only rod and line Is permissible
in catching fish.
One important point covered by the
new law follows:
The commissioner or any warden,
II he SO elect, or any other officer
charged with the enforcement of the
laws relating to game and fish, il 80
directed by the commissioner, may
bring a civil action in the name of
the state against any person unlaw-
fully wounding or killing, or unlaw-
fully in possession Of any game quad
ruped, bird or fish, and recover judg-
ment for each such animal the fol-
lowing minimum sums as damages
for the taking, killing or injury there
Of, to-wit: 81
For each elk, 1900; for each deer,
go; for each antelope, 800; for each
mountain sheep, 1900; for each buffa-
10 or bison, 1900; for each beaver,
s25; for each bird, so; for each fish,
81.
The licenses provided are:
For each nonresident general hunt
ing license, $25; for each non-resi-
dent bird hunting license for one day,
r.; for each additional day, 81: for
each state hunting license, 81; for
each guide license, 45; for each taxi
dermist license, one year, $25; for
each importers license, $50.
It is estimated that the new law
will produce revenue Of 100000 a
year.
The state game commissioner will
soon have copies Of the new law
ready for free distribution. Send and
get a copy and read it carefully. 1t
might save you trouble.