The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-07-31
SEASON OPENS AUG. |
When Doves May Be Lawfully
Killed in Kansas
OPEN SEASON FOR DUCKS
Geese and Brant Begins on
September !.

Tomorrow the open season for doves be-
gins and will continue until September
I5 Within the past two weeks the game
wardens have caught several poache: 5
who were given heavy fines because they
shot doves out of season Heretofore
the open season for doves has bern from
commissioners over the state found that
in many cases doves were killed leaving
young ones in the nest unable 10 take
care of themselves. Doves are not carly
mating fowls and sometimes their young
are unable to leave the nest until co e
to the first of August. When the game
commissioners and sportsmen learned
this they asked the legislature to change
the open season and make it two weeks
later During the last session the law
was amended
Heretofore in Kansas there has been
no closed season for wild ducks, Wild
geese or wild brant but the legislature
last winter passed law making it un-
lawful to shoot wild ducks, wild geese
ber l and April %. The open season for
quail has been extended two weeks as
it begins now on November is and ex-
tends to the first OF the year.
There has never been a law prohibit
ing the shipment of wild ducks, geese or
brant out of the state and many men
have made a good living during the fail
and spring months shooting ducks for
market. The last legislature. however,
passed a law making the shipment Of
wild ducks, geese or brant in Kansas
under the same penalties as those pre-
scribed for the shipment of quail. 1t is
hoped that this will prevent the indis-
criminate slaughter of wild ducks, geese
and brant in Kansas.
The amended section of the game laws
passed by the legislature is now in ei-
feet Sportsmen should cut it out and
paste it in their hats because it W II
save them a whole lot Of trouble as the
game wardens are particularly active
as q substantial reward has been offered
by the League of American Sportsmen
for the arrest and conviction of any per-
son violating the game laws of this
state copy follows:
1T shall be unlawful for any person
or persons at any time, except as here
in-after provided, to hunt, catch, killC
pursue. entrap, or ensnare any partridge.
pinnated grouse. prairie chickens. grouse,
quail plover, pheasant, oriole, meadow
lark, robin, thrush. red-bird, mocking-
bird. bluejay- blue-bird, wild ducks, wild
geese and wild brant provided. it shall
not be unlawful to shoot grouse and
prairie chicken from August Is to October
l. doves from August l to September 10.
plover from July Is to September 10. wild
ducks. wild geese and wild brant from
September to April % of each year; pro-
prevent the owner of orchards from
shooting bluejays and orioles at any
time for the protection of such orchards:
and provided it shall not be unlawful
10 shoot quail from November 10 to jan
uary l.
Also; Antelope must not be pursued.
trapped or killed for period of five years
from March 13. 1893: nor quail or prairie
chickens in the counties of Hamilton.
Scott Wichita. Greeley, Kingman. Smith.
Sherman Rocks. Stafford. Gray Grant,
stanton, Haskell. Decatur. Hodgeman,
Stevens, Morton. Finney, Crawford. and
Bourbon counties for a period of three
years from March l., 1903. also; the Mon
colian or Chinese Pheasants shall not
be molested in any manner until after
February IS 1907