The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-15
SPORT WILL Be GOOD
Reports From Wisconsin Chicken
Belt Say That the Birds
Are Plentiful.
More Than 600 Outside Hunters
Have Applied for Licenses
Changes in Laws, :
Special to The Journal.

Special to Tho Journal
Madison, Wis, Aug. 15.-Good sport Is
promised the chicken hunters this fall,
according to reports which come in from
the counties in the state where prairie
chickens are most abundant. About thirty
deputy game Wardens nave already been
distributed thru the Chicken country"
which includes the counties In the CEN
trail part of the state, to look after the
hunters who try to get in ahead Of the
chicken hunters and one of a duck hunter
have already been made.
Over 600 hunters from outside the state
are coming to Wisconsin this fall accord
ing to the requests for applications for
hunting licenses which have been re-
ceived by the state game warden. Six
teen licenses to non-residents have al
ready been granted, three including the
shooting Of deer going to Newland T. De
PAW, New Albany, Ind, and his daugh-
ter, Miss Katherine, and DR.. Gustav Fut-
terer Of Chicago, while the thirteen, who
D. Bartlett, w. e. Glow, w. E. Glow, Jr.,
Kent S. Glow, James NJ. Fort, Harry
Boore, G. M. OConnell, John l. Laipg, :
Chicago; F. H. Lewis, Evanston; Miss
Jane De Paw, New Albany, Ind F. A.
Stewart. Marshall, Mich; M. Murphy, APP
pie River, ILL.,, and Eugene G. Brady, Iron
wood, Mich:
The distribution Of licenses for local
hunters Is being made to county clerks,
| about 10000 having been already sent out,
while the total will reach 10000.
The last legislature made several
| changes in the game laws, the most i'm
portant being the absolute prohibition of
the sale OF game. A synopsis of the game
laws as they now stand, prepared by the
state game warden, follows:
The sale Of oil game is prohibited and all
shipments OF game must be accompanied by the
shipper holding license duly issued to him.
| L1censes-Resident licenses, costing 81, issued
| by county clerks. Nonresident, deer and small
game s25, small game only SO; issued by
game warden. Madison Wis. The SIS license en-
titles the holder to transport out of the state
two deer and fifty game birds, and the $40
license fifty game birds only.
Deer-No open season In Fond du Lac, Sheboy.
| gan, Manitowoc and Calumet counties at any
time. No open season in La Crosse, Monroe, Yer
| non. Trempealeau and jackson counties until
| 1907. Open season in Sauk Adams, Columbia.
| Rlchland and Marquette counties during the last
ten days in November. All counties not named
| above have open season from Nov. IL to Nov.
80 inclusive
Prohibited methods of hunting deer: With
dogs. in the night; articifcial lights, in the
water by pitfalls or pits, with snares or traps.
set guns and fawn in spotted coat or deer In red
coat:GT:-= t''.
May be hunted between Sept i and Jan. and
between April 10 and %. ut is unlawful to kill
1 during the open season between April 10 and %.
or to kill more than fifteen duck in any one day
during the open season in the spring..
All open water shooting of ducks is prohibited
and number Of decoys is limited to twenty five.
+ Z Open season for woodcoek, partridge, prairie
chicken, pheasant and grouse Of any variety and
plover from Sept. 1 to Dec. 1. prairie chick
ems must not be hunted in Brown, Kewaun,s,
4 Door, 0utagamie and Marinette counties until
Sept. l. 1905.)
Rabbits and squirrels, open season from Sept.
to following May I.
Swan. aIongolian. Chinese English pleas
ants, quail, carrier or homing pigeons, harm
less birds the nests or eggs OF any har mless
bird or waterfowl must not be molested.
Closed season for game frsh, except brook
trout from March 1 to May %. must not be
sold during closed season. Closed season for
brook trout from Sept. 1 to April 10
Shipments of brook trout are limited to not TO
exceed twenty pounds, and must be accompanied
by shipper Other game fish may be shipped IN
twenty pound lots, not oftener than once a week
by the same party
Angling and trolling are the only lawful
methods Of taking fish from the inland waters
of the state, except that a spear may be used to
take coarse fish In the day time only.