The Teton peak., 1903-05-21

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For the benefit of our subscribers and
those not familiar with the new game
law of the state, the PEAK takes pleas
ure in publishing brief synopsis of its
provisions prepared by our state game
warden.
Following is the fish and game law
enacted BY the legislature at its seventh
session:
Licenses under the provisions of this
act are of three classes, viz: A license
for bona fide resident six months prior
to the date of issuance, costing one dol
lar, entities the holder to fish and hunt
all kinds of game within the state sub
ject to the restrictions of the act; IL
cense for nonresident of Idaho costing
| five dollars entities the holder to fish
and hunt feathered game only 0ubject
to the restrictions of the act; a license
for non resident costing twenty-five
dollars, entities the holder to fish and
hunt all kinds of game in the state sub
iect to the provisions of theact.
All licenses expire on February 18th
next following the date of issuance.
The open season for the various kinds
of protected fish and game are as fol"
lows, towit
Trout, grayling, bass, sunfish, from
April 1st to Noxember 1st.
Quail, from November 1st to Decem-
Der 1st.
Turtle dove, snipe and plover from
July 10Th to February 18th.
Sage hens, from July 10Th to Decem-
Der 1st
Partridge, pheasant, grouse prairie
chicken and fool hen from August 15t b
to December 1st.
Ducks, geese and swan, from Septem
Der Is to February 18th.
Deer, elk, mountain sheep and goat,
from September 1st to December 31st.
The act also provides certain limita
tions as to the manner Of taking, and as
to the number of certain kinds of game
which may be taken or killed in one
day or one season, which are as follows:
to-wit:
Grayling, trout, bass and sunfish may
only be caught with a hook and line
attached to pole and held in the
hand.
Not more than 20 pounds of any one
of the kinds Of fish protected by the act
may be taken in one day.
No trout or bass less than four inches
long shall be taken at any time.
Neither explosives of any kind or
snag hooks shall be used in the taking
Of fish
Not more than "A ducks, three geese
OF one swan may be killed in one day
Not more than one elk, two deer, one
mountain sheep, one goat or one ibex
may be killed in one season
None of the game protected by the
act shall be hunted with dogs or taken
with traps or snares.
Trout grayling, bass or sunfsh shall
not be sold or offered for sale at any
season of the year.
No Mongolian pheasant shall be
hunted OF killed prior to March 1, 1907.
The hunting and killing of moose
buffalo, antelope and caribou are per
petually prohibited
The taking of salmon, sturgeon, carp,
mullet, suckers and white fish with
seine or spear is permitted
Any person or persons who shall vio-
late any provision of the act is guilty of
a misdemeanor and upon conviction
thereof shall be fined in sum not ex-
ceeding three hundred dollars $4,000 and
the cost of prosecution, or be impris-
oned in the county Jail for a period of
not more than six months, or may be
punished by both such fine and imprison-
ment
All persons except females and child
rem under the age of 10 years, must in
order to hunt or take fish, procure a
license of the proper class.
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