Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-06-15
POINTS WHICH HUNTERS SHOULD
PASTE IN THEIR HATS.
QUAIL STILL PROTECTED
May Not Be Shot Prior to September,
1eO5-Pheasants in the Same Glass
Fish Spearing Allowed at no
Time-Various Other Important
Provisions.

hunted prior to Sept. 1, 1905. Penalty
S25 to $50 or Imprisonment.
There is to be no hunting of prairie
chickens until two years from the 1st
of next September in Door, Kewaunee,
Brown, Outagamie and Marinette
counties, under penalty of from $40 to
$50, or Imprisonment.
From Dec. 1 to Sept. is a close
season for wOodchuck, partridge,
pheasant, prairie chicken or prairie
hen, grouse of any variety, plover or
snipe. Penalty, $40 to $50 or inn
prisonment.
From the 1st of September to the
18th of April no variety of trout may
be caught in any way; no trout is to
be shipped without being accom-
panied by the shipper. No trout
caught in the inland waters of the
state is to be sold, offered for sale or
bartered, except trout propagated and
raised in private haIcheries.
No fish protected by the laws of the
state may be speared at any time.
Fishing through the ice is prohibited
on Lake Mason, known as Briggsville
pond in Adams and Marquette county,
and Eagle lake in Racine county, prior
to March 1, 1908.
1t is unlawful to take in any manner
in any inland waters, any black. Oswe-
go or yellow bass, muskellunge, pike,
sturgeon or pickerel between the 1st
day of March and 25th days of May,
with these exceptions: Closed season
for bass in Green lake is March 1 to
July i; in Devils lake and Mirror
lake in Sank county, from Dec. 10 TO
June 10. But closed season does not
apply to Rush, Winuebago or Geneva
lake, the waters of Winnebago, Win
neconne, Butte des Morris, Poygan,
Little Butte des Morris lakes and the
Fox and Wolf rivers, except for black,
Oskego or yellow bass or sturgeon
and these may be taken from Geneva
and Rush lakes. 1t is unlawful to
ship or sell any of the above varie-
ties of fish taken in inland waters,
between March l and May %.
/ The use of any boat or sink box to
shoot waterfowl from is prohibited;
and the use of any artificial blind or
ambush is prohibited. No hunter is
! permitted more than twenty-five de-
coys, which are to be personally set
and watched by the owner; decoys to
be plainly marked with owners name.
Penalty, $25 to $50. Decoys used in
violation of law are contraband.
Rabbits and squirrels may not be
hunted between May 1 and Sept. 1, ex-
cept by the owner or occupant of any
land upon such land without a IL
cense; or marten, fisher, otter, musk
rat or mink, between May and Feb.
L. Muskrat houses are not to be de-
strOyed at any time.
| The use of nets, traps and snares
Of any kind of catching fish in any
of the inland waters of the state is
prohibited. Penalty, S25 to 800 and
Imprisonment until paid-time, how
ever, not to exceed 80 days.
Set lines may be used in Big Wolf
Poygan, and WinnecOnnoe and rivers
connecting them; in the Fox river in
Winnebago county; Wisconsin river
from north line of Sank county to its
mouth, and Black river from north line
of Jackson county to mouth. and in
Mississippi for catfish and sturgeon;
person using such set lines to take
out license from county clerk; IL
censes to expire Feb. Is.
Any boat with its equipment and
any gun used in violation of fish and
game laws is subject to seizure and
confiscation.
Fishing through the ice on any in
land waters with more than five lines,
with more than one hook to a line; or
the construction or occupation of any
waters except Sturgeon Bay, Geneva
lake, Winnebago lake. Mississippi
river, Waukesha county lakes. Little
Lake Butte des Morris and Black river,
from its mouth to north line Of city
of Onalaska, is prohibited.
Deer hunting forbidden except dur
ing the last twenty days of November;
and at all times with dogs or in the
night time; and in the counties of
Sank, Adams, Columbia, Richland and
Marquette counties, except during the
last ten days of November; and in
Fond du Lac, Sheboygan, Manitowoc
and Calumet counties at all times; in
La Crosse. Monroe, Vernon, Trempe-
/ leau and Jackson until the open sea-
son. Nov. II. 1907; or the use Of any
pit, trap or pitfall at any time;
or the use of any artificial light
in hunting deer; or the possession Of
the skin of deer when it is in the red
coat; OF of a fawn IL the spotted coat;
or Of a fawn in the spotted coat; or
the killing by any person of more than
two deer in any one year, is prohibited.
Penalty, S25 to $500 or Imprisonment,
or both fine and Imprisonment, not less
than two or more than six months.
Setting any seine. gill. pound. tram