The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-07-24
Tennessee's Game Laws.

Acklen has prepared communica-
ton to the press of the State, in
which he asks the cooperation OF
the Tennessee newspapers in up
holding the game laws. The COM
munication contains much that will
be of value to the people, and a
copy of it is presented herewith:
"Nashville, Tenn, July l8.--To
the Press of Tennessee: Our State
has for the first time game law.
Its provisions are not experimental,
but have successfully stood trial in
other States. The interests of
farmers and landowners are care
fully guarded, and if they will but
cooperate with the Deputy Game
Wardens in the protection of game,
shooting privileges on their lands
will soon become a source of con.
siderable revenue. All sportsmen
favor stringent game laws, and the
present laws, so far as ascertained,
meet with their hearty approval.
No law. however, can be success
fnlly enforced that is not backed up
by public sentimept. To create
this sentiment it is essential that
the law be fully understood. To
furnish the information essential to
proper understanding of the law
rests largely with the press of
Tennessee.
ga respectful appeal is, there
fore, made to the press OF Tennes-
see to take the matter up. 1t is
political and'of material inter-
est to the people of the State.
Game is the property of the State.
1t belongs to the people in their
collective sovereign capacity. 1t
is far more valuable for sport than
for market. Its principal value
lies not in the few dollars it may
bring to the hunter, but IN the
benefit it coufers on the people at
large by furnishing them with an
incentive to recreation and health.
Protect the game, and an attrac-
tion is offered to people from other
sections of our great country to
visit our great State. These per-
sons generally spend freely and
kill little, but on returning home
they better advertise.the wonderful
resources of Tennessee than innu-
merab'e pamphlets sent broadcast
throughout the land.
THE OPEN SEASON DATES.
"Open season, or time within
which game may be lawfully killed:
Deer, Oct. 1 to Dec. l; quails, tur-
keys, grouse, etc, Nov. to March
1; ducks, geese, snipe, etc, Oct. l
to April Is; English pheasants, Dec.
l to Jan. l; doves and woodcocks,
Aug. l to Maj ch l; squirrels, June
l to March 1; rabbits may be killed
at all seasons; song and insectiver-
Gus birds, their nests and eggs pro-
tected at all times. Certain birds
and ANIMALS deemed injurious are
not protected.
"It is prohibited to hunt upon the
land of another without written
permission; to ship quail within or
without the State; to shoot after
sunset or &efore sunrise, or on Sun
day, or on the public highway; to
export game from the State; to
transport it within the State dur
ing the closed season; to shoot for
the market without license. The
sale of game is limited to that law
fully killed for consumption within
the State solely, and to the open
season and five days thereafter.
Non-residents may take their game
with them out of the State under
certain conditions and restrictions.
"In those counties where Deputy
Game Wardens have not yet been
appointed, sportsmen, farmers and
others interested in game protec-
ton should confer and recommend
to the State Game Warden suita-
BILE person for county deputy. There
are no politics involved in these ap-
pointments, and the State Game
Warden is anxious in every instance
to appoint the best men obtainable,
those who will fearlessly but intel
l1gently enforce the law. Respect
fully, JOSEPH H. AcKLEN,
estate Game Warden"
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