Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-14

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is to enable the game fish to finish
spawning, and thus provide themselve.
for restocking the waters. One is ex
pected to throw back into the river
any game fish caught at this time Of
| the year, but there is not solitary case
on record where anyone has been sc
foolish. In fact,that provision of the
statute requiring that any game fish
less than six inches in length be re-
turned to the water, is standing joke
because the average person is too
proud of five-ineh fish to part with it
for love or money. as
There are many other features OF
the fish law that are openly violated.
One is not supposed to have more
than two lines With one hook on each
for example, How many know Of this
law? hot very many, only small
portion of those who do. heed it,
The last legislature revised the fish
The most important change was the
prohibition of shooting of live birds
from traps. But this is not all, That
there may be no mistakes, a summary
of the ''Don'ts" for sportsmen that are
to be found in the Iowa code are here
to appended:
To have or maintain for use any net,
seine, spear, trap. for the purpose of TAX
Ing fish and any seine, net spear, trip or
other contrivance is a puble nuisance and
can be seized and destroyed
To take from the waters of the state,
any salmon or trout. between the first day
of November and the first day of March.
Or any bass, pike, crappies, pickerel, cat
fish or other game fish between November
Is and May ID.
Or more than forty t4o) of any or all of
said kinds of game fish In any one day.
To use a trot line between November 10
and May Ii.
To take from the waters of the state at
any time any fish, (excent minnows for
baiD unless lN hook and line,
To use any shed. house or other protec-
tion while fishing in or through the Ice.
To fish in any manner within 800 feet of
q fish way.
destroy any game fish less than six (G)
inches in length.
To place in the waters of the state, any
dynamite or other explosive for the pur-
pose of killing or taking fish.
To use minnow seine over five % yards
long.
To take game fish fry for halt.
To use more than two (2) lines with one
hook upon each line.
To buy or sell or offer for sale or have
In possession for sale or transportation
any fish unlawfully taken,
To maintain any dam or other obstruc-
tion across any river or stream without a
suitable fish way.
Game.
To shoot, kill or take any pinnated
grouse or prairie chicken between Decem-
Der / and september 1.
Or any woodcock between January / and
July 10.
Or any ruffed grouse pheasant. wild tur-
November i.
Or any wild duck, goose, brant. rail,
plover, sand piper and marsh or beach
bird between April Is and September j
Or any gray fox or timber squirrel be-
tween January l and September l.
To shoot or kill at any time quail on
the public highway.
To destroy the nests and eggs of any
birds of the state.
To kill for traffic any game birds Except
wild turkey, ducks. hrant and goose.)
To kill in any one day more than twenty
Ave (25) game birds, Including duck, goose
and brant
To ship either by express, freight or any
common carrier any game birds including
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the state.
To have in possession at any one time
more than twenty-five t25) game birds lex
cept ducks)
To catch or take any game birds with
any trap, snare net or other device at any
time.
To kill, trap or ensnare any beaver, mink,
otter or muskrat between April 1 and No
vember i.
To have in possession any game birds
FIVE 90 days after the open season on said
birds closes.
For any railway or express company or
other common carrier to receive any game
birds for transportation.
To use any swivel gun or any kind of
gun except such as is commonly shot from
the shoulder to kill ducks, geese or brnnt.
10 hunt with dog or gun upon any culti-
waited or enclosed land, without permis-
sion of the owner or agent.
TO kill. have in possession, or under cons
troll any Of the harmless birds of the state
except bluejays and English sparrows.)
To kill, MAIN, trap or in any way in.
jure or capture any deer, elk or goat.
For a non resident to hunt or kill game
birds. without payment Of license.
To shoot or kill any live birds at trap
shooting.