Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-07
CAME LAWS OF IOWA
STATE WARDEN LINCOLN AR.
RANGES LAWS In PAMPHLET
u FORM FOR DISTRIBUTION.

State Warden Lincoln has had the
Iowa hsh and game laws published in
pamphlet FORM and is sending them to
all parts OF MS jurisdiction for the in.
| formation OF sportsmen. 1t is exnect-
ca tnat the pamphlets will be received
in Ottumwa during next week.
unaer the caption Some Things I'm
iaWfuf MT Lincoln has arranged
brlef synopsis OF the laws which ap-
peear IN the front of the book. The
laws VIII pc OF interest to many OF.
tumWans who enjoy hunting and fish.
ing. Inc synopsis is as follows:
Some Things Unlawful.
To have or maintain for use any net
seine, spear, trap, for the purpose of
taking fish and any seine, net, spear.
trap or other continuance is public
nuisance and can be seized and de-
stroyed.
To take from the waters of the state
any salmon or trout between Noyem.
Der and March /.
Or any bass, pike, croppies, pickerel,
catfish OF other game fish between No
fSulUSls Ii anu May l5,
Or more than forty (4O) of any or
all OF said kinds Of game fish in any
one day.
To use a trot line between November
10 and May Is.
10 take from the waters of the state
at any time any fish Except minnows
for bait) unless by hook and line.
10 use any shed, house or other
protection while fishing in or through
the ice.
To fish in any manner within 800
feet of fishway.
To have in possession or catch, kill
or destroy any game fish less than six
go inches in length
To place in the waters of the state
any dynamite or other explosive for
the purpose of killing or taking fish.
To use a minnow seine over FIVE (5)
yards long.
To take game fish fry for bait.
10 use more than two ca lines,
with one hook on each line.
To buy or sell or offer for sale or
have in possession for sale or trans
portation any fish unlawfully taken.
To maintain ANY dam orsother OBJ
|struction across any river or stream
without a suitable fishway.
The Game Laws.
To shoot, kill or take any pinnated
grouse or prairie chicken between De-
cember l and September /.
Or any woodcock between January
1 and July TO-
Or any ruffed grouse, pheasant, wild
turkey or quail between December is
and November /.
Or any wild duck, goose or brant,
rail, plover, sandpiper and marsh or
beach bird between April 10 and Sep
TENDER /.
Or any gray fox or timber squirrel
between January 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, brant and
goose.) ts
To kill many one day more than
twenty-five (25) game birds, including
duck, goose and brant.
To ship, either by express, freight
or any common carrier, any game
birds, including ducks, goose or
brant, either in or out of the state.
To have in possession at any one
time more than twenty-five (25) game
birds, Except ducks.)
To catch or take any game birds
with any trap. snare, net or other de-
vice at any time.
To kill, trap or ensnare any beaver,
mink, otter or muskrat, between April
and November !.
To have in possession any game
birds five 90 days after the open sea-
son 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
goose ore brant.
To hunt with dog or gun upon any
cultivated or enclosed land, without
permission of the owner or agent.
To kill, have in possession or under
control any of the harmless birds of
the state, Except bluejays and Eng
lish sparroWs.)
To kill, MAIN, trap Or in any way
injure or capture any deer elk or
goat.
For nonresident to hunt or kill
game birds without payment of IL
cense.
To shoot or kill any live birds at
trap shooting.