The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1905-04-04
NEW FISH AND GAME LAW
Provisions Of Enactment Of the Last
Legislature Put Into Paragraphs

The following is a digest of the fish
and game law enacted by the last leg
islature. which has been prepared in
response to numerous inquiries from
sportsmen:
Licenses under the provisions of this
act are of four classes. namely:
/. For a bona fide male resident
lover IL years Of age) for six months
prior to issuance, costing one dollar,
emitting the holder to fish and hunt
all kinds of game subject TO the re-
strictions of this act.
2. For non residents of Idaho. a big
game license. costing $25, emitting
holder to hunt the animals hereinafter
mentioned, subject to the restrictions
Of this act.
3. For non-residents of Idaho, cost
ing IS. emitting holder to hunt birds
subject to the restrictions Of this act.
L. For non residents. costing one dol
lar, emitting holder to catch fish with
hook and line only, subject to the re-
strictions Of this act (required of all
| nom residents. regardless Of six.)
Females and children under IL, resi-
dents Of Idaho. are not required to
procure license to fish and take game.
All licenses expire January 81 next
following date Of issuance.
The open season is as follows:
Trout, grayling, bass and sunfish
MAY be caught at any time with hook
and line.
Salmon, sturgeon, carp. mullet, suck
err, whitefish. Bear Lake trout and
CHAIR may be caught with seine, net,
or spear.
Quail. November l to December 1;
sage hen. July Is to December /; tur-
| tie dove. snipe and plover. August l to
November 1; partridge, pheasant.
grouse, prairie chicken and fool hen,
August Is to December l; duck. Sep
TENDER l to February 1; geese and
swans, September 1 to February 1.
Elk, deer, mountain sheep, mountain
goat September 1 to December 81.
Not more than 20 pounds of trout,
bass. catfish. grayling. or sunfish may
be caught in any one day, and not
more than 80 pounds to be had in pos
session at any time.
Unlawful to kill or destroy. or have
in possession at any time trout or
black bass of less thap four inches in
length.
Unlawful to take fish by means OF
an explosive
Snag hook fishing is absolutely pro-
hibited.
The taking of Monaghan pheasants
is absolutely prohibited for four years
next following the passage of this act.
tected birds.
Unlawful to Kill more than IS of each
of the following kinds of birds in one
day, namely, quail, sage hen. partridge,
grouse, prairie chicken or fool hen.
Unlawful to take in any one day
more than "a hours. three geese or
three swans.
Unlawful to take fish by means of
any deleterious drug or by means of
explosive.
Unlawful to destroy nest. eggs. or
the young birds Of any game bird. or to
modest such birds or their young. dur
ing breeding season
The hunting or killing of moose an
telope, buffalo, beaver and caribou is
absolutely prohibited.
Unlawful to hunt deer. elk. mountain
sheep. or mountain goats with dogs or
by means of a pitfall. trap or snare.
| Unlawful to kill or capture more
than one elk, two deer. one mountain
sheep. one ibex. and one goat during
the open season.
1t is unlawful to sell any protected
fish or animals at any time of the year
| Unlawful to hunt any song. insec-
tivorous or innocent bird, except Eng
lish sparrow. magpie or bee bird, al
any time of the year.
i Unlawful to cause to be set on fire
any timber. underbrush, or grass upor
the public domain.
Unlawfully not to totally extinguist
any fire near any forest. timber OF
other infiammable material, before
leaving the same.
The possession. of game or fish un.
lawfully taken is a misdemeanOr.
All devices and nets used in unlaw.
fully taking fish or game are subjec
to confiscation.
Any and all persons violating an!
: Of the provisions of this act art guilt!
Of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall be fined in a sum not t.
exceed $500 and costs. or by imprison
ment in the county Jail not to exceed
six months, or by both such fine ant
Imprisonment.