Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-09-11
COMING AFTER HUNTERS WHO
HAVE NO LICENSES.
MANY VIOLATERS CAUGHT
Severe Penalties Handed Out For IN
fractions of Fish and Game Laws
Arrests and Convictions Reported
by Deputies Throughout the State
-Non-residents Coming.
Madison, September Z.

| Madison, september {.
! Hunting without the required resi-
dent hunting license is an offense
against tine laws OF Wisconsin which
| is punished severely. The minimum
| fine is $50 and conviction is almost
certain i'll case of arrest, for when a
deputy warden catches a man shoot
ing, there is little chance of avoiding
court record of guilty unless the
handy license be produced. Dane
county is infested with illegal hunting.
There is a goodly supply of game and
people are making much of the oppor-
tunity, hundreds Of sportsmen going
out daily. Hunters who have obeye1
the law and taken out the required IL
others have failed to do so and that
they are allowed to hunt with impun-
! ity. Three Wardens from other coun-
| ties have been ordered to appear for
work in Dane county the strange men
being secured in ordei" that the hunt
ers may not be able to recognize them
as wardens and escape. The strange
deputies will not be distinguislable
from ordinary hunters and it is ex-
pected that number of arrests for
shooting without licenses will follow.
At the office in the capital numerous
reports are beng received from the
deputies of arrests and convictions of
violators of the hunting and fishing
statutes. Valentine Raetl of MilWau-
kee was sent TO work in Waukesha
county and his first arrest was that
of Oscar Koch, for hunting without q
license. The defendant was found
guilty and paid fine of $50 and
costs He lost $40, costs and incon-
venience, besides the disgrace of be-
| ing convicted for violating the law, all
because ne failed to get his license
of transferring wardens from one coun-
ty to another is to be generally util-
lied, so that the hunters will not be
confronted by deputies to whom they
are personally acquainted or whom
they can recognize at a sufficient dis
lance to escape.
Deputy Warden H. w. Hildebrand of
Portage, reports the arrest and convic-
ton of Edward Clemmons for using
fishing nets in the canal. Clemmons
paid a fine of $25 and costs.
Deputy c. w. Sizer of Merrill ar
rested Fred Peterson for killing dee
out of season. Peterson was convicted
and sent to jail for so days.
Fred Gerhardt reported the seizure
of quantity of fishing nets in the Mil
waukee river.
Robert Hitchon of Marinette arrested
Otto Selds for killing deer. The de
PENDANT, upon conviction was sen
fenced to SO days in Jail. The same
deputy reports the conviction OF
Charles Sutherland for the same Of
Tense, but in this case the jail sen
tence was a stiff one, six months be-
ing administered This will carry tle
offender clear over the open season
when he might have enjoyed legiti
mate sport for two weeks.
Frank M. Perry arrested Fred Peche
at Westboro, Taylor county, for dyna
hitting fish. 1t cost the defendant
$70.7S.
Patrick McManus of Milwaukee ar
rested O. H. Kleist and William Freed
matte fer using set lines. Each was
fined $25 and costs
A. La Vale arrested J. E. Shaul anC
J. M. Shaul for killing partridges Out
Of season and for delivering Illegally
marked packages to a common car
rier. The illegal hunting case re
suited in conviction and payment o.
$34 and the other case is pending.
There have been issued 120 non
hesident small game licenses, $40 each
Is Nonresident deer licenses, 81!
each, and AZ settlers licenses 81 each
The county clerks nave been supplied
with 10000 resident hunting license
blanks and plenty Of copies of the re
vised game laws.