The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-02-09
New General Act Of the
Recent Legislature.
IMPORTANT CHANGES
New Fishing Laws That Will Be
Of Special Interest in
This Section,

Stowe, Feb. S.--H. G. Thomas,
state commissioner OF fisheries and
game, has issued in condensed form a
complete synopsis of the fish and game
laws OF Vermont for 1905 6. Several
thousand copies OF the law are to be
published, in English and Italian for
general distribution.
What Is Always Unlawful.
1t is always unlawful-To take trout
under six inches in length from public
waters for the purpose of stocking
private preserves or any other pur-
pose.
To fish streams which have been
posted by the commissioner and adver-
tised as closed, Notwithstanding the
fact that the posters may have been
destroyed, maliciously or otherwise.
To take any fish by hooking or Crap
ling.
To take or catch more than ten
pounds of brook trout, steelhead trout
or landlocked salmon in one day, or
more than twenty-five pounds of lake
trout or longe in one day.
To catch for hire, sale or gain, any
brook trout, golden trout, rainbow
trout, steelheadtront, lake trout, land
locked salmon, longe, or black bass.
To take fish with set line.
To take or catch more than twenty
four black bass in any one day; il two
persons are in the same boat, not more
than thirty.six black bass.
To take or catch any fish In any wat
ers within the state except by angling.
To introduce any fish except trout,
salmon, smelt and minnows, into the
public waters of the state frequented
by trout or salmon.
To hunt any kind of game on Sun
day.
To kill doe.
To kill fawn.
To kill more than one deer during
the open season.
To kill deer when the horns are
not distinctly visible to the hunter and
not less than three inches long.
To hunt deer with dog.
To hunt deer with jack or artificial
light, snare or saltlick.
To kill moose, caribou or beaver.
To kill more than five game birds in
any one day, excepting wild duck, and
not more than twenty wild duck.
To kill more than fifteen ruified
grouse (partridge) during the open
season.
To kill or take pheasant or English
partridge before October l, 1909.
To take or destroy the nests or eggs
OF any birds, either game or insectiv-
orous. except the eggs of q mergauser,
blue heron, bitten, jay, and birds of
prey.
To take, kill, purchase or receive
any of the above specified birds, for
the purpose OF sale, or to sell for traf-
fic or gain.
To net or snare any birds for which
there is closed season.
To hunt ducks, geese, or brant be-
tween the hours OF 7 O'Clock In the
evening and 5 O'Clock in the morning.
To take more than FIVE gray squir-
rels in one day.
To ship, take, or carry, or cause TO
be taken ont Of the state, any game
birds or gray squirrels; they must be
useu for food within the state.
To break, deface, injure, or tear
down any notice posted or caused to
be posted by the commissioner.
To deceive the commissioner in re-
gard to the distribution OF fish.
When Fish May he Lawfully Taken.
The time when fish may be lawfully
taken and penalties for violation ofthe
law are as follows:
Black bass, between June Is and De-
cember 81; penalty, SIS.
All kinds OF trout, handbook salmon,
or longe, in any brook or stream, May
l to August /, and In pond and lakes,