Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-08
RESUME OF GAME LAW.
Brief Bits Of Information tor the
Benefit of Local Nimr0ds.

hunting all kinds OF game, except
| deer and fur bearing animals, began.
Swan, pheasant, quail and beaver
and all kinds of wild birds, except
geese, ducks, woodcock, snipe,
plover, grouse, prairie chickens,
partridge, are protected. The only
birds which are not protected are
the house sparrow, American crow,
owls, hawks and blackbirds.
Prairie chickens are protected in
Wisconsin, except in Adams, Barron,
Burnett, Bayfield,, Buffalo, Clark,
Crawford, Douglas, Dunn, Eau
Claire, Jackson, Juneau, Marquette,
Monroe, Pepin, Polk, Portage,
Richland, Sawyer, Vernon, Wash
burn, Waushara and Wood counties.
N these counties they can be killed
fl m Sept. 1 to Oct Is.
It is unlawful to kill or have in
possession or to transport during
any one day more than fifteen
prairie chickens, grouse of any varie
ty or woodcock; more than twenty
five cartridges or more than thirty
wild geese, wild ducks. or aquatic
fowl or snipe.
A resident in possession of hunt
ing license may carry with him the
fall limit of any one kind of game
birds mentioned, or a mixed bag
containing not more than fifty Of
the game birds enumerated, the bag
not to contain more than. the limit
fixed for any one kind of game
birds; that is, not more than fifteen
prairie chickens, twenty-five part
ridges or thirty aquatic birds. If
hunter has thirty ducks he cannot
have any wild geese or other water
fowl or snipe; but he can have at
the same time twenty partridges,
or fifteen prairie chickens and five
cartridges or woodcock.
/ A person who has not resided in
this state for one year has to pay
license fee Of SO for hunting small
game, and S25 for all kinds of game,
including deer, but he cannot take
out of the state more that fifty birds
or animals protected by the laws Of
this state, two deer and forty-eight
birds or small game.
The lowest fine for hunting with
out license is $50, ana the highest
800 and six months imprisonment
III the county jail.
Farmers can hunt and kill rabbits
on their own land at any time with
out license.
Hunting acquatlc fowl before sun
rise and after sunset, or shooting
from a sneak boat, or boat pro-
PEELED by an oar or oars operated
from the side or stern of such boat,
or any sailboat or boat propelled by
steam or electricity, or any battery,
sink box or similar device, outside
Of the natural covering of reeds or
grass, growing above the water or
the construction OF an artificial
blind outside of such natural cover
ing or upon the ice, is prohibited.
No more than twenty-fi five decoys
can be used by any one hunter to
be personally set and watched by
the owner, and to be plainly marked
with the owners name or initials.
No snare, net, trap or spring gun
can be used for the purpose Of
catching wild animals or birds,
except fur bearing animals-mi
marten, etc.
Marten, fisher, or mink may be
trapped or killed from Nov. 1 to
March 1; otter, from Nov. 1 to Feb.
Is; muskrat. from Nov. 1 to May 1.
| Muskrats cannot be shot or taken
with spear, or their houses de-
stroyed or molested.
It is prohibited to hunt rabbits
with ferret, or have ferret in
possession while hunting in the
counties of Milwaukee, Waukesha,
Racine, Kenosha, Washington, JEFF
ferson, Ozaukee, Walworth, Rock,
Dodge, Door, Sheboygan, Calumet,
Manitowoc, Brown, Kewaunee and
Fond du Lac.
Any boat, guns, traps, nets or
other devices, when used in viola
zion of the game laws. is declared a
public nuisance and may be seized
by any game warden and disposed
! of acoOT51Oo To tho low
No game can be sold or shipped,
and it must be marked if transported
by the owner.