The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-10-29
HOUSE DEBATE ON BILL
To ESTABLISH OPEN
SEASON FOR DOE
All Kinds Of Arguments Preceded the
Passage Of the Measure
Tuesday Afternoon.

ne bdlIe lines mas the following
report OF the debate on House bill No.
III:
Unless the Senate kills House bill
IL, and If the governor does not issue
another proclamation prolonging the
close season on account of the
drought hunters commencing Noyem-
Der for six days can shoot both buck
and doe. After a spirited debate in
the House on Tuesday afternoon over
! the bill introduced by Mr. Howe of
Bennington providing for a six days
open season during the last six days
in October, with no hunting between
sunset and sunrise doe to be shot as
well as bucks, the measure passed on
a rising vote 1919 TO 80. It was under.
stood, however, on Tuesday afternoon
that the Senate was likely TO kill the
| bill and that but two were in favor of
its passage, The bill as it passed the
House was amended in one particular
only, excepting spotted or red fawn
from being shot.
The substance of the bill is found
in the following section: Deer, other
than spotted or red, may be hunted
and taken annually during the last
! week in October continuing six work
ing days, Sundays excepted This
section shall apply to both resident
and nonresident hunters; but no per
son shall hunt kill, destroy or cap
ture deer, with a dog or dog kind,
by the aid or use Of a jack or artificial
light, by the method known as crust
ing, while the deer are yarded or by
| Tho a. or uGef-fgtann Of ,
or salt lick or between sunset and
| sunrise"
Mr.. Howe explained the bill saying
that it might not meet with the ap.
proyal OF everyone in the state or all
the members of the House but that he
believed it met the needs in the in
creased number of deer in the state
and the damage done TO crops He
thought that a six days trial this year
would demonstrate how the bill
worked He said that about 1000 deer
were killed illegally in the year; ac-
cording to the reports of the game
commissioner. and that the cost to the
state, unless some means were taken
to decrease the number of deer, would
amount soon to as much as $4,000 a
year
Mr. Williams Of Newport offered
two amendments which practically
killed the issue of the Howe bill One
was to allow the killing of bucks only
for two weeks instead OF one and the
other was TO allow farmers to shoot
deer on their own property when
found destroying crops or trees, re
port OF the killing to be made to the
county game warden in writing. He
thought the open season of six days
was too short and he thought farmers
should be given the right TO protect
their property
Mr. Fish Of Nergennes opposed the
last amendment saving that if such
law were enacted il would furnish q
big loop hole for those who wanted
deer. II gave them an excuse for Kill
ing what they wanted. If he thought
the amendment stood any show oil
passing he should certainly offer an
other providing that the carcasses OF
deer so killed be turned over to the
state
Mr.. Davis of Springfield favored
the amendment saying that he didn'
believe a farmer should be obliged e
turn over his garden property as ;
game preserve. He said that the stat,
did not properly reimburse for crops
damages and told how he got SIS fol
an acre of beans that were destroyed
Mr. Barber of Brattleboro spoke II
favor Of the amendment stating tina
he believed an immense amount o
damage was done to the crops In IN,
D state for which owners were not prop
e erly reimbursed and that it COS
more 10 bring legal proceedings to &c
: what was coming to them than 1t wa
u worth.
Mr. Jones of Sudbury stated that h
!, | thought many attempted TO work IN,
state for damage hat did not amour
TO anything He said he could furnish
: the gentleman froI Springfield will
. plenty Of beans for Sl5 an acre on thu
;. stump.
s Each Of the amendments wa
d killed and the bin went upon its pas
Z sage after several others had spokel
i including MI Norris of Cabot VIII
4 said that the damage TO crops did no
u amount to much and he was might
: glad to have the deer around his farm
He did not favor their being killed a
p all
/ When the vote on the main bi
was taken Speaker Cheney Gale
+. twice for the vote without being abb
U" to tell which way IL had gone and 500
n called for a standing vote the resu
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