Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-08-27
Brief Synopsis Of the New
North Dakota Game Law

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do so. Application to state num-
Der Of birds or deer and where to
be kept and if for his own use.
-All other birds other than game
birds are protected by law all the
year around except blackbirds,
crows. English sparrows sharp
skinned and Cooper hawks. and
great horned owls. all of which
may be killed at any time. Inn
ported songs bird for domestic pets
are not included in the protected
birds.
Any person found travelling off
the public highways, outside the
limits of the town, with a gun,
and with or without u dog, from
the first day Of July to the sixth
day of September is presumed to
be hunting and breaking the law.
Any traps, snares, etc., on the
primises or in the possession of
any person is prima facie evidence
of their use for breaking the law.
Any person convicted of violation
of the game law may be punished
on due proof by fine from ten to
fifty dollars and the forfeiture of
gun and dog, the latter to be sold
for the benefit of the game fund.
Fish to be taken with a rod and
line only, one line and one hook to
each person. and held in the hand.
Set lines may be used in the Mis-
souri,, Mouse and Red rivers, and
pound nets in the Missouri and
Mouse rivers, but not within a
thousand yards of the mouth of any
stream running into said rivers.
No drugs, traps, dynamite, etc.,
may be used to take fish.
No fish houses to be made to
protect people fishing through the
ice on the Red, Missouri or Mouse
rivers.
All trout, landlocked salmon,
bass, or pike less than eight
inches long must be thrown back
in water when caught.
Fifteen Of the foregoing fish,
shall be all permitted to catch in
any one day and fifty the most that
any person shall have on hand at
one time.
Ten chickens or grouse. or turtle
dove, crane or swan, or ten of the
same combined shall be the limit
Of one days shooting, and twenty
the limit to have in possession at
one time.
Antelope, beaver, and otter are
protected until Jan. /, 1920.
Professional dog trainers are
, prohibited from running and
training dogs from the first day of
May until the fifth day of August.
} Every resident Of the state is
prohibited from hunting without
, license to be procured from the
. county auditor, which license shall
be made out on the legal printed
form and costing one dollar.
Non-residents must get license
from board of control and pay
, twenty-five dollars. License are
not transferable and must be car
ried on the person Of the hunter.
, Any resident, owner or cult.
vator of lands or members of his
family, residing with him, may
hunt over his own lands without a
, license during the hunting season.
The limits of the open season
cover the possession Of game by
= anybody as we'll as hunting it.
? From Sept. z to Nov. l, inclus.
i've, turtle dove, prairie chicken.
r grouse. wood cock, plover, may be
? killed and held in possession.
r From Sept. z to Dec. Is, ducks,
4 geese, brant, crane and swan,
, From New. 10 to Nov. 80. two dee,
may be killed by one person.
e May i to Oct. 1, salmon ano
trout. June to Oct. Is, bass
s May to Oct. Is, pike, croppies
/ and perch.
No person shall have in poses
: sion at any time for the purpose Of
a sale trout, bass. pike croppies,
: perch or salmon, which have beer
s caught within the boundries Of
the state.