The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-21
THE NEW GAME LAW.
Some Important Changes.


of the new game law, approved by
Governor Stuart:
No hunting or shooting on Sun
day.
Game birds-Swan, geese, brant,
river and sea ducks, looms, grebes,
rails, coots, mud-hens, gallinules,
shore birds, surf-birds, plovers,
snipe, woodcock, sandpipers, tat
tiers, curfews, wild turkeys, grouse,
pheasants, partridges, quail, dove,
reed birds and blackbirds.
Unprotected birds may be killed
at any time.
OPEN SEASON.
Woodcocls, October LIST to Decem-
Der 1st.
Ruffled grouse, commonly called
pheasant, English or Mongolian or
Chinese pheasant, October 18th to
December 1st.
Wild turkeys and quail October
18th to November 18th. No Hun
garian quail shall be killed, wound
ed or shot at for period of two
years after date of this act.
Penalty-Whoever shall shoot at,
or take, or kill any of the birds
named in this section, during the
closed season for such birds, shall
upon conviction, be sentenced to
pay a penalty of S25 for each bird
shot at, killed or wounded contrary
to the provisions of this section.
(No. 13).
Prohibited-Trap, snare, net,
bird-lime, swivel-gun, derrick, pit
fall, turkey blind, turkey call or
pen, artificial light, battery or any
other deception or contrivance or
device whatever.
QUANTITY.
Ruffled grouse, commonly called
pheasant, s; woodcock, 10; English
Mongolian or Chinese pheasant, 10
in one day-20 of either in one
week, and SO in one season.
Hungarian quail, in one day,
20 in one week, and 80 in one
season.
Quail, or Virginia partridge, 10
in one day, 40 in one week, and Is
in one season.
Wild turkey, not more than one
in one day nor more than two in
one season. Penalty $25 for each
bird killed or had in possession
contrary to law.
DEER.
The open season for deer is from
November 18th to December 1st
No person shall in any one season
kill more than one deer, which shall
be male deer, with horns visible
above the hair. Penalty 500. The
use of dogs in hunting deer is pro-
hibited, nor is it lawful to shoot a
deer in streams, ponds, etc. The
use of buckshot is prohibited; the
gun used must propel only one pei
let, bullet or ball through a single
| discharge.
Dogs running deer are a public
nuisance, and may be killed by any
person. The owner of the dog is
liable to a penalty of $25 for each
deer or fawn pursued, and $50 for
each deer or fawn killed. The own
er neglecting OF refusing to take
care of his dog, after notice in
writing from an officer of the state,
whose duty it is to protect the game
of the state, shall be liable to double
the foregoing penalty.
Buying or selling any pheasant,
quail, deer, woodcock or wild tur-
key, caught, killed or taken in this
state, is prohibited. All other kinds
of game may be bought and sold in
the state during the open season for
such game, and for 80 days there
after. 1t is unlawful to hunt for
wages or hire any of the foregoing.
SQUIRREL, RABBITS AND BEAR.
The open season for gray, black
or fox squirrels is from October Is
to December 1, and it is unlawful
for any person to kill more than
six squirrels of the combined kinds
in one day.
The open season for hare or rab-
bits is from November 1st to Decem-
Der Is, and it is unlawful for any
person to kill more than 10 hare or
rabbits in one day.
Penalty, $40 for each animal kill
ed or taken in violation of law.
The pine or red squirrel is not
protected by law.
THE FISH LAW.
Following are the leading features
of the fish law, passed by the late
legislature and approved by Cover
nor Stuart May 1, 1909:
Game fish-All species of trout
and of the salmon family, blue pike,
pickerel, western pike, muscallonge,
black bass, green or yellow bass,
and all other species of fresh wa
ter fish, called bass, except striped
bass or rock fish and fall fish.
Bait f1sh-All forms of minnows,
all forms of killifishes and stone
catfish,
All other species of fish are class
itied as food FISH.
| No device except rod and line
shall be used by any person in wa
ters inhabited by trout, except that
in such waters suckers may be TAX