The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-29
THREE DATES FOB THE DEER
SEASON IN THE STATE
HAVE BEEN NAMED
sportsnieH in Uncertainty Be-
cause of. Variance in the
Legal Publications

Sports1nen. filroH gheut the state Will
be surprised 10 learn that the opening
date for he approaching deer shooting
season. IS eiQuded. in uncertainty. and
that the: Iawbook publishers and the
state board Of fish and game commits
sioners are at loss TO know whether
The slaughter Of bucks should legally
begin on -Suly Is. August IS. or Au-
II mas. developed that publishers Of
lawbOoks are at variance regarding the
wording Of section 626t OF the penal
code pertaining 10 deer hunting. Ac-
The season opens on July IS, and an
other-One that majority OF law
yers are said TO consider the most au-
fhoritaIiVe. by the Way-names August
15 as opening day, while in the abstract
Of the game laws recently issued by the
FISH and game commission the opening
date is fixed for August /.
These discrepancies were noticed py
Attorneys H. NJ. Anthony and James II.
Bower Of this city, who had been con-
templating a hunting trip 10 pegln on
july IS when they learned that the
abstract Of the laws issued by the nSh
and game commission was at variance
with their authorities they looked FUR,
Their into the matter and found still
another date on the books. AS a result
they and all the other hunters S We'll
do not know whether they may Kill
deer before August Is or not Unless
4he MYSTERY Of the conflicting dates is
1lnraveled before the middle of August
city spOrtsmen. who know or the IN
clfnatiOn Of country constableS 10 con-
strue the law TO suit themselves, VIII
refrain from killing bucks until that
In. Kerr's statutes and amendments
for 1909 section 626f of the penal code
The Isl day OF November and the 10Th
daV of July of the following year,
hunts. pursues, takes. Kills or de-
strovs. or has in his possession. whether
Ia keu or killed in the state Of Califor-
MIA or shipped into the state from any
other STA te territory or foreign coun-
Try. any male deer, or any deer meat,
IS guilty. OF a misdemeanOr. 1t would
seem from this that the season opens
on JULY -. and in the code slips issued
by s-local legal publication the section
reads the same.
According to the wording OF the sec
tiOn in a volume Of statutes and
amendments TO the code issued by the
leading la.WbOOk publishing nrm OF the
state sfhe seas is closed from NoNem-
Der j 10 August Is. The publishers OF
the latter volume We're asked for an
3 explanation by Boyer. and they replied
that their authority was the official state
edition Of the statutes, ana tnat they
could not so back Of that In their
reply. however. they stated that they
had taken the liberty OF writing 70
Sacramento TO ascertain whether or
not en- error had been made there. or
whether the fish and game commission
and the other publishers We're wrong.
IF ST. develops thar in the orhclai
state edition OF the statutes the section
reads from November 1 to August Is 1t
is rikeK that IL viii be held unlawful
10 hunt before the latter date. In the
meantime. every one viii be puzzled,
and the sporting goods houses may
come in for some undeServed censure,
as they have scattered copies Of the fish
and game commissions abstract an
nouncing August / as the opening date
al over the state.