Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-20
NEW GAME LAW
WIDE IN SCOPE
CREATURES OF WILD GUARDED
BY AMENDED BILL
YELLoWFlN AND SPOT cRoAkER
GET PROTECTION
sportsmen Reminded That Killing an
Elk Is a Felony Punishable
by Two Years Im-
prsonment

Inc LOS AIlBeleS INOo uiib ANSSA
In interested in the newly amended nsh
and game laws, the most important OF
which is the bill introduced by Sena-
tor Mccartney, which was signed py
Governor Gillett March 27 and VIII
go into effect June 20.
The bill as amended Is to prevent
the catching of surf fish, yelloWfln OF
snotfin croaker and provides penalties
for anv violation. It reads as follows:
EVERY person who at any time, eX-
cept with hook and line, takes, catches
or kills any California whiting (Men-
ticirrus undulatus), also known as SURF
fish, or any yellowfin or any spotnh
croaker, is guilty of misdemeanor,
and shall be pnished by a fine or not
less than twenty nor more than hVe
hundred dollars. or by imprisonment
in the county jail in the county IN
which conviction Is had, not less than
twenty nor more than one hundred and
fifty days, or by both such fine and I'M
nrisonment. And all fines collected for
any violation of any of the provisions
of this section shall be paid into the
state treasury to the credit of the fish
commission fund.
Laws Are Announced
The fish and game laws for the sea
son of 1909-1910 and the restrictions on
the bag limit have been announced py
the California fish and game commls-
sioners.
The omen season for deer includes the
months Of August, September and Oc-
tober: ducks, black sea brant, ran,
curlew, ibis. plover or other shore birds,
October. 1 to February 10; doves, July
Is to October Is; desert or valley qual,
October / to February i; Wilson snlpe,
October / to April /; tree squirrels
September 1 to January l; trout, none
less than five inches long, May i TO
November IS; steelhead trout, found
only in coast streams. none less than
five inches long, April / to November
Is: steehead trout. April / to Febru-
ary 1; salmon, above tidewater, closed
season extends to November To- Octo-
ber 23 to September II; golden trout,
none less than five inches, June l to
September 1; striped bass, open May
and June, hook and line only; closed
to net and seine fishermen July l to
May 4; black bass, hook and line only,
June 1 to January /; shrimp. Septem-
ber 1 to June /; crabs In Hum
boldt and Trinidad bays to be taken on
Thursday only during open season,
March 1 to November 1.
Bag Limits
Quail. dove, snipe. curlew, ibis, plo-
yer, rail or other shore birds, twenty In
one day.
Ducks, black sea brant, twenty-five
in one day.
Tree squirrels. twelve in one season.
Trout, twenty-five pounds weight or
fifty fish in one day.
Black bass, fifty fish in one day.
Steelhead trout, fifty pounds weight
or fifty fish in one day.
Golden trout twenty-fish in one day.
Violation of Game Laws
TO hunt wild birds or animals with
out hunting license.
To have in possession doe or fawn
skins.
To have or kill. at any time, does,
fawns, elk, antelope or mountain sheep.
To take or kill any wild pheasant,
grouse, sagehen. swan, bobwhite quail,
mountain quail or any imported quail
partridge or wild turkey.
To run deer with dogs at any time,
except to follow a wounded deer In
open season.
To shoot half an hour before sunrise
or half an hour after sunset.
To fish for any trout or whitefish
from one hour after sunset to one hour
before sunrise.
To trap or hold protected game or
birds of any kind without having first
procured written authority from the
fish and game commission.
To take, possess or destroy nests or
eggs of any birds.
To ship game or fish in concealed
packages or without your name and
address.
To buy or sell trout less than one
pound in weight.
To take or have in possession at any
time Sacramento perch. female crabs,
crabs less than six inches across the
back, sturgeon under twenty-five
pounds. any black or green abalones,
or red abalones less than seventeen
inches in circumference.
To take trout, black bass or steel
head trout except with look and line.
or to ship or carry trout out of the
state.
To take salmon with net less than
six and half inch mesh, or to take
shad or striped bass with a net less
than five ane a half inch mesh.
To use any Setnet, Chinese sturgeon
lines, set lines or any fixed contrivance
for catching any fish.
To fish for profit without fisherman's
license.
To fish for salmon, shad or striped
bass with nets Saturday and Sunday.
To take fish In any manner within
fifty feet from a fishway.
To take, buy, sell or have in possess
sion at any time striped bass less than
three pounds in weight or to buy. sell.
ship or offer for shipment any striped
bass during May and June
To take or kill meadow larks, rob-
ins or any other non-game birds ex-
cept bluejays, English sparrows, sharp
Skinned hawk, Cooper's hawk, duck
hawk, great horned owl or California
linnet.
To shoot on inclosed or cultivated
land without permission.
To export dried shrimp or shrimp
shells.
To use any animal as a blind other
than a dog to approach any wild duck,
geese curlew, ibis. plover or other
water fowl.
To shoot at any kind of wild duck
from any boat propelled by steam, gas
oline or other power while such boat is
in motion.
To take Holsters or crawfish from the
waters of this state
To have in possession any dressed
catfish less than eight inches in length.
Killing an elk, felony, not exceed
ing two years Imprisonment.
Fine for violation OF game laws, $25
to $500, and imprisonment
Fine for violation of fish laws, 500 TO
$500, and imprisonment.
Smallest fine for using explosives to
kill any fish, $3.50, and Imprisonment
Smallest fine for killing does, fawns.
antelope of mountain sheep, $50.
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vANDERBiLT's HORSE WINS
ST. CLOUD, April 19.ZThe Prix du
Bois de Boulogne was won here today
by w. X. Vanderbilt's Gambabaiseuii.
.tIarn,an n11rvaase Roeanob1a oof fret