The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-07-28
REPAIRING FOR
HUNTING SEASON
COUNTY AUDITOR HAVING HUNT.
Frs LICENSES PRINTED EN-.
PECTED GAME FUND WILL BE
LARGELY AUGMENTED.

County Auditor Godfrey is having
printed a large number of hunters
licenses and is getting ready for the
hunting season which opens next
month. There is quite good sized
sum already In the game fund of
the county. This goes to maintain
county game warden and portion
of it has been used in stocking the
county with Oregon pheasants.
Fishing is the hunting sport which
is on at present and the following
provisions which will be noted in the
new pamphlets are of interest: In
the counties east of the western
boundary line of Okanogan, Chelan,
Kittitas,- Yakima and klickitat coun-
ties, the open season for trout, bass,
perch, pickerel and pike is from May
l to November /. No trout can be
legally bought, sold or offered for
sale. 1t is illegal to keep trout I'M
der six inches in length. One days
catch is limited to 20 pounds and
at no time is any one person per-
mitted to have more than 80 pounds
of game fish in his Or her possession.
A fine of from SO to $500, or i'm
prisOnment at the rate of one day
for each 50 of the fine defaulted. is
provided for the violation of any of
theseproyisiOns.
Provision for Payment Of BOunties.
Under the existing game laws, the
state will pay $40 for the conclusive
proof. by the presentation of the pelt
at the county auditors Office. of the
death of cougar; SIS for the. death
of lynx or wildcat; 81 for the death
of a coyote, and SIS for the death of
a timber wolf.
Licenses to hunt and fish within
the confines of the county are issued
by the county auditor at the follow
ing rates: 81 to a resident of the
state; IS to a nonresident of the
state. and $50 to a nonresident
alien. The state auditor issues IL
censes good in any county in the
state at the following rates: IS to
q resident Of the state and $40 to a
nonresident alien. Both county and
state licenses are good for one year
from the date of issue. There Is
fine of from SO to 800 or an i'm
prisonment of from Eve to 80 days
in the county Jail for hunting with
out a license.
Bird Shooting Begins Aug. Is.
In the special district which in
cludes this county, bird shooting be-
gins August Is and lasts until No
vember is. Ten grouse, 10 part
ridge, 10 prairie chickens, 10 sage
hens, 10 pheasants, or Is quail limit
a days killing. Ducks are open from
September 1 to March l and geese
and brant from September l to May
1. No bird shooting Is permitted on
the Columbia river or within a half
mile of it's banks within the counties
of Klickitat, Walla Walla, Franklin,
Yakima, Kittitas, Douglas, Columbia,
Garfield and Whitman The open
season for quail is regularly fixed at
from October 1 to January 1.
Local hunters say that game birds
will be plentiful this season.
The Protection of Big Game.
The law provides that no female
elk, moose, antelope, mountain sheep
or mountain goats, or spotted fawn
be killed; that no male elk be killed
until after October 1, 1915, and that
after that date a hunter may take
but one of these animals between
September Is and November 1. Four
deer are stipulated as a seasons kill
ing for any one hunter.