The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-04-08
IDAHo's FISH AND GAME LAW
License Should Be Procured BIZ All
Parties Wishing to Hunt
or Fish

The fish and game license season
for Idaho opens on April /. Sports
men are preparing to invade the
streams and take to the all timber
and swamps in an endeavor to hook
and bag some of the game which has
been allowed to escape the PREACHER
Gus rod and gun. The unfortunate
fisherman or hunter who Is caught by
the game wardens without license
will no doubt wish they had taken
the precaution to have first armed
themselves with these little docu-
ments which they can now secure
from local dealers, justices of the
peace or from state officers.
State Fish and Game Warden w.
N. Stephens states he has issued co.
600 licenses for various parts of the
state to be sold to sportsmen. Rel
alive to these licenses the fish and
game laws say: 1T shall be unlaw-
full for any person or persons to hunt
for any game whatever, or to fish in
the public waters until a license is
first procured as provided herein and
upon request Of the state game war;
den or his deputies such license must
be produced for inspection. Any
bona fide male citizen over the age
of IL years, who has been such for
a period Of six months preceding the
application for a license upon the
payment of one dollar to any justice
of the peace, probate Judge of the
county, or the state fish and game
warden or any deputy warden shall
be entitled to receive from the officer
to whom such payment is made, a
rod and gun license which shall per-
NIT such person to pursue, hunt and
kill any of the game animals or birds
mentioned in this act during the time
when it shall be lawful to kill the
same, in any of the counties In this
state subject to the limitations as to
the number of each kind of animals
or birds provided herein, and to catch
fish with hook and line according
to the provisions of this act And
it shall be a misdemeanor for any
such officer to issue receipt in lieu
of such license and such license shall
not be transferred to any other per-
son.
Any person who is a nonresident
Of the state of Idaho or an alien shall
upon payment to any justice of the
peace, or probate judge of this state,
or the state fish and game warden or
any deputy warden the sum of $25
be entitled to receive from such Off |
Ger to whom payment is made non
resident big game license which IL |
cense shall permit such person to
pursue, hunt or kill such number of |
each kind of big game as hereinafter
provided during the time in each cur
rent year, when it shall be lawful to
kill such animals, such license shall
state the name and place of residence
of the holder thereof and shall not
be transferred to any other person.
ANY person who is nonresident
of the state of Idaho or an alien
shall, upon payment to any justice of
the peace, or probate Judge of the
state, or the state fish and game war
den, or any deputy warden the sum
of $500, be entitled to receive from
such officer to whom payment is made
a nonresident bird license, which
shall permit such person to pursue.
hunt or kill such number of each
kind of birds as herein mentioned,
during the time in each year when it
shall be lawful to kill such birds, as
provided in this act"