The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-09-22
HUNTERS KILLED
MANY. CHICKENS
IF FIGURES DO NOT LIE OVER
10000 BIRDS HAVE BEEN
KILLED IN WARD COUNTY
ALONE,

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Minot, N. D., Sent. 22.--With APP
proximately 1900 hunting liceases IN
| the hands of Ward county sportsmen.
and fourteen days of the 1910 hunting
| season gone by, 1t is interesting to
note a few facts with reference to the
maneuvers CT this great army Of MIN
| rods and estimate to some degree the
amount of game that has Jared badly
| as result of their ceaseless effort.
In the past fourteen days there have
been perhaps Atty ward county hunt
ers in the field every day, and it is
safe to estimate that there were at
least one-half Of those in possession
Of licenses in the field last Sunday,
Although there are many who have
met with little or no success, there
are others who have been fortunate in
securing the full bag limit, and it is
not easonable to assume that an
average of three chickens to every
man in the field have been killed,
amounting in all to approximately
$500 prairie chickens. Those who
have been camping on the famous
duck passes Of the state since the
opening Of the hunting season have
met with splendid success, and in
most instances the bag limit of twen-
ty-five foyl per day has been secured
by Ward county sportsmen during the
past fourteen days, which is entirely
conservative, when it is considered
that many have secured the limit
every day, the total is brought UP to
1850, making a grand total Of over
4 n Nd Ia 49, Inzvy, Ar,y1a
in and from this county since the
opening Of the season.
The prairie chicken season, opening
Sept. and closing Nov. /, gives the
hunter eight weeks Of shooting, and
considering that fifty Of the 1900
hunters in this county are in the field
every day, and the remaining 1,150
az erage a hunt every two weeks or
four hunts in all, the total number
will reach $500, estimating that three
chickens are killed on every hunt,
there will be practically 10000 less
chickens at the close of the season as
O. result of the work of Ward hunts
men.
According to the law the total num-
Der Of ducks that may be killed by
those holding licenses in this county
during the entire season reaches the
enormous proportions of 100000,
But considering, as before, that there
are but $500 hunts, the possible total
would be $4,000, and assuming that
but ne-uuarter of the possible num-
Der are killed, the probabilities are
that no more than 41,250 fowl will be
shot
At the present time there have
been practically as many hunting per
mits issued in this county as there
were during the entire season of 1909,
and 1t is very probable thaA the num-.
Der will be greatly Increased upon
the opening of the big game season a
little later AS yet there have been
but few applications for nonresident
hunting licenses in this county but
such applications are more likely to be
made as the time draws near to hunt
deer.
The regulation regarding hunting
licenses is bein~ enforced more rig
idly than ever this year A complete
description of the applicant is given
on the permit, thus making 1t pos
sitively non transferable. The license
must always be carried on ones per-
son while hunting, or a good days
sport 1nan he missed, while the sports
man is proving to the game warden
that he is actually the possessor of
one. The license is larger than usual
this year, and contains a pretty pic
ture Of two bird dogs in action. To
procure license one must have been
resident of the county for six
months, and it is necessary to secure
the permit in the county in which the
applicant actually resides. Even IL
land owner is not permitted to hunt
on his own farm without a license un~
less he actually resides there per-
manently. Ownership of land does
not constitute a residence sufficient
for securing a hunting license.