The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-17
Lot of Important Changes Over
Old One.
Hunters Must Know What the
Statutes Say.
PROTECT THE BIRDS.
Do Not Kill Wild Game Except
on Wing.
Certain Kinds of Game For
hidden to Be Killed.
PROTECT THE BIRDS.

The hunters had better hang up their
shotguns. lay aside their ammunition,
and go to reading Jaw.
For the new state game law has
passed the legislature, and will be in
{ It in a few days, as soon as it can
be legally published in the state Of
fetal paper.
The new game law makes lot of
changes, alters the open season con-
siderably, and dds q. lot of forbidden
classes of game which hunters must
not kill.
One important change in the law is
that which permits the county clerk
to retain 10 cents of every dollar col
Iected for game licenses. Heretofore
the state has taken all the money and
the clerk has received no fee for is
suing the licenses.
The fee for game licenses is the
same as before, 81 for resident hunters
and SIS for nonresidents.
The Closed Season.
The new state law establishes the
open season on game in which game
may be killed, as follows:
Tree squirrels (fox), September 1 tn
L.
black squirrels. No open season on
any kind Of squirrels within corporate
limits Of city or in private or public
parks.
Muskrats, skunk, mink. raccoon,
opossum, and civit cat, November Is
to March Is. Owners and occupants
of land may kill at any time for de-
stroying poultry or doing damage.
Beaver and otter. No open season
for ten years.
Antelope and deer. Unlawful to kill
or capture for ten years.
Wild geese. wild brant and wild
ducks, September 1 to April 10
Plover, August 1 to April 80.
Snipe, September 1 to April 80.
Grouse or prairie chicken, October 1
to November 1.
Quail, November Is to December 1
(cut down from one month";.
The hunters will do well to remem-
Der the following rules provided by the
new game law:
Must not shoot at or kill wild game
birds sitting on ground or on the wa
ter.
Must not kill wild game birds earlier
than one hour before sunrise or later
than one hour after sunset
Must not shoot at birds from motor
boat.
Must not use live ducks as decoys.
Must not kill in any one day q
larger bag than the following: Snipe,
II; prairie chicken, IL; quail, II; plov-
er, II; wild ducks, IL; wild geese, s;
wild brant, 6.
Hawks Are Protected.
The new law prohibits the killing OF
the larger varieties of hawks, which eat
insects or rodents.
No protection is given by the law to
the English sparrow, blue jay, crow,
blackbird. great horned owl, Cooper
-
smaller variety.
The eagle is protected, and may not
be killed or captured. For six years no
Hungarian cartridges Or English, Mon
golian or Chinese pheasants may be
killed.
1t is made unlawful to take or de-
Etroy the nest or eggs of any wild bird,
excepting for scientific and propagat-
ing purposes.
Would the Women Like This?
One provision of the new game law
will put crimp in the women who like
to wear the feathers and plumes of
birds on their hats. The law provides:
mo part of the p1umage, skin or
body of any bird protected by this act
shall be sold, or kept in possession for
sale, irrespective whether said bird was
captured or killed within or without the
State.'
The bill prohibits the having in pos
session living Or dead any wild song
or insect eating bird except such as
may be legally shot in the state.
The Fishing Law Changed.
Here are the new fishing regulations
provided by the new game law:
The bill requires the owners of
artificial dams to construct fish ways
under the direction of the fish and
game warden, over such DAMS
The use of seines having three inch
meshes is permitted, except during the
spawning season.
No person is permitted to use more
than one trot line and such trot line
shall not have attached to it more than
twenty-five hooks, nor shall it be SET
within 5000 yards of dam nor within
200 yards of the mouth of creek Oh
river.