Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1911-04-20
SYNOPSIS Of Laws Passed at Last
Session Regarding Game.
KILL NO ELK IN THE NORTH
Law Provides for Protection of Elk
in North for Five Years.

Below appears synopsis Of the
game laws as passed by the eleventh
session of the legislature. A reading
Of the same shows considerable of
change from the laws of former years
on the subject of game. The dates of
the open season have changed in some
instances and among other provisions
is the prohibition of the killing of elk
in the northern counties for period
of five years.
Females and children under the
age of u years, residents Of Idaho,
and veterans of the Civil war, are not
required to procure license to fish
and take game.
All licenses expire March 31st next
following the date Of issue.
Fish.
Open Season. Fish may be caught
at any time of the year with the hook
and line attached to pole or held in
the hand, except between the first day
Of April and the first day Of May.
Taking Of any kind of fish with seine,
net weir, spear, fence, basket, trap, gill
net, or dipnet is absolutely prohibited
with the following exceptions:
Salmon from Lewiston, Idaho, as far
up Snake river as Shoshone Falls and
up Clearwater river as far up stream
as the river is meandered, with seine,
the meshes of which shall not be less
than six inches when elongated or
drawn by two opposite corners across
the mesh, except between April 10Th
and June 1st. In Bear Lake with any
seine, net or set line except between
April 1st and june 1st, or within 400
yards of the mouth of any stream flow
ing into said Lake.
Salmon not less than inches in
length may be speared or caught on a
snag hook.
1t is unlawful to take fish by the
use Of a deleterious drug or with ex-
plosives; to kill or destroy or to have
In possession at any time, any trout or
black bass less than inches in length;
to catch more than 20 pounds Of trout,
bass, catfish, grayling or sunfsh in
any one day or to have more than 80
pounds Of such fish in possession at
one time; to sell trout, black bass,
grayling, catfish or sunfsh. except
Bear Lake trout, and to sell fish from
that lake except between April Isl
and June lst, such fish may only be
sold upon a permit from the State
Game Warden; to fish through the
ice except for fish in Bear Lake and
Lake Pend O'Reille whitefish within
300 feet of. a fish ladder.
Birds.
Open Season. Sage hen and turtle
dove, July 18th to Dec. 1st; sage her
and turtle dove Fremont county only
Aug. 10Th to Dec. 1st; quail, Nov
lst to Dec. 1st; partridge, pheasant OIL
grouse, Aug. 18th to Dec. 1st; par
fridge, pheasant or grouse (north o
Salmon river only, Sept 1st to Dec
list; snipe, plover, ducks and geese
Sept. lst to Feb. 1st.
Bird Limit. 1t is unlawful to xii
more than II Of each of the following
birds in any one day: Sage hen, par
fridge, pheasant and grouse, or NOR,
than Is quail or more than "a turtl,
doves, "a ducks, "a snipe, "a plovel
Or geese.
1t shall be unlawful for any persol
10 Kill bag Of more than "a birds il
any one day or to have in his posses
sion more than "a birds of any kind a,
any one time; to snare or entrap an,
protected bird, to destroy nests, egg
OF OF young birds Of any Of the gam
olrds or to modest any such game bird
OF their young during the breedin.
season.
1t is unlawful to take Chinese, Eng
i,sn or Mongolian pheasants, or prairie
onlcken, or pinnated grouse at an.
time Of the year.
IT is unlawful to kill swan for
period OF hive years.
Big Game.
Open Season. Deer, elk, mountai
goat mountain sheep, Sept. 1st t
Dec. lst; deer within the counties {
nonner, kootenai, Shoshone, Latah
uez Perce, Clearwater and Idaho
sept 10th to Dec. Goth. Elk With