Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-11-10
Deer Season Opens Tomorrow
Cannot Sell Venison and Only One Deer
NAV be Taken.

@cAAAGA 1NAA 1AAAS0h GAA4 oAAT 0&A~ $3.50
May be Taken.
Madison, Wis, Nov. 5.-The open
season for hunting deer in Wisconsin
will begin at sunrise Nov. IL and close
at sunset on Nov. 20, says Milwaukee
Sentinel dispatch. Within that period
it is expected that at least 5000 deer
will be killed State Game Warden
John A. Sholts, Sparta, says that deer
are plentiful in the state and that il
weather conditions are favorable more
than G, 900 deer will be killed during the
season. He estimates that there are
about &c, 600 deer in the state. Some
of them run over into Michigan and
Minnesota occasionally, but most OF
them return. The feeding spots in
Wisconsin are the best in the North
west. While the lumber barons were
cutting the pine trees they fed their
big horses with the finest of timothy
and other grasses. Later the roads and
trails of the northern part of the state
reproduced these grasses and now fine
feeding lands can be found in all sec
tons of that part of the state. In adj
dition, a considerable proportion of the
land has been brought under cultiVa-
ton and deer go foraging on cabbage
fields and other vegetables. The for
aging of the deer has almost become a
nuisance in some districts and during
the last session Of the Legislature bill
was introduced providing that the state
be liable to property owners for dam
age done by deer. The bill did not be-
come a law.
1t is unlawful for a person to buy,
sell or offer for sale any deer or part of
the carcass of a deer at any time.
Hunters must hereafter kill their own
deer themselves instead of buying them
from local hunters, as was often the
case in years past.
State Game Warden Sholts says he
can t estimate the number of hunters
that will be in the field during the open
season for deer, but it will be up in the
thousands. He estimates that about
that about 80, 600 residents have secured
hunting licenses since the season opened
CT Sept. l. Perhaps one-fourth Of
these will hunt deer.
State Game Warden Sholts is pre-
pairing to put about fifteen extra deputy
wardens on his force for the deer sea
son. His regular force consists of sixty
deputies. He is planning to put most
Of these deputies into the deer cuon-
ties during the open season and will in
sist on a strict enforcement of the laws.
It is unlawful to take deer at night,
with dogs, in the water or on the lee
Of any stream or lake, by the use of
pits, traps or snares or any device
whatever. 1t is unlawful to place salt
on any trail or spot in order to induce
deer to stop and be shot.
1t is unlawful for a person to kill
or have il his possession more than one
deer during the season. Deer may be
lawfully transported between Nov, Il
and Dec 3, and in case the owner is a
nonresident he must accompany the
carcass. Residents need not accom-
pany the carcas, though they frequently
do, and the state game warden's de-
partment considers it best to do so.
Violations of the deer protection
law have been few this season, War
den Scholts said. While there will al
ways be some violations of the law
he says that the baleful practice OF
pothunting and other deliberate dis
regard of the laws have been reduced
to minimum The people of the state,
Warden Scholts said, are beginning to
realize the wisdom of protecting the
fish and game and enforcing the laws
to that end He said wise conservation
of the fish and game meant the saving
of much money to the people of the
state. The railroad companies are also
becoming to realize this fact and are
now gladly cooperating with the fish
and game department in seeing thai
the protection laws are strictly en-,
forced, Warden Scholts said.