New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-03
State Game Commissions Supervise Great Army of 100000 Hunters
You Million New Yorkers
Who Are Nimrods, Note
the New Statutes Here
and Elsewhere.

rer. put on the game list and provided VIM
q season in California Wood ducks were
added to the Delaware list and 10 that of
South Carolina. Kansas added fox SOUR.
rels and snipe. while Maine put on elder
ducks. Nebraska kiIdeers and doves. and
New Jersey Hungarian cartridges
Kansas has given absolute protection 70
gray and black squirrels. while Massacnu'
s.t,s will protect Wild turkeys and Maine
and Vermont wood ducks. Spring shooting
was also abolished IN several states. SUCH
as shore birds in Maine. snipe and geese IN
Michigan and geese and swans In certain
Oregon counties.
In Minnesota and several counties In New
aanpshtre the bag limit was reduced in mo
case OF deer from two 10 one. while cam
fornia Established daily limits on rabbits.
grouse and sage hens Delaware estab-
nshed a limit on all game animals and on
all game birds but reedbirds. The licenses
IN thirteen states were modified. CALI
fornia established a dealers license, Mn
nesota a bird license, New Hampshire resi-
dent and nonresident guide licenses. South
Dakota big game resident license. WASH
ington an alien gun license and Wyoming .
bear license.
tons in their license, the former in the
resident special license and the latter IN
the nonresident license In Idaho Civil
/ War veterans are exempt from license rc-
/ qurements. while Michigan allows nom
, resident 70 take days bag limit Of game
home. and in Nebraska boys under eighteen
are allowed TO hunt without license II &C
| companed by parent or guardian. New
I bae nj a
same footing with residents in the matter
/ Of licenses.
While these last few laws were IN the
nature Of liberality. laws were passed by
some states making provisions more
stringent. Minnesota and Nebraska. for
example. passed laws requiring residents
10 secure licenses 70 hunt IN their own
counties formerly not necessary. and Mas
sachusetts New Hampshire and Rhode
Island placed an age limit below which
applicants cannot secure licenses ard an
other az which they must have the consent
Of parent or guardian
According 70 those In the Agricultural
Department who are familiar with game
work the country over and have been
for some time. nothing shows the grow
ing scarcity OF game more strongly than
game preserves Besides the establishment
OF the preserves in Montana, North Da-
kota. Idaho and Washington. Massachu-
sets and Oregon have provided FOR tire
establishment OF bird and game refugees ~
proclamation OF the commissioners on ash
cries and game and the Governors. re-
spectively
The propagation NJ game IN state and
: private preserves is receiving even more
attention Massachusetts has appropriated
$4,000 for the establishment ~ game
/ propagating station New JERSEY has given
$4,000 FOR a state game farm. and IN
Wyoming $1,000 has been placed Al the dis
posal 81 the State Game Commission FOR
the exchange Of game California has pro-
vided for the propagation and sale II
pheasants raised in captivity. while several
other states have followed suit along vari-
Gus lines
Among the interesting laws which have
been thrown aside hv one state and
/ adopted by another is that m connection
with the accidental killing OF people In
Michigan there mas mp 10 the present time
been a heavy punishment waiting FOR the
person convicted Of accidentally shooting
another while hunting. This. however. has
been OF little or no avail, as sufficient ev.-
, dence was never forthcoming % convict
: any one New Hampshire has however
. tust adopted such a measure as this and
! will for The first time try IL out this season.
Almost as interesting as those measures
p which have been adopted are the facts con-
! corning those which failed 20 be adopted.
r And some OF these bills which failed were
contested as hotlv as any n those whicn
d finally met success New York for In
stance. rejected the bill allowing the kill
! ing Of duck in the spring This same OIL
P has been killed on several OCCASIONS as
repeated efforts have been made 70 secure
, |. A spring season.