The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-10-03
STILL DISCUSS
THE GAME LAWS
MARQUETTE SPORTSMAN sUG-
oESTS ANGES TO Sc
BROUGHT UP At PRoPos.
cd SPECIAL SESSION.

l so SPECIAL SESSION.
In common with many other uppe'
\ peninsula sportsmen. ! believe that Jh'
/ game laws were badly buuclcl at tht
4 last session % the legislature. declares
well known Marquette hunter in ths
Mining Journal some have said that
the laws were made with the idea @.
Iayoring the lower peninsula hunters
lwho hunt north 81 the straits each
year. The laws appear 90 me. how
ever, as 10 they had been made hy men
who are not hunters and who acted
on the bad advice ~ their friends.
As there IS likely 90 Doe a special
session az the legislature DO January.
la seems % me that the upper PENN
sula sportsmen should endeayor To
have the game laws amended al tina;
\ special session. rather than Co wait un-
ian the regular session o. 1918. II the
Il Marquette Rod & Gun club viii get
busy and interest other sportsmeu's
\ organizations. IL Is possible that GER
tain much needed changes ID. the game
laws can De effected al the special ses-
sion
First OF AN, think the deer season
should Doe from oct 10 30. !. and no
\ later. Female deer are not ft 10 eat
latter Nov. /. How often DO you hear
people say. Well ] like venison, but IL
doesn't agree with me. il makes me
.drcadfully sick. Others say. Why n
lean ca; venis0u without any bad cf-
fects. The difference is that the last
fellow ate the meat of a buck and the
other that Of doe killed in the run
ming season. Many people think that
some v,nisan is bad because the deer |
was chased long distance before il /
was KILLED. Chasing has nothing 10 do /
with iJ, Il Is simply a question Of the /
sex OF the deer that determines the !
edibleness OF yenison i'm November |
For this reason / contend that the
open season should close with the
month Of October.
Partridge Season Earlier.
THE partridge season in my judG- 4
ment, should open Sept. l and close
Dec. 1. II tho season opened Sept.
the birds would Doe better protected
than they are now. because there would
be leaves on the trees during the early
part Of the season, and boy the time
the deer season opened, the craze for
partridge hunting would have largely
It would also do away with
much shooting Of birds before the sea-
son opens. as the Young I'm most cases
aye too small 10 kill before Sept /.
Tho law protecting beaver should be
taken or the books. Beaver is spelling
the trout streams of upper Michigan. h
] did not fish stream last season
where ] did NOT find n beaver dam ey-
cry few hundred yards. above which
the water would be SO high that one
had 20 fish among the trees Unless
the law protecting beaver is repealed,
the trout fishing will shortly De ruined.
no one will dispute me when | say
that the game laws are not well en-
forced. The common rctort To this
statement is. Wen, we have game
uardcns, why don't they get busy? I
bclicvc the game Wardens are doing
the best they can, but there arc not
enough Of them to cover the territory
There are about twonty-six game war
dcns TO cover the eighty counties in
Michigan. This being true is it any
wonder that the game laws are violat-
ed with impunity?
Special Wardens on Commission.
ITO secure better enforcement of the |
game laws ! have in mind a plan that |
would not cost the state one cent. | !
would give Game Warden oates and |
his deputies authority to appoint n |
certain number of special deputies in |
every town, say ten in Marquette. ten |
In Nogauuce and so on according TO |
the size OF the place. Let these special |
deputies work entirely on a commits !
sion basis Every game law violator !
should be fined at least $25 and costs, |
Of which | would pay $3.50 to the |
deputy who made the arrest. an equal
amount 10 the state OF TO some special
fund such as a public library. and the
justice before whom the case is tried
should get the costs. In this way.
with a large number of special depu-
ties on the job the ground could be