The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-09-12
GAME LAWS
Brief Resume Of State Game Laws
Read Them

lowing brief resume of the state
laws will be of interest. We would
advise you to cut out these and
poste them in your hat for future
reference:
1t is unlawful
To kill harmless birds.
To hunt deer with dogs.
To fish with more than one line.
To fish within fifty feet of a fish
way.
To break or destroy birds nests
or eggs.
To place or receive game in cold
storage.
To hunt on land of another with
out permission.
To wantomly waste or destroy
game birds, animals or fish.
To sell fish caught in lakes of
Hennepin, Ramsey or st. Louis
counties.
To carry guns in training dogs
during closed season on lands fire.
quented by game birds.
To retain game more than five
days after close of season unless
tagged by Commission.
To use traps, snares, artificial
lights, nets, bird lime, set guns,
to kill game animals or birds.
To serve bass, wild trout (except
lake trout or any kind of game in
hotels or restaurants.
To use the hunting license OF
another person minimum penalty
$5O-or to use another's shipping
coupon.
To kill any game birds or ami
mails in any other way than by
shooting them with gun held to
the shoulder.
To take fish in any other manner
than by angling with hook and
line, except that Pickerel, Suckers,
Red-horse, Carp and Bullheads
may be speared.
To use sink-boats, motor boats
launches, sail boats, floating bat
teries, sunken boxes, tubs or float
ing blinds when shooting or to
hunt or shoot between one hour
after sunset and one hour before
sunrise.
! The best method of assisting the
State Game and Fish Commission
is in the organization of local game
and fish protective associations,
the members of which are pledged
to promote manly sportmanship,
and to cooperate with the officers
of the Commission in enforcement
of the laws.
Moose-One male antlered moose
| (not to be shipped out of the state
unless mounted
Deer-Resident of state, one
deer, Nonresident, one deer.
Every hunter must have big
game license.
Game Birds-(Resident and non
resident alike.) One days bag,
fifteen birds. Number allowed to
have in possession at one time,
fifty aquatic fowl; forty-fve other
game birds. Nonresident allowed
to ship twenty-five game birds to
place of residence.
Fish-Limit twenty-five fish in
one day; no limit on sunfish, perch,
pickerel and bullheads. Non-resi.
dent may take fifty pounds with
him to place of residence. No lie.
ense required of resident for hook
and line fishing. Non-residence
license fee, one dollar procured OF
game and fish commissioner. a
county auditor, or local game war
den.
Sale of Game-Prohibited at all
times. 1t is an offense to sell, offer
to sell or buy game.
Sale of Fish-Allowed during
open season, except that sale OF
brook trout and bass is prohibited
Sale of pike, sunfsh and croppies,
and perch from waters stocked by,
commission is unlawful.
Size of Fish Allowed to be Tax
en-Pike. fourteen inches in length
or one pound, round weight; lake
trout. two pounds. round weight
or whitefsh, two and one-halt
pounds, round weight; black, gray
or oswego bass nine inches in
length: muskallonge, thirty inches
in length: other fish except rock
bass. sunfsh and bullheads, six
inches in length.
The open season for moose and
deer is November 10 to 80.
| Snipe, prairie chicken. wood
cock and plover. may be killed
from September 7 to Nov. 7.
Ducks Sept. to Nov. 80.
| Quail and partridge from October
l to November 80 may be shot
The season on trout is now closed
until April IS. Bass may be
caught until March l and pike,
muskallonge, croppies, perch and
sun6sh the same.
No artificial lights may be used
at any time when spearing fish.
Musk rats and mink may be trap
ped from November IS to April / 5.
Policemen Dogs Only Enemies.