The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-08-08
FOR HUNTERS TO kNQ'
If They Want to Escape Pay
ing Fines for Shooting
Game Out of Season.
SECTIONS FROM THE new LAW
Formulated By the Last Legisla-
ture for the Protection OF
Game In This State

The game law of this state is long,
rambling disjointed complicated pro-
vision as tedious as q garrulOus octo-
generan, a composite production or
numerous members of the Legislative
body and so bewildering in its ver-
| bosity that the sportsman Will be conf
PEELED to- take out with him whenever
he goes cunning a surveyor, lawyer
and q photographer. The surveyor
to verify county lines SO that no mis-
takes may be made in shooting ganlJ
immune in one coupty and killable in
another. The lawyer to interpret thF
statute whenever game is flushed!
photographer to take a picture OF u.
bird or animal before the hunter
chances a shot so he may be satisfied
that the species about to take chances
under his aim is not among the num-
Der that the law says you shall not kill.
In order to enlighten sportsmeh and
save them from committing misde-
meanor SO much of that cumbersome
document as is appliable to this part
of the state is published. What is
laid before the reader is only sections
here and there from the law in full,
the portions referring to the game
"oi NShso anu tlCll lOh6 III avn OuI III
structions is of no particular interest
TO the gun toter, what he wants to
know is how to steer clear of that
functionary. Game laws are abso.
lutely necessary, because the hog with
a gun would kill just for the love of
slaughter were he not restricted by
law, and it would not be long, had he
full freedom with a scatter gun, until
game would be eyterminated. The
law is good one as to it's object, only
it should have been condensed TO q
more reasonable volume so as to be
more readily assimilated by those who
desire to comply strictly with legis-
lative mandates. And all of this is
neither here nor there. The law is
the law and every sportsman should
be posted and endeavor to comply
strictly to all of it's provisions:
Sec. 23-Hunting Deer with Dogs.
Any person who shall at any time
shoot or kill in any manner a deer
when such deer is in any river or
lake, or body of salt water, or shall
hunt or chase deer with dogs, shall
be deemed guilty of a gross misde-
meanOr and upon conviction thereof
shall be punished as hereinafter pro-
vided.
Sec. 24.-Trap or Insnare.-It
shall be unlawful at any time to set,
lay, any trap, snare, artificial light,
net, bird lime, swivel gun or set gun
or any contrivances whatever for the
purpose of catching, taking or kill
ing any of the game animals or game
birds in this state, except that de-
coys and blinds may be used in hunt
ing wild ducks, geese or brant. Any
person violating any of this section
shall be guilty of misdemeanor
Sec. 25.-Grouse, Pheasant, Quail,
Etc-Every person who shall, within
the state of Washington hunt, pur-
sue, take, kill, injure, destroy, or pos
sess any ruffed grouse, Hungarian
partridge, prairie chicken, sage hen,
Chinese English, golden, MOngolian,
silver, black neck or Japanese pheas-
ants, or any species of quail or any
species of imported upland game
birds, between the 1st day of Decem-
Der and the 1st day of October of
the following year, shall be guilty of
lnisdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall be punished as herein
after provided: Provided, That it
shall be unlawful for any person to
pursue, take, or kill in the state of
Washington, any Hungarian part
ridge prior to the 1st day of October,
1920:
And provided further, That in all
counties of the state of Washington
lying east of the western boundaries
of the counties of Okanogan, Chelan,
Kittitas, Yakima and Klickitat, it
shall be unlawful to hurt, persue,
take, kill injure, destroy or possess
any Chinese, native pheasant, prairie
chicken, or turtle dove, between the
1st day of November and the 18th day
of September of the following year:
And it is further provided, That it
shall be unlawful to kill or have in
possession any quail between the last
day of November and the first day of
October of the following year: And
provided further, That it shall be un-
lawful to kill or have in possession
any blue grouse between the first day
of December and the first day of Sep
tember of the following year: Provid-
ed further That in all counties ex-
cept Spokane county lying east of the
western boundary of the counties of
Okanogan, Chelan Kitsap (Kittitas),
Yakima and Klickitat it shall be un-
| lawful to hunt, pursue or kill, or have
Ill pOSSeSSlOH any species OF Qua1l un-
| til the first day of October, 1915;
Provided, further That in the coun-
| ties of Kittitas and Yakima it shall be
unlawful to kill or have in possession
any western prairie chicken, eastern
prairie chicken, native pheasant
Hungarian partridge, bob white
quail California valley quail, scaley
partridge or sage hen until the first
| daU nf Oatnhnr 1Q1I. Drnuidod ba@
in the counties of Kittitas and Yaki-
ma it shall be lawful to hunt take
pursue, kill or have in possession,
California mountain quail during the
:. month of September of any year: