The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-25
GOVERNING
KILLING OF GAME
SECRETARY OF STATE POWERS
COMPLIES INFORMATION OF
INTEREST TO HUNTERS.

the hunting season is at hand and peo-
pie who love to shoot deer, quail and
ducks are cleaning up their guns pre-
paratory to taking frequent trips into
the woods and swamps for wild game,
it will be of interest to note exactly
what the law says regarding time Inn
it's on the shooting of certain game,
and what quantities can be killed in
day
Secretary of State j. w. Powers, |
himself an enthusiastic hunter, has is
sued a summary Of the game laws OF
Mississippi, together with extracts
from federal laws, which practically
are the same as those adopted by the
state in many particulars.
/ The summary, as issued by the sec
rotary of state, is as follows:
no state game warden provided for
and no state official authorized to act
as game warden. Boards of supervis-
ors may appoint county wardens, but
no salary for them is provided.
"Following is the open season III
this state for killing Of game, laws
190G-191O:
Deer female deer and spotted
fawn, no open season., bear, Nov. 10
to March 1.
Quail and partridge (hens no open
season., Jan. 1 to March 1.
wild turkey, (hens no open season.
Jan. to May 1.
Doves, July 1 to March l.
"Plover, charook, grosbeak, jack
snipes or Wilson snipe and yellow legs
dusk, goose, brant, Nov. to Feb l.
Goo (poul di' eau)), rail (mud hem
j gallinule, Sept. 1 to March l.
There is no law preventing the kill
4 inc of squirrels and rabbits at all sea
n sons.
q Boards of supervisors have author
u tv to shorten open season, but canno
= lengthen them.
y "Hunting on Sundays is prohibited
protected game cannot be shippe
out of the state.
Sale of protected game prohibite
D at all seasons.
q Use Of gun sllencers prohibited,
"Nonresidence license, $40. Ian
81 owners and their nonresident rel
b lives and friends hunting on the
n lands, exempt from license.
II Bag Iimit-One deer a day 5 Sc
n son; 20 each of quail, wild turke
A robins, cedar bird, ployer, tattleI
n grosbeaks, cberooks, coot, paul dea
u rails. ducks, geese, brant swans, a da
u Federal laval wild geese wi
II swans. brant, wild ducks, snipe, plov5
u woodcock. rail, wild pigeons and
b .ther migratory game and insect
" orous birds which in their northe
Il and southern migrations pass throu'
u or do not remain permanently the e
tire wear within the borders OF al
u state or territory, shall hereafter
Il deemed to be within the custody a
II protection of the government Of t
United States, and shall not be
b etroved or taken contrary to REGULATE
Is hereinafter provided therefor. For |
purpose of these regulations the
e lowing shall be considered migrate
n game birds: Anatidae or waterfo
including brant, wild ducks, geese a
swans; guidac or cranes, including
tie brown, sandhill and whoop
cranes, rallicolae or shore plrds'
Guiding avocets, curlew dowitche
godwits. turnstones, willet, woodct
and yellow legs; columbidae or
cons including doves and wild pigec
For the purpose of these regulate
the following shall be considered
gratory insectivorous birds: BE
links, catbirds, chickadees, cuck'
fickers, fycatchers, grosbeaks, h
ming birds kinglets, martins, meat
larks. night-hawks or bull bats,
matches, orioles, robins, shr1kes, s.
lows. swifts, tanagers, titmice, thr
, es, vireos, warblers, waXwings, W
- & poorwills. woodpeckers and wrens'
all other perching birds which
] entirely or chiefly on insects.
v "Mississippi is in zone No. 2
hunting is permitted between No
and Feb. 1. The same law apple
Louisiana.
"Woodcock and ships can be
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