Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1913-07-31

Birds-A Synopsis of the Regula
tions.
Yes you can shoot ducks. Now
isn't that bully and Uucle Sam is a
fine old fellow after all isn't he?
= Thought he was a mean old fellow
though when we understood he had
made a closed season on ducks for
five years and that the old shot gun
would have to be laid away. But the
facts are that some regulations have
been made by the department of ag-
riculture to formulate and enforce
certain restrictive legislation looking
toward the preservation from early
! destruction of the migratory birds of
the United States.
| 1t would take too much space to
give these regulations in full but the
following synopsis will enable all our
readers to understand exactly what
means will be taken to protect this
class of birds.
The provisions of the act become
effective in the several states on Oc-
tober /, 1913.
Regulation 1. Definitions: Migra-
tory birds; duck, geese, swans, brant,
cranes, rails, coots, gallinules, god
lew, dowitchers, phalorapes, plover,
sandpipers, snipe, stills, surf birds,
turnstones, willet, woodcock, yellow
legs, pigeons, doves. Migratory in
sectivorous birds; all songsters and
other birds feeding entirely or large
ly upon insect life, which includes
practically all common birds of farm I
and woodland.
Regulation 2. Closed seasons at !
night-A daily closed season shall !
extend from sunset to sunrise. !
Regulation 8. Closed season on in
sectiyorous birds-A closed season on
insectivorous birds shall .
continue until December 81, 1913,
and each year thereafter shall begin
January 1 and continue until Decem-
Der 81 of each year.
Regulation 4. Five year closed sea
son on certain birds-A closed sea-
son shall continue until September l,
1918, upon bandtailed pigeons, little
bron, sandhill and whooping cranes,
swan, curlew and all shore birds ex-
cept blackbreasted and golden plover, O.
Wilson or jacksnipe, woodcock and
greater and lesser yellow legs.
Regulation 5. Closed season on
certain navagable rivers-(None of
these rivers affect Idaho, Washington,
Montana or Oregon.)
Regulation 6. TOMBSTONE number
cne includes all states and terrific
ries lying north of latitude 40 and
the Ohio river and includes Idaho as
4 matter of course. Zone number
TWO includes al states and territories
ying south of the above designated
ines and is called the wintering zone.
Regulation Z. Construction The
closed season shall be construed to
include the first day and to exclude
he last day thereof. Important to
for the warden will get
'ou if you don't watch out).
Regulation s. Closed season in I
.one one (this includes Idaho)-The
.losed season on waterfowl will be
,etween December 16 and September t
!, next following. &
Rails: The closed season on rails, '
oots and gallinules shall be between s
December 1 and September l, next
Il
Woodcock: The closed season on
yoodcock shall be between December c
and October 1, next following. r
Shore birds: The closed season 6
N blackbreasted and golden plover, f
acksnipe or Wilson snipe, and great
II and lesser yellow legs shall be be-
ween December 16 and September 1, /
lext following. 9
The above regulations will super /
ede and take precedence over any q
Existing state law but does not seek
o abrogate any state law having ad- !
litional protective features upon the c
subject included in the regulations. c
Miss Ada Johnson resumed her
work in the Golden Rule store after I