The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-08-28
Game Laws Of North
Dakota and Penalty

control, has issued warning cards
and sent them to the North Dakota
game wardens for posting and distri-
button, giving briefly some of the sail
ent points of the cat.
The chief changes are the entire
abolition of all spring shooting, the
closed season on deer till November,
1916, the permanent protection OF
quail, partridge, turtle dove and
pheasants which were permitted to
be shot under the old law. The new
compiled game laws will soon be is
sued.
Resident Lieenses--$1.
All county auditors nave them for
sale.
Non.Resident Lieenses-$25.
Chief game wardens and auditors
have them.
Persons hunting without licenses
are subject to a fine of not less than
$25 nor more than 500, or impris.
onment in the county jail not less
than ten days, nor more than 30 days.
Open Season.
Prairie chicken, grouse, woodc0ck,
snipe, upland and golden plover-Sept.
Z to Nov. 7.
Wild ducks and crane-Sept. Z to
Dec. Is.
Wild geese and brant-Sept. Z to
Dec. Is, one half mile from perma-
nent waters. .....
Crows, blackbirds, English spar
rows, sharp.shinned hawks and great
horned owls can be killed in all sea-
sons. ......
Closed Season.
Deer protected until Nov. 10, 1916,
and after that only males can be
killed.
Antelope, beaver, otter, are pro-
tected until Jan. /, 1920.
Quail, partridge, pheasants, turtle
dove swan, all song birds and insect
eating Independently protected.
Mink and muskrat protected-April
Is to November Is inclusive.
Bag Limit.
Ten per day-of prairie chicken,
grouse and crane.
twenty-five per day-of geese,
brant, ducks, woodcock, snipe, upland
or golden plover.
Hunting Out Of Season.
Any person in fields with shotgun
and dogs from July to Sept 6, is
deemed guilty of violating the law
and is subject to fine of SO to $50
or Imprisonment from ten to thirty
days, or both. Shares and traps are
prohibited by the same penalty.
Dogs Barred From Fields
Hunting dogs are not permitted to
run loose in the fields from April !
to Aug. Is, inclusive. The penalty
is a fine of $40 to $50 or imprison'
ment twenty to thirty days.
Open Season for Fishing
Trout, land-locked salmon-May
to Oct. 1. +
Black, gray, Oswego bass-June !
to Oct. Is.
Any variety of pike, crappies OF
perch-May Is to Oct. Is.
Number Of Fish to Be Taken.
Fifteen of any variety or of all
combined is the limit for one day. No
fish under eight inches in length can
be taken in one day,
Manner Of Taking. IT,. -.
Only method permitted is hook and
line held in hand or attached to a
rod so held, except pickeral, red
horse, carp and bullheads may be
speared. Set lines are permitted in
Des Laos lake, the Missouri, Mouse
Sheyenne and Red rivers, and dip nets
may be used in Des Laos lake, the
Missouri and Mouse rivers, under GER
tain conditions.
Possession Of Game and Fish
The possession or having under
control by any person of any bird,
animal or fish or any part thereof,
the killing Of which is at any time
herein prohibited, shall be prima
facie evidence that it was the prop
erty of the state at the time 1t was
caught, taken or killed in this state;
also that such possession or having
under control at any time, when the
killing, taking or possession thereof
is by this chapter declared to be un'
lawful, shall be prima facie evidence
that such taking and killing occurred
during the closed season.
Spring Shooting Permanently Abolish.
Ten dollars reward will be paid any
person having information that will
result in the arrest and conviction Of