The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-10-18
HUNTERS PREPARE
FOR BUSY SEASON
Rabbits and Squirrels Plenti-
full Now, All Re
ports Say.
GAME LAWS STUDIED
Many Calls Received At the
Clerks Office For Cop
les of Act.
GAME LAWS STUDIED

Although little hunting is being
done now, hunters are preparing TO
start in on d big season. Rabbits are
reported to be abundant. Squirrels
have been plentiful and easy to bag.
but the season on these closes Novem-
Der LIST
The quail season opens November
10 and though Wayne county has new
er had the reputation of producing
many of these game birds, it is said
they Wal be plenty during the short
season which lasts until December 20
Farmers say they are tame.
AS there were a number of new
game laws passed at the last session
of the legislature, hunters are now
studying them and many calls have
been received at the office of the
county clerk for copies of the laws.
Many New Rulings.
Following is summary of the state
hunting laws on game:
1t is unlawful to hunt on your own
premises without a license; to kill or
to possess either dead or alive at any
time, except for breeding purposes,
any deer, wild turkey or pheasant ex-
cept owners of private parks who may
kill or trap deer raised therein.
To net or trap quail at any time or
to possess nets or traps for the pur-
pose of catching them.
To kill or possess quail or ruffed
grouse before the tenth day of Novem-
Der or after the twentieth day of De-
cember.
To kill or possess more than fifteen
quail in any one day or to possess
more than forty-five at any one time
during the open season.
To sell or offer for sale, directly or
indirectly, any quail at any time !;
to kill or possess any water fowl be.
fore the first of September or after
the fifteenth day of April.
To kill or pursue any water fowl
between sunset of one day and sun,
rise of the following day.
To pursue any water fowl with a
launch or with any boat except a row
boat or pushboat.
To kill more than fifteen brants
duck, geese or other water fowls in
any one day, or to possess more than
forty-five at any one time.
To hunt squirrels before the first
day of July or after the first day OF
November.
To hunt rabbits with a ferret at any
time; to hunt woodcock before the
first day of July or after the first day
of January.
To hunt with any kind of firearm on
Sunday.
To hunt any kind of game, except
water fowls from the tenth day Of
January to the first day of April.
To kill or injure any prairie chick
en-, ring-necked or other pheasant OF
Hungarian partridge at any time.
To hunt within any game preserve
organized or stocked by the commits
| sion of fisheries and game.
To hunt on an land without first Sc
curing the permission of the owner
To kill, trap, possess. sell, or de
stroy the nest or eggs of any wild
bird, except game birds, English spar
rows, blackbirds, crows, hawks and
other birds of prey.
Fur-bearing Animals.
| 1t is unlawful to trap or kill mink
raccoon, oppossum, skunk or muskrai
from the first day of April to the frst
! day of November, unless it is neces
| sary to protect any dam, dyke, levee
or public drain; to injure or destroy
any muskrat house, unless it is ar
| obstruction to public or private
| ditch.