The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-07
HUNTING SEASON
 OPENS WEDNESDAY
State Board of Fisheries and Game Explains Game
 Laws.

The open hunting season begins
 Wednesday of this week, and as game
 is more plentiful than in several years,
 1t is expected that many a hunter will be confronted with a temptation to
 exceed the legal bag limits, which are
 five day on partridge and quail,
 thfrty-ffve a day on rail, fifty a day
 on shore birds, blower, sandpiper, snipe
 mudheni and gallfInu1e. The two lat
 ter are considered identical by many
 both being commonly called mud-hen,
 and some even include the grebes in
 the family of mud-hens The mud
 hen in the law books is the American
 coot, a slate colored bird about the size of. a small domestic hen, has an
 ivory white bill and pale green legs,
 with scalloped webs on the feet The
 galdnule is, in some respects, similar
 to the coot, but has a red bill and
 no webs on it's feet. The grebes are
 commonly called dipper ducks or he'll
 divers. and are believed to be- by many, species of duck, which may
 be legally shot during the open duck
 season, but this is a mistake. There is no open season on gFebes, and there is a heavy fine imposed for killing them at any time.
 While it is one Of the principle mis-
 sfons of the State Board of Fisheries
 and Game to conserve the wild deni- zens of the woods and waters, 1t also believes that the hunter who pays for his. license to hunt, should not be de- prfved Of his sport. It is with this idea in mind that the Board has in-s eorporated in it's instructions to war densE and protectors this paragraph. .a When a. sportsman has manifested h1s1 readiness to comply with the require4I
 rents Of the law, wardens5 and pro- tectors should help him in getting his sport by indicating localities where, in their judgment, game or fish are most likely to be found.,'
 sss ardenss and prokefteTs are claarg-s ed to be courteous, yet firm, in execut- ing their duties; to have, in that con nection, neither friends to reward nor enemies to punish; to insist upon sec ing the license under which any perl son claims the right to shoot; to re- quest, sportsmen to inform them Of the number of birds shot fish or Holsters taken, with a view to ascertainingStheI increase or decrease of game or ffsh;I to. endeavor, by their conduct and bearing, to create a favorable inns pression of the warden service, and a desire to assist it's enforcing the law-'s
 Persecution is by no means the aim l Of the State Board of Fisheries and Game, yet it's wardens and protectors are instructed to ftbe vigi1ant in en-l forcing the fish and game laws. and in preventing the illegal taking of fish and game Prevention is better than cure, and Git is far better to prevent | poaching than to arerst a guilty man | after the fish or game is taken.ss's
 There are a few adon'tB'' which I should be memorized by the man be- hind the gun, before he starts out in | pursuit of his game dinner, lest, hej hind the badge. It sometimes proyesl en barrassfng as we'll as expensive for the sportsman to insist upon a. dif-l ference of opinion with the officer, or to say that he didn't Know he was violating the Iaw-that excuse is worn put
 Don't leave your hunting license at home. If you do, you are subject to arrest for not having it with you.
 Don't Kill more than five cartridges m day; nor exceed the other bag limits mentioned above.
 Don't shoot song birds, the little dip per-ducke, CheIl- -diverB, nor the wood duck nor any wild birds; except the recognized game birds. If you do it nay cost you several dollars in court.
 Don't hunt on Sunday. It's an ex- pastime, if you get caught at it.
 Don't set enares, traps or nets for birds: don't snare anything. There is heavy fine for violating this law.
 Don't kill Hungarian partridge be lore Nov. It is close season on these birds this month.
 Don't injure fences or let down bars replacing them, because you will have to forfeit your hunting li- ,ense, and the town clerk will not is- sue another in your name for two reans.
 Don't hunt, trap. fish or trespass on and Of another, whether posted or lof without permission. Section 1214 # the general statutes provides that Every person who shall enter upon he enclosed land of another, without ,ermission of the owner, occupant, or person in charge thereof, for the pur- ,ose of hunting, trapping, fishing, or if taking or destroying the nests or ggs of birds, or gathering nuts, fruits 1T berries shall be fined not more than fifty dollars, and in default of the ,ayn1ent of the fine, be imprisoned not nore than thirty days
 Don't destroy or disturb in any way, my snare you may find set for birds 1T animals. Leave the place, and keep ; way from it. but lose no time in no- I : flying the County Warden, the spe- / ial protector or County Commissioner, 1 Z f it's whereabouts. and all particulars. f you destroy the snare the oppor- T unity of capturing the cuIprit Is lost, | f nd he will begin business in another ' ocality. and thus the illegal slaugh- ( CT of our game is permitted to con I inue. it
 All persons cognizant of infract1ons [ f the fish and game laws are request $ d to notify promptly the County War T en, or the nearest special protector, | r, if these are not known, the coun- / y commissioner, or the Superinten- 2 ent of Fisheries and Game at the