Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-11-13
GAME LAWS.
Laws of Hunting BY State and Nation,
Outlined.

or the pfOlSClAob anu pre-
ttion of birds.
=. WHAT is here set out applies orr
u 10 the Federal law and does
mot include the bird laws of the
State of North Carolina, or of the
town of Hendersonville.
1 The Federal bird law is in ef-
Sect now, from October 1.
, If the State law or the local
low conflicts with the Federal law
obey the Federal law.
3 The State or local law may
shorten the Federal season but it
may not lengthen it beyond the
time set by the Federal law.
1 1t is illegal to- trap as well al
to shoot migratory game birds out
of season.
) North Carolina is in Federal
Zone No. Q.
6 1t is illegal to shoot a migra-
tory game bird out of season.
! A migratory game bird is a
bird that does not live the year
round in a given location, but mi
CRATES from State to State.
5 The following birds found in
and around Hendersonville r
classed by the Government as mi
gratory game birds! ALI kinds OF
of Wild ducks and wild geese, cur
LEWIS, ploverss snipes, sandpipers'
uroo5oocks and doves.
The Federal law permits the
shooting of wild ducks and geese
in North Carolina from November
1 to February 1. THE State laws
may differ by shortening the open
season, so know your State law.
Coots may be killed from Sep
TENDER 1 to December 1, provided
the State and local laws permit it.
Woodcocks may be killed from
November 1 to january 1, provid-
ed the State and local laws per-
nit it.
Wilson, snipe Jack snipe) and
blower may be killed between Sep
TENDER 1 and December 16, pro-
vided the State and local laws
permit it.
It is important to remember
that the State and local laws do
not always agree with the Fed
eral laws.
9 II is illegal to shoot or trap
or kill in any way an 6nsectivor-
Gus bird at any time.
10 An inseetivorous bird is a bird
whose food consists wholly or
largely of insects, bugs and worms.
IL The following birds found in
and about Hendersonville are class
ed by the Government as insectiv-
birds:
Rice birds, catbirds, chickadees,
cuckoos (raincrows), flickers (yel-
low-hammers), grosbeaks, hum
mingbirds, kinglets (tom tits,
mertins, meadow Iarks Qield larksl
night hawks {bun bats), nuthatch-
es, orioles, robins, flycatchers
(corn crates), swallows, tanagers
lincluding red birds), titmice,
thrushes (incFuding the brown
thrasher). vireos, warb,ers (of which
"a varieties are found hereG wax
wings (waxbirdsl whippoorwills,
woodpeckers, and wrens.
Under the further provision, "and
all other perching birds which
feed entirely or chiefly upon in
sects," the following birds found
here, in addition to the above list
of birds, may not be killed at any
time: blue birds, cardinals (red
birds(, brown creepers, king birds
(hee birds), and jorees.
For the benefit of the small boys
who hunt with sling shots or RI
flies the following birds common
about HendersonviEie should be es-
pecially named: You may not at
lry time kill or trap a blue bird
a red bird a JORGE, a cat bird,
a yelloW-han1mer, a meadow lark,
a bull bat, a robin a. waxwings
d wren or any kind of woopecker.
10 In North Carolina State Law
it is illegal to kill any sort of
bird on Sunday.
Is Under Federal law it is lille
gal to kill any sort Of bird be-
tween shutdown ard sunup-that is,
after dark-on any day.
IA The Federal law imposes a
fine of not more than 500 OF i'm
prisonment for not more than nine
ty days, or both, for each viola
ton of the Law.
is Everyone is asked to help en-
force the law first, by obeying it
in person. and by reporting those
who do not.
John KershaW, jr.,
Local Observer U. S. Bureau of
Biological Survey.