The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-09-19
U. S. VIGOROUSLY AFTER
V!0LAT0RS OF The
FEDERAL GAME LAWS.

United States District Attorney
Jack has given out the following
statement: !
Shreveport. La. Sept. II, IA.
Every true sportsman is inter-
ested in securing strict observ-
ance of the game laws, 30 like
wise is every farmer; it means an
increase in game and decrease in
boil weevils and other harmful
insects. For conservation of our
game and the preservation OF our
insectivorous and song birds, |
am glad to say that both the
federal government and the State
of Louisiana have enacted string
en- statutes. This office is in
receipt of many requests for in
formation as to the federal law,
and | have, therefore, thought 1t
we'll to prepare this statement,
the better to acqrsint the public
with it's provisions.
The federal statute covers only
migratory birds ard these are
classified either as migratory
game birds or as migratory in
sectivorous birds. The migratory
game birds are divided into five
groups, as follows: (a) Water
fowl, including brant, wild ducks,
geese and swans. tb) Cranes,
including little brown, sandhill
; and whooping cranes. (c) Rails,
including coots, ga.ilnules, and
sora and other rails. (d) Shore
birds, including avocets. curlew,
dowitchers, godwits, knots, oys-
ter catchers, phalaropes plover.
sandpipers, snipe, stills, surf
birds, turnstones, willes, wood
cock and yellow legs. (e) Pig
cons, including doves and wild
pigeons.
The following are considered
migratory insectivorous birds
catbirds, chickadees
cuckoos, fl:ckers, flvcatohers
grosbeaks, humming BIRDS king
lets, martins, meadow iarks
night hawks or bull bats, nut
thatchers, orioles, robins, swifts
> shrikes, swallows, taDagers, tit
= mice, thrushes, vireos, warblers
waxw;ngs. whippoorwills, wood
peckers, and wrens, and al
other perching birds which fee,
entirely or chiefly OH insects
The shooting Of all migrator
gama birds is prohibited betwee
sunset and sunrise;
1 The shooting of migratory in
sectiIorous birds is at all time
prohibited.
The shooting of band-taile
pigeons, little brown, sandhill
and all shore birds except tn
black-breasted and golden ploveI
wilson or Jack snipe, woodcocl
and the greater and lesser yel
lowlegs is prohibited until Sci
tember 1, 1918.
November, December and Jan
uary constitute the open seaso
for water fowl. including brant
wild ducks, geese and swans; f(
rails, including ccots. gallinules
and sora, and other rails; an
a. for the following shore bird.
|s| avocets. curlew, dowitchers, go
y wits 4 knots, oyster catchers. phi
aropes, plover, sandpipers, snip
stills, surf birds, turnstonei
= willet, woodcock and yellow.eg
Is The first day on which shootir
81 permitted is the first day of N
81 vember. and the last day {
S8 it is permitted is the 31st day
Is January.
80 The open season for woodcoe
38 is from November 10Th to JAM
88 airy LIST, November 10Th being Il
88 first day and December 31st b.
50 ing the last day.
IS The shooting of doves, und
SO the federal statute, is only pr,
88 hibited between sunset and SUI
So rise. Both doves and the re
80 winged blackbirdg, however, a
80 classified under the state law ;