St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-10-31
Hunters Warned OF
STATE REGULATIONS
Conservation Commission
Issues Statement on
Game Laws.

preventing unwilling violations
of the law, the conservation com,
mission has issued the following
statement.
ITO the Hunters of Louisiana;
The conservation commission OF
Louisiana is making every effort
to help hunters avoid violations
of the law, but it will arrest and
prosecute actively anyone who
ignores the plain provisions OF
any statute for the protection of
birds or game.
1.-THE offenses with which the
commission will deal most severe
" are the following: Hunting
without S license outside the ward
of residence; selling game out OF
season or selling prohibited spe-
cies at any time; killing over the
limit; killing non-game birds.
1.-THE possession of a license,
except in the ward of residence,
is a strict requirement of the
law. A hunter without a license
who claims to be hunting in his
own ward and who is proved to
have gone beyond it, will be
shown no lenience by the COM
mission. The protection of the
game and non-game birds of the
state is a work to which no man
who calls himself a real hunter
should be Indifferent, and funds
for it's maintenance are essential.
THE law is extremely liberal in
regard to the license, and the
man who is not willing to pay so
cents for the privilege of hunt
ing beyond the limits ofhis ward
is not deserving of respect from
his fellow hunters or considera-
ton from the commission. Hunt
ers who go outside of their par
ish must not forget that they re-
quire a state license, costing So.
Non-residents of the state must
absolutely comply with the law
by paying a license of SIS, and
must not hunt for profit. Any
resident who sells game must
have a $40 license.
"Only the following varities of
game birds may be sold, and on
" between December Is and
February Is; Geese, brants,
ducks, rail, coot (poule d'eau)
and snipe. Deer are not to be
sold at any time. Squirrels may
be sold In the open season.
bag limits are generous, and
a hunter who is not satisfied with
these allowances is selfshly
n enacing the interests of every
man who takes a gun afield in
Louisiana. The bag limits on
birds are as follows: (The hunt
er is allowed, if able, to kill the
limit of each kind of bird) / wild
turkey, Is ducks, pQule d'eau,
cherooks or doves; 80 snipe or Is
other game birds. This makes
Is the limit on geese, brant,
rails and quail. The bag limit
on deer is two in a day or five in
a season. The limit on squirrels
is Is. There is no limit on rab-
bits.
Birds of this class cannot be
killed at any time. They include
everything except the game
birds and a few outlawed species
which are as follows:
Turkey buzzard, black vulture,
n carrion crow, duck hawk,
hawk or blue darter,
harp Skinned hawk great horned
wi, English sparrow and red
blackbird, crows and crow :
,lackbirds, or grackles, when t
destructive to crops, and king
if nesting in levees. This
caves in the protected list over
species of birds known to oc-
ur in the state, and includes
'ulls and herons, numerous owls
nd hawks, woodpeckers meadow
srk, cardinal or redbird, cedar
ird, swallows, hooking bird,
lrasher, catbird, thrushes, blue
ird and robin.
by a special act of 1910 the
ate provided an open season on
"a gulls, which are the only class
non-game birds thus excepted.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. C. Allen,
n Castillo nnd Mr. Adnlnh