The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-09-26
FEDERAL GAME LAM.
Synopsis of Statutes for Conservation
Of Migratory Game, insectivo-
rous and Song Birds-Rigid En-
forcement Proposed.

l
rous and Song Birds-Rigid En-
Toreement Proposed.
United States Attorney George w.
Jack, OF Shreveport, has given out
! the following statement relative to
the federal game law as applicable to
| Louisiana:
Every true sportsman is interested
| III securing a strict observance OF
tue game laws, SO likewise is every
FARMER; it means an increase In
game and a decrease III boil WeeVlls
and other harmful insects. For the
conservation OF our game and the
preservation OF our insectlVorous and
song birds, l am glad to say that
Do1n the federal government and the
state of Louisiana have enacted
stringent statutes. This office is in
receipt OF many requests for inform-
atlon as to the federal law, and /
nave, therefore, thought it well to
prepare this statement, the better to
acqualnt the public with its pro-
visions.
The federal law does not provide
the same regulations and open and
closed seasons for all of the states,
and so this synopsis OF the law is
! intended to cover the statute only in
so far as it is applicable to Louisi-
ana.
| Ine federal statute covers only
migratory birds, and these are class
flied either as migratory game birds
or as migratory insectivorous birds.
/ h l:Ir,j Il
ed into five groups, as follows:
l. Waterfowl, including brant,
wild ducks, geese, and swans.
2. Cranes, including little brown,
sandlill, and Whooping cranes.
8. Rails, including coots, gallinules
and sora and other rails.
4. Shore birds, including aVocets,
curlew, dowitchers, godWits, knots,
oyster catchers, phalaropes, ploVer,
sandpipers, snipe, stills, surf birds,
turnstones, Willet, Woodcock, and vel
low legs.
5. Pigeons, including doves and
wild pigeons.
The following are considered mi,
gratory insectivorous birds:
Bobolinks, catbirds, chickadees,
cuckoos, flickers, flycatchers, gros-
beaks, humming birds, kinglets, mar
| tins, meadoWlarks, nighthaWks or
bull bats, nuthatchers, orioles, rob
ms, shrikes, swallows, sWifts, tan
ayers, titmice, thrushes, vireos, war
blers, WaxWings, whippoorWills, wood
peekers and Wrens, and all other
perching birds which feed entire
/ ly or chiefly on insects.
The shooting Of all migratory game
birds is prohibited between sunset
and sunrise,
The shooting of migratory inseei
I9tlsVo1asals lines
hiblted.
The shooting of band-tailed pig.
/ cons, little broWn,n sandhill, and
Whooping cranes, swans, curleW, and
/ all shorebirds except the black-breast
ed and golden ployer, wilson or jack
snipe, Woodcock, and the greater and
lesser yellowlegs is prohibited until
September /, 1918.
/ November, December and January
constitute the open season for water
fowl, including brant, wild ducks
geese and swans; for rails, inelud
ing coots, gallinules, and sora an6
ether rails; and for the following
shore birds: avocets, curlews, do
Witchers, godWits, knots, oyster
catehers, phalaropes, plover, sandpi
pers, snipe, stilts, surf birds, turn
. stones, Willet, Woodcock and yellow
legs. The first day on which shoot
ing is permitted is the first of No
vember, and the last day on which ii
is permitted is the 31st of January.
The open season for woodcock is
from November Is to January /, No
vember Is being the first day, ant
/ December 81 the last.
The shooting Of doves, under the
federal statute, is only prohibited
| between sunset and sunrise. Black
birds are not included in the fedora
statute. Both doves and the red
winged blackbirds, however, are clas
sified under the state law as game
birds, and are protected during the
closed season therein provided; tha
/ is to say, from November / to Feb
i ruary 49, 1t will be noted that the
closed season, as provided by tbs
state law, continues Is days Longer
than the closed season provided BY
the federal law.
!. The conservation commission anf
the state officials are doing gooc
work in the enforcement of the state
law, and it is my intention to make
a special effort to get a rigid en-
foreement of the federal law.
In this, trust, shall have tbs
hearty cooperation of everyone, ane
especially the farmers, sportsme1
and hunting clubs. All violations O
/ the law reported to this office vii
have prompt attention. The penalty
/ prescribed by the statute is fine
not exceeding 500 or Imprisonment
| not exceeding 80 days, or both at the
/ discretion of the judge.