The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-09-17
The Federal Game Law.

United States District Attorney Jack
of Shreveport has given out the follow
ing statement:
Every true sportsman is interested in
securing strict observance of the game
laws, so likewise is every farmer. 1t
means an increase in game and de-
crease in boil weevils and other harmful
insects.
For the conservation of our game and
the preservation of our insectiyorous
and song birds, l am glad to say that
both the Federal Government and State
of Louisiana have enacted stringent
statutes. This office is in receipt of
many requests for information as to the
Federal law, and l have, therefore,
thoughtit well to prepare this statement,
the better to acquaint the public with its
provisions.
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 for as it is appli-
cable to Louisiana.
The Federal statute covers only migra-
tory birds, and these are classified either
as migratory game birds or as migra-
tory insectivorous birds. The migratory
game birds are divided into five groups
as follows:
(a) Waterfowl, including brant, wild
ducks, geese and swans.
(b) Cranes, including little brown,
sandhill and whooping cranes.
(c) Rails, including coots, gallinules.
and sora and other rails.
(d) Shore birds, including avocets
eurlew, dowitchers, godwits, knots
oyster catchers, phalaropes, plover
sandpipers, snipe, stills, surf birds, vel.
low legs, turnstones, willet and wood.
cock.
(e) Pigeons, including doves and wile
pigeons.
The following are considered migra.
tory insectivorous birds:
Bobolinks, flycatchers, chickadees
catbirds, cuckoos, flickers, grosbeaks
humming birds, kinglets, meadowlarks
martins, nighthawks or bull bats, nut
hatchers, orioles, robins, shrikes, swifts
swallows, tanagers, titnice, thrushes
vireos, warblers, waxwings, whippoor
wills, woodpeckers and wrens, and al
other perching birds which feed entirel
t or chiefly on insects.
NIGHT SHOOTING PROHIBITED.
Y The shooting of all migratory gam
: birds is prohibited between sunset an
sunrise.
q INSECTIvoRoUS BIRDS.
!, The shooting of migratory insectivo
f rous birds is at all times prohibited.
FIvE-YEAR CLOSED SEASON.
O The shooting of band-tailed pigeons
h little brown, sandhill and whoopin
IT cranes, swans, curlew and all shorebire
y except the black breasted and golde
plOVcI, w lIoOl VI JaSh oLipOS "ooASoS
e and the greater and lesser yellowlegs
n prohibited until September 1, 1918.
y OPEN SEASON.
81 November, December and Janual
constitute the open season for wat
fowl including brant, wild ducks, gee
u and swans; for rails, including coot
gallinules and sora and other rails; al
: for the following shore birds: Avocei
curlews, dowitchers, godwits, kno,
oyster catchers, phalaropes, sandpipel
plover, snipe, stills, surf birds, will
turnstones, woodcock and yellowlee
The first day on which shooting is pc
, mitted is the ist of November and
, last day on which it is permitted is
!. 31st of January.
The open season for woodcock is FRI
: November 10Th to January LIST. Move
: Der 18th being the first day and Dece
Der 31st the last day.
b The shooting Of doves, under the r.
! eral statute, is only prohibited betw'