The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-10-31
he Game Laws and Their Enforce.

The Game Laws and Their Enforca-
ment.
The conservation commission of
| Louisiana is making every effort to
help hunters avoid violations OF the
! law. but it will arrest and vigorously
/ prosecute anyone who ignores the
plain provision of any statute for the
protection OF birds or game.
/ The offenses with which the COM
mission will deal most severely are
the following: Hunting without a
license outside the ward of residence:
Iselling game out Of season or selling
prohibited species at any time; kill
ing more than the limit; killing nom
game birds.
| Hunting Without a License-Ths
possession of a license, except in
| the ward of residence, Is a strict re-
auirement Of the law. A hunter
without q license who Is proved to-
have gone beyond his own ward 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 in
different, and funds for its mafnte-
nance are essential. The law Is ex-
tremely liberal in regard to licenses,
and the man who Is not willing to
pay fifty cents for the privilege OF
hunting beyond the limits of his
ward is not deserving of respect from
his felloW-hunters or consideration
from the commission. Hunters who
go outside Of their parish must not
forget that they require a state IL
cense, 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.
Selling Game Birds Out of Season
Only the following varieties of game
birds may be sold and only between
Dee. Is and Feb. Is: Geese, brant,
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 Limit-The bag limits are
generous, and a hunter who is not
satisfied with these allowances is
selfishly menacing the interests of
every man who takes a gun afield In
Louisiana. The bag limits per day
on birds are as follows. One wild
turkey, Is ducks. poule d'eau,
cherooks, or doves; SO snipe or Is
other birds. This makes fifteen the
limit on geese, brant, rails and quail.
The attorney general has ruled that
a hunter would be permitted to kill
some of each of these species, pro-
Yided he did not exceed any of the
limits. The limit on deer is two in
a day and five in a season. The linn
1t on squirrels Is Is. There is no
| limit or. rabbits.
Non-game Birds-Birds of this class
cannot be killed at any time. They
include everything except the game
birds and a few outlaWed species.
lFor game birds see Sec. 8, Act 204
Of 1912, and for outlaws, Sec. II,
Act 1913 of 1906). This leaves In the
protected list over 200 species Oh
birds known to occur In the state
| and includes herons, numerous hawks
and owls, Woodpeckers. kingbird OF
bee martin, cardinal or redbird. mea
/ doWlark, cedarbird, swallows, mock
i S6Co1lo, tiiId dSl6I. WEGlS
thrushes, bluebirds and robin.
| By special act of 1910, the state
provided an open season on ses
gulls, which is the only class of non
game birds thus excepted.
The last bulletin of the season re
laflng to Genealogical conditions il
/ the cotton region was iss1,ad OCT
| 2a presenting a summary Of weath
er and crop observations for the Weel
ending Oct. 26, Following is the re
port for Louisiana: Mean tempera
lures We're five to seven degree
above the normal. Scattered shower
occurred on two days, and the pre-
elp1tation was below the normal. Col
ton picking is about completed. Cane
truck and citrus fruits are doing vel
idly. 2 =