The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-08-11
Game Laws.


season for woodcock according to the
Federal rule is from October l to De-
cember l.. The open season for rab-
bits begins October 10, and the hunt
ing this fall will be excellent, but
the cottontail should not, be shot in
that date as the meat is of little good
earlier in the season. Following are
extracts of the Wisconsin game laws
on waterfowl:
Any variety Of wild duck (includ
ing American coot or mudhen), rail,
or rice hen, between the thirtieth day
of November and the succeeding sew
enth day of September in any year.
Any wild goose or brant, between
the thirtieth day of November and
the succeeding seventh day of Sep
tember in any year.
Any swan at any time.
Any person who shall violate any
of the provisions of this act shall be
guilty of misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be punished
by fine of not less than twenty nor
| more than fifty dollars and the costs
of prosecution, or by Imprisonment
in the county Jail for not less than
twenty days, nor more than sixty
days or by both such fine and impris
onment.
1t shall be unlawful and is hereby
prohibited for any person or persons:
To pursue, take catch, or kill any
aquatic fowl by any other means
than by the use of guns held at arms
length and discharged from the
shoulder.
To pursue, take, catch or kill any
from any boat, canoe, contrivance, or
device whatever, on any of the wa
ters of this state outside or beyond
the natural covering of weeds, rushes,
or other vegetation growing above
the water, nor within such natural
covering or vegetation in any boat
or craft except such as are propelled
by paddle, oar, oars or pole.
To use more than twenty-five de-
coys> by each person; such decOys to
be personally set and watched in wa
ter not more than two hundred feet
from natural covering by the owner,
or owners; all decoys, boats, or con-
trivances used in violation of this act
are hereby declared to be contra
band and may be seized and sold to
the highest bidder under the direction
of the game warden making the seiz-
ure, and proceeds to be turned into
| the hunting license (generaD fund
| To pursue, take, catch, or kill any
aquatic fowl between one-half hour
after sunset and one hour before run
rise.
To hunt or molest aquatic fowl,
other than wild geese and brant by
| the@use of rifle. But nothing in
| this section contained shall prevent
the pursuiting, taking, catching or
killing of wild geese and brant, by
the use of shot guns held at arm 5
length and discharged from the shoul-
der, upon the frozen waters, rivers
and lakes of this state between the
eleventh day of September of any
year and the succeeding Goth day OF
April, except on Lake Geneva, in
Walworth county.
Any person who shall violate any
of the provisions of this act shall be
punished by fine of not less than
| twenty-five dollars nor more than
fifteen dollars and the costs of prose
cution, or by Imprisonment in the
county Jail not less than twenty days
nor more than sixty days, or by both
such fine and Imprisonment.
1t shall be unlawful and is hereby
prohibited to kill or have in posses
sion, or ship to any point either
within or without this state, by com
mon carrier, or convey or cause tc
be conveyed by private carrier, dur
ing any one day:
More than five birds, of any variety
of grouse, prairie chicken and wood
cock: or more than ten wild geese OF
brant;
More than ten partridge;
More than fifteen wild duck of any
variety (including American coot OF
mudhen), plover, snipe, rail and rice
hens;
Any Mongolian, Chinese or Eng
lish pheasant, swan, bob-white o.
quail;
The possession of any protected
game birds by any person who Is no
in possession of hunting license
then in force, shall be unlawful
A resident of this state may carr.
with him as baggage or express or II
his personal possession, the full linn
it of any one kind of game bird pro
vided in this act, or mixed bag con
tanning not more than twenty of tn
game~birds herein enumerated, tn
bag not to contain more than tn
j limit fixed herein for any one varlet,
of said game birds; and provided tina
the same be carried or conveyed onl
to points within the state, and tina
same must be accompanied by tn
shipper from point of shipment Z
point of destination.
A nonresident may take thlrt
8 game birds and carry, convey o
@ transport the same under the hm1ta
D tions and restrictions provided TO
+ sidents in subsection two of thl
. act, to points within or without thi
;. state, provided, however that NO
> more than thirty game birds shall b
conveyed, carried or transported b
I any nonresident beyond the border
q of this state, in any one year.