The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-04
Houghton Department
OPENS CAMPAIGN
FORGAME SEASON
State Warden Calls Aides Atten-
ton to New Laws

e The game and fish department ha
r commenced its campaign for tn
, opening of the game seasons. Hunt
ers' license are being sent to tn,
county clerks by the bagful The gam,
wardens are being brushed up on tn,
laws and notices are being posted re.
garding the open seasons on the var.
ious animals.
one important change has beer
made i'm the laws since the legislature
met The 1913 legislature passed a law
extending the open season on certain
migratory birds until August /. The
law conflicts with the federal law and
had to be made TO conform with what
congress said. Most animals are pro-
tected, even pigs being under the wing
of the law from November l to June
1.
The department has prepared a
synopsis of the game laws for the use
of the nimrods and sportsmen. 1t
| follows:
Game Animals.
Moose, elk and caribou-Unlawfu l
to kill at any time.
Deer-open season from November
10 to November 80, inclusive. Resident
hunters license. $3.50 mon resident
hunters license $25; alien resident
hunters license s25 (who has not de-
clared his intention). May have in
possession 80 days after close of sea-
son.
Unlawful to kill in red coat, or fawn
in spotted coat.
Unlawful to pursue, kill or capture
any deer while it is i'm the water.
Unlawful To use dogs in hunting.
Unlawful to use artificial lights in
hunting,
Unlawful to kill, until 1920. in Ber-
rien, Calhoun, Genesee, Ingham. Jack
son, Kalamazoo. Oakland and st. Clair
counties.
Unlawful to kill, until 1918. on Bots
Blanc island.
Unlawful to knowingly trap, injure
or kill any deer or offspring thereof
which are kept in or have escaped
from any private enclosure.
Rabbits-Open season from Sep
TENDER to March /, inclusive. I'm
lawful to use ferrets or Guinea pigs in
hunting. Farmers and fruit growers
may use ferrets in killing rabbits on
their enclosed lands. When lawfully |
killed may be transported and sold
Squirrel-Unlawfu to hunt fox, |
black or gray, until 1915.
Fur Bearing Animals.
Beaver-Open season, November
70 May IA. inclusive. License $40, to
be obtained OF county clerk.
otter, Fisher, Martin, Fox, Mink, |
Raccoon and Unlawful to |
take, trap or kill from April to Oc-
tober 81. inclusive.
Observation-Disclosures 10 take, trap or
kill from April Is to October 81, in
elusive. Unlawful TO use firearms or
explosives in hunting.
Muskrat or Beaver Houses-Unlaw-
full to destroy. disturb or modest at any
time, or set any trap within six feet
of muskrat house. Unlawful to set
or put out any muskrat traps preced-
ing the day Of the open season.
Wolf, Lynx and WIldcat-Bounty
for wolf over six months. $25; for
wolf under six months $40; for lynx
IS; for wildcat, SO.
Game Birds.
Quail--Unlawfu TO kill until 1917.
Prairie Chicken-Unlawful to kill or
capture at any time.
Partridge and Spruce Hen-Open
season from October / to November 30
inclusive. Unlawful TO take more than
six in one day. Unlawful to take
more than 30 in one calendar year.
Unlawful 10 have in possession more
han - in all at one time.
Homing Pigeons and Mourning
to capture or kill at !
my time (
Monaghan CEnglish) ,Pheasant.
Black Fowl, Capercailzie, Hazel
irousc and wild Turkey Unlawful
10 hunt until 1917.
Non Game Birds. I
Unlawful 10 kill, capture or have !
n possession, excepting blackbirds. q
english sparrows, crows, coopers i
iawps. sharp Skinned hawks and $
great horned owls. N
Waterfowl.
Wood Duck Protected until 1913.
ifter September 30, 1913. h
Ducks, Geese and Brant-Open sea- q
ION September / TO December Is. =
Rails, Coots and Gallinules-Open I
eason September l TO November 30. :
Black breasted and Golden Plover,
Wilson or Jack Snipe and Yellow
-egs-Open season September l to
December 10.
Other Shore Brds-Protected until
glS.
Ducks, Snipe, Plover Shore Birds,
'ora Rails-Unlawful to take in one
lay more than % ducks. geese and