New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-08-26
Federal Laws
Define Season
GAME BIRDS PROTECTED IN MIN
NEsorA. pAkorAs AND WIS
CONSIN.
HUNTERS MUST NOT VIOLATE
"sUNsET TO SUNRISE"
REGULATION.

Local nimrods are looking up their
hunting kits and polishing up firearms
preparatory to the first joyous days Of
hunting which are but two weeks away,
September 7th, being the opening day OF
the season in Minnesota, the Dakotas
and Wisconsin. At present hunters are
allowed to train dogs for field work pro-
vided no gun is taken along by the trainer.
The coming week will probably see a
number of such expeditions. Those who
have been out already report that birds
are fairly numerous this fall.
Recent Federal legislation has taken
up the subject of protection for game
birds since they were being killed of at a
rate that promises certain and swift ex-
termination. This country cannot afford
to have the insectivorous birds de-
stroyed, outside of any consideration Of
the matter of keeping we'll stocked hunt
ing preserves for years to come. The
birds which live to great extent upon
worms and grubs are too valuable to the
agriculturalist for him to view calmly
the ravages made by hunters. The quail,
one of the favorite game birds OF Mimi
sofa, is an exceedingly valuable occupant
of the farmers field and for his own
interest he should see that they are pro-
tected.
The Federal government has adopted
IS lo T1pi&oI C%ofoc iof0 fu,0
zones, the Breeding Zones and the Win
tering Zone. Minnesota and all the
Middle West lie in the first named divi-
sion and under Federal Legislation the
Open Season for Migratory birds with
the exception of the woodcock runs from
September LIST to December 18th. Wood
cock season, however, is shorter, being only
from October LIST to December LIST. How
ever, several states are made exceptions
to the rules and Minnesota, Wisconsin
and the two Dakotas are among the
states having shorter seasons. For
waterfowl, rails, coots, gallinules, and the
shore birds, jacksnipe, yellowlegs and
the blackbreasted and golden plover, the
season opens September 7th and closes
December 1st in the four states named.
More than that protection is to be pro-
vided indefinitely for insectivorous birds.
Band-tailed pigeons, cranes, swans, cur
lew, smaller shore birds and wood duck
are prohibited to the hunter until after
September LIST, 1913 and the rule of no
shooting during the hours between dark
and daylight except for one hour imme-
diately after sunset and one hour pre-
ceding sunrise, is to be enforced and the
upper sections of the Mississippi and the
Missouri rivers are to be forbidden ground
for the huntsman.
Briefly, the laws of Minnesota, as
passed by a recent legislature are as
follows with regard to the shooting sea-
son:
The open season on turtle dove, snipe,
prairie chicken, pinnated, white breasted
or sharp-tailed grouse, upland and golden
plover is between the 7th of September
and the 7th of November following.
Quail, partridge, ruff1ed grouse or
pheasant other than Monaghan, Chinese,
ring neck or English pheasant, may be
killed between the 1st day of October and
the first day of December.
Wild duck, wild goose, brant or any
variety of aquatic fowl may be killed be-
tween the 7th of September and the 7th