The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-03
FISH AND GAME, Laws.
Changes That Have Been Made il
Them by the LEGISLATURE of 1915.

Under Part , of Ne. POI of the acts
of 1912, which contains all the fish and
game laws of the state, the open sea
son on deer is changed to read from
Nov. Is to Dee. ), during which period,
in the year 1915, both bucks and does
may be killed. After 1918, and pend
ing further legislation, bucks only may
be killed. Property owners may kill
deer when damaging their crops, and
possess the carcass after giving due
notice to q warden and proving that
the deer were actually doing damage.
The protection on foxes is removed,
except that they may not be trapped
other than during the regular open sea-
son for fur bearing animals. The gen
eral trapping season opens Oct. 20 in
stead of Dec. J., on marten, raccoon,
tisher-cat and skunk; and the season
closes April 1st instead Of May 1st on
these animals. No change was made
in the general open season on mink,
muskrat and otter.
The bounty on bobcats, bay lynx or
| Canada lynx, was increased to So.
Under Part 3, covering the protec-
ton to birds, in the same chapter, the
open season on ducks was changed to
conform to that Of the state of New
York, viz, from Sept. 10 to Jan. 10. The
season on woodcock was changed to
open Oct. l in conformity with the fed
eral migratory bird law.
| Under Part 4, relating to fish, the
sale Of bullheads is prohibited during
the spawning season from May ID to
| June 30 A person may take, with the
aid of spear and jack, suckers, null
let and pickerel in the waters of Lake
| Champaign. The commissioner is au-
thorlzed to license the use of yet lines
| Ono live bait except angle worms) in
the waters of Lake Champlain, not ex-
ceeding 100 feet in length, for which
the fee Is 81. A special act provides
that no person shall take fish from
Lake Carmi in the town of Franklin.
from the first day Of March to the
first day of July, and limits the length
of walleyed pike to II inches or over.
and the total catch of walleyed pike
in one day TO 20 pounds. The law in
regard to, shooting pickerel is amended
to include the waters of Shelburne
pond and Hinesburg pond, shooting
being permissible from March 10 to
May ID by persons having a hunting
license
\ special act provides that any per-
son removing or damaging a screen or
other obstruction installed or maintain
led by the authority Of the commission
Ter Is subject to q heavy penalty This
law was enacted at the request of per
lsons interested in screening the out
let of several lakes which are becom-
ing popular summer resorts.
The law relating TO close season on
trout and salmon is amended so that it
ils permissible to fish with fly on Will
oughby lake in the town of Westmore
land the Averill lakes in the town of
Averill. during the month of Septem-
Iber.
An amendment to the hunting license
law reduces the fee for hunter s Il
censes from rs cents to so cents and
provides a fishing license for both res
ldents and non-residents at so cents
Residents desiring to- both hunt and
fish must pay 81; non-residents desir.
ing to both hunt and fish must pay
5000, but the fee to non-residents foi
fishing only is the same as for resi-
dents, viz, so cents. This fishing Ii
cense does not apply to the waters OF
Lake Champaign. No fishing license is
ITequired Of children under Is years ot
age, nor of women or landowners on
their own land. The fishing license law
does not become effective until July
of this year.
A law was passed penalizing a per
son no impersonates public Officer
and this was done with special refer
ence to the protection of game war
dens who have been impersonated a.
times by individuals who had no au
thority to act and were disgracing tn,
department.