Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-08-25
HUNTERS MUST
PRO CURE LICENSES
New Law Requires All Hunters g
Take Out Licenses to Hunt.

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New Law Requires All Hunters %
Take Out Licenses to Hunt.
Every person over the age Of TWEEN
ty-one in Kandiyohi county who Is
planning on hunting game birds dur
ing the coming hunting season must
first procure q license. That is ac-
cording to law which was passed
by the last Minnesota legislature and
which Is now in force. The license
may be procured from the county aud
itor and this license entities him to
hunt in any county in the state. The
license fee is $1.00 Of which the coun-
ty auditor receives ten cents as fee
for issuing of the same and the bal
ance Is deposited with the state treas
urer who credits same to the Game
and Fish commission to be used for
the proper enforcement Of the game
laws. The only time you do not need
q license is when you are hunting on
your own land. The license is good
for only one year and you must be a
resident of Minnesota to secure one.
Failure to do this, the hunter is liable
to fine Of not less than SO and not
more than $25 together with costs Of
the prosecutions; or not less than thir-
ty days in Jail and not more than nine
ty days. The licenses issued are not
transferable and any person using an
others license is liable to fine of
not less than $50. The license must
be exhibited to any person upon re-
quest. H. d"
It is well known fact that the Sc
cret of good duck shooting during the
whole season of the migration of these
birds is in not molesting them on their
feeding grounds. At the last session
Of the legislature this fact was given
due attention and an act was passed
which makes it unlawful to pursue or
shoot wild ducks in the open water Of
any lake and also limits the building
Of blinds to the natural growth of the
vegetation. Sink boats, floating bat
teries, sunken boxes and the like are
also tabooed.
habit of securing the limit of birds in
the days gone by will experience no
great difficulty in doing the same this
year on account of the new game laws.
The limit of the daily bag of game
birds has been placed at ten birds
this year and no person is allowed to
have in his POSSESSION at one time
more than thirty birds. This applies
to all game birds with the single ex-
ception of wild ducks, Of which fifteen
may be taken in one day and forty
five be had in ones possession. Wood
cock turtle doves, upland plovers and
wood ducks are now protected by law
the whole year round and this holds
good until September 7th, 1918.
The open season for prairie cricken,
snipe and grouse, except ruffed grouse,
wild duck, geese, and all other aquat-
ic fowl, except wood duck opens ON
Tuesday, September 7th.
Persons who intend to take out
hunting licenses should make appli-
cation to the county auditor in the
near future, and while they cannot,
by law, be issued until three days be-
fore the season opens, nevertheless an
early application for same may save
some discontinue when the season
opens.
The only birds that can be shot at
any time, not game birds, are black
birds, English sparrows, crows, sharp
Skinned hawks, cooper hawks, and
great horned owls. All other birds
are protected under the law.
It is a violation of the national law
to shoot before sunrise and after SUM-
set. In any case where the state and
national game laws conflict, the ma
tional law governs.