Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-04-28
CHANGES IN LAWS AFFECTING
HUNTERS AND FISHERMEN
Synopsis Of Game and Fish Laws
Passed by the Late Session Of
Leolslature.

Synopsis Of Game and Fish Laws
Passed by the Late Session Of
Legislature.
H. F. 770-Hunting Licenses
Amends the present law to require
all persons over twenty-one years Ct
age hunting game birds to have a
$1.OO license, excepting residents, or
members of their immediate family,
hunting on lands owned or leased and
occupied by themselves. Licenses are
to be valid only until the close of the
open season for which they are issued.
Three shipments are permitted on a
license of not to exceed fifteen birds
| each.
The old law did not require a IL
cense in the county of resident. The
license expired on December 18th, and
permitted shipment Of fifty birds.
| H. F. 768, Retaining Tags
Amends the old law so as to limit
the time game birds may be retained
to December 31st and big game until
January 31st following each hunting
season.
H. F. No. III, Game Refugees
This law provides a specific and de-
finite method for establishing game
refugees and breeding grounds. Two
methods are provided for their estab-
lishment.
First, when the owners or lessees
of not less than six hundred and for.
ty acres of land join in a request the
game and fish commission may de-
clare the same game reserve, on
which hunting or carrying arms is
prohibited at all times.
Second, on petition of twenty-five OF
more residents of a certain district
the game and fish commission may
after notice and hearing establish q
permanent close season on all birds
and animals that are protected at any
time by law.
Game refugees SO established may
include contiguous public lands ant
waters.
H. F.. No. 112. Regulates Duel
Shooting
l
prohibits building blinds in open wat
er outside the natural growth of vege
tation.
H. F. No. $50, Fishing in Hennepil
County
This bill amends the old law to al
low fishing with one line and ont
"bait" instead of one shook" and Il
intended to permit the use of artifi
cial lures.
| H. F. No. 766-Bag Limit on Birds
This is an amendment of the oil,
law and reduces the bag limits on al
! wild fowl except ducks to ten birds ;
day and thirty in possession and duck
to fifteen a day and forty-five in pos
session. The old law allowed fifteel
field birds and fifteen waterfowls ,
day and forty-f1ve field birds and fit.
ducks in possession.
| The new law also closes shooting
J of wood duck, wood cock and turtl
dove until September 9TH, 1918.
H. F. No. 769. Manner of Takin
Fish and Number Allowed
Under this law only fifteen pike an
fifteen bass may be taken in da
and only twenty-five bass may be ha
v in possession. The manner of fl,
fishing for trout, is prescribed, an
regulations of netting whitefish ar
J. more clearly defined.
o This act also permits the use Of al
tificial lights in spearing pickere
redhorse, suckers, carp and bullhead
in streams only not closer to a lax
than five hundred feet during Apr
) and October, and prohibits fishing {
any kind within one hundred feet c
u any fishway or dam or state fish ha
cherry. This act does not apply to Her
nepin or Ramsey county.
H. F. No. 436. International Wa
ers-
81 This act increases the number {
gill nets that may be used in intel
national waters and extends the ope
~ season for such fishing.
u S. F. No. 826. An act for the col