Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-05
GAME LAW CHANGE
STRONGLY BACKED
Phillips Bill Is Supported by the
State and Three Big
Organizations
SECOND BILL TO FOLLOW
Method of Clearing Up the Bounty
Trouble Has Been Provided
in New Act

One of the two bills prepared by
! the State Game Commission with the
support of the various organizations
of sportsmen has made it's appearance
in the Legislature and the other is to
be introduced next week. The bill in
hand is that offered by Joseph f.
Phillips, one of the members of the
House from Cleartield county. The
Other will be introduced by Senator
William Il. Crow, of Fayctte.
The Phillips bill changes the game
seasons and the bags in line with the
ideas of the United Sportsmen, the
State Sportsmen's Association and the
Wild Life League. The Crow bill will
enlarge the scope of the act of 1913
permitting the Game Commission to
declare closed seasons in counties. The
act relates only to deer. The Crow
bill will cover all game with the idea
that propagation may be aided, the
power to close resting with the COM
mission, which is given full authority
to act at its discretion.
The proposed changes in the sea-
sons are as follows.
Deer. male with visible horns. No
vember 25 to December 10, now No
vember 10 to November %.
Bear, November / to December 10,
now October l to January /.
Rabbits November l to November
80. now November and December.
Pheasants. November l to 80, now
October 15 to November so.
Wild turkeys, November l to so. the
season being now closed the year
round.
Hungarian quail, November to so,
now October 1 to November so.
Quail or partridge, November l to
80. now November l to December 15.
Woodcock, November 1 to so, now
October 10 to November so.
Raccoon, October to December Il
now September l TO January l.
Ruffed grouse, November l to No
vember 80, now October 10 to No
vember So
Squirrels. November / to so, now
October 10 to November so.
Reedbirds, shore birds. wild water
fowl. snipe and the like are un-
changed, while there is a closed sea-
son on plover until September, 1918,
and the protection to elk is continued
to November. 1921.
The regulations on bags are as fol-
lows:
Deer. one . season: bear. unlimited: !:
rinE-recked pheasants, four a day. ten
week and twenty season. instead
of ten, twenty and fifty, respectively:
hare, three day, fifteen a week and
thirty season, instead of ten a day:
rabbits six a day, thirty a week and
sixty n season. instead of ten a day;
Hungarian quail, four q day, ten a
week and twenty a season, instead of
five. twenty and thirty; quail. eight a
day. twenty-five a week and forty a
season, instead of ten. forty and sew
enty-tive; ruffed grouse. five a day,
twenty week and thirty a season, in
stead of five twenty and fifty; squir-
rels, six of the combined kinds a day
and forty season, instead of six
day; wild turkeys, one a day, two n
week and two q season; woodcock
ter q day. twenty a week and thirty a
season, instead of ten, twenty and fifty.
penalty of 500 fine is provided
for killing deer out of season, $50 for
each bear, $50 for game birds and $40
for smaller animals. Sunday hunting
is prohibited under $25 fine and use
of traps and ferrets is prohibited. An
alternate penalty of a day for each
dollar is provided when fines are not
paid. The State confiscates property
of hunter who breaks the law and
game may be shipped only by parcel
post when owner accompanies it,
Guides may not hunt for employers
and guns may not be carried in Oc-
tober in fields or forests The State
has authority to appeal from payment
OF any ,bounties which, ii cannot do
now. Fifty-four counties have put in
bills for S1S7.961 for bounties and
there is suspicion about some of the
scalps. The act ii is claimed, will
lessen hunting accidents, of which
there were % fatal and 81 nonfatal
last year. Deer hunters will be in the
woods practically alone. small game
seasons ending with November