The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-06-01
New Game Laws


Game Commissioners has issued bulle
tin showing the principal seasons, etc.,
under the state law of 1915, and in &C
cordance with the United States federal
migratory law. The dates follow. The
open season includes both dates men
toned.
Quail, rabbit, squirrel, only the male
English ring neck pheasant, ruined
grouse, prairie chicken, Hungarian part
ridge. Open season, November iotn-
December 18th.
Wild turkey. Close season until
March 10, 1919.
Female English ring-neck pheasant.
Close season until April 10, 1919.
| Reed bird (bobolink or rice bird)
lOpen season, September 1st-October
31st.
nv name under the open season, little
swans, curlews, upland plOver and wood
ducks. Close season until September i,
| 1918.
| Shore birds-only black breasted
plover, golden plover, jack snipe wilson
snipe, and greater and lesser yellow legs.
lOpen season, September 1st-December
18th.
Rails, coots, gallinules, marsh hen OF
mud hen. Open season, September LIST
November Goth.
Woodcock. Open season, October 10th
November both. Penalty 500 for TAX
ling anv game the killing of which is
prohibited from October 10th to No
vember 9th, both dates inclusive. One
half of penalty goes to informer.
+ Water fowl, except wood duck and
swan. Open season, November 1st-
January 51st.
i Brook, brown and rainbow trout, and
landlocked salmon. Open season, Apri
l1st-July 18th.
| Black bass, oswegor bass, white bass
calico bass, crappie and pike-penpcin
Il Open season, June 15th-No vember both
i Pike and pickerel. Open season, May
20th-November Both, and January Is
January Doth.
Skunk ! mink, muskrat, otter (may
! only be trapped. Open season, No
lvember 15th-April 1st. Special Law
permits shooting in Salem County
above Mill Creek in season.
1 Deer. Bucks and does over one yea
! Iold. Open season, last three Wednes
/ DAYS in October and first Wednesday IL
November. Illegal to use any rifle, o
, Iany firearm of any kind of smalle
; calibre than IL gauge, or to use missile
larger than buckshot, or to huntat nigh
or to hunt with dogs. Only one yea
: may be taken.
Il Raccoons. Open season, October Is
,l-December 18th.
Game fish in Delaware river and bay
, and also their tributaries where tide ebb
! and flows:
II Black, calico, rock and white bass
! crappie, pike-perch, pickerel, pike, whit
and yellow perch and trout, Open sea
: son, June l5th-December list.
III 1T is ILLEGAL
RI Sale.-To sell any squirrel, deer. gam
! bird or song bird, but ducks, geese
t brant, reed birds and rail birds, and rah
7 bits are excepted during the open seasol
a land fifteen days thereafter; provided
J that black and mallard ducks, pheasant
and deer raised on game preserves Q
t coming from another State may be sol'
at all times if properly tagged.
81 Removable remove from the Stat
t Quail, ruffed grouse commonly know
t as PARTRIDGE, pinnated grouse, wood
/ lcock, hare, rabbit, squirrel, English o
8 Iring-neck pheasant, Hungarian part
ridge, or any duck, goose, brant or Othe
: water wild fowl, but licensed non-resi
t dents may remove in any one day fit.
e reed or rail birds, other birds to numbe
2 not exceeding fifteen, and rabbits to
: number not exceeding ten, if said bird
5 and rabbits are exposed to open view.
i Size.-To catch or keep trout under
e inches in length; black or white bas
e under inches in length; pike-perct
i pickerel and pike under II inches i
length; calico or strawberry bass or crap
pie under inches in length; striped has
under 10 inches in length.
Spearing.-To spear fish in fres
. waters.
Bag Limit.-To take or have in pos
D session in any one day more than 25 trout
: 10 land-loclxed salmon, 10 black bass,
: Iquail, English or ring-neck pheasants
-I3 Hungarian partridges, 10 woodcOck,
= ruffed grouse, 20 ducks, 10 geese, l
q brant, 10 rabbits, 80 marsh hens or mu
s hens; hotels, restaurants and dealers a
. place of business excepted.
Note.-The takingof yellow and whit
perch, catfish, sunfish, suckers and eel
e with hook and line only is PERMITTED a
all times of the year, provided that NO
more than three hooks are used, except
ing the taking of yellow and white perez
in the Delaware river and bay, and ais
. their tributaries where tide GIBBS ant
] flows, for the taking of which see Dela
river and bay season.
| Game fish in Delaware river and bay
; and also their tributaries where It'd
GIBBS and flows. Game Fish. See sea
: son. Can be taken with hook and lin
n only. Number of lines not to excee
! two, and under immediate supervision
: Size.-Illegal to take rock fish over
I pounds or under 10 inches; sturgeo
/: under 5 feet; black bass under 8 inches
.-I~ ill =, H. 1
!, inches; calico or strawberry bass, crap
pie, white bass, rock bass, or trout unde
inches.
I Dogs.-For dogs to run at large, excep
during the quail season, and for an
person to go into woods or fields with
hound OF firearm except during the quai
season, but the law does not apply t
e legal hunting for deer, woodcock, snipe
/ rail, mudhen and water fowl. A do
may be trained in the woods and field
> without firearms land without permit
4 in daylight from October LIST to the frs
J day of the quail season, excepting durin
the deer season. A dog may be takel
in woods or fields at any time withou
firearms land without permit) if sucl
I dog is not allowed to hunt or pursu
: fgame and if such dog is under immedi
, ate control and command. Person
may hunt raccoons with dogs and fire
; farms land without permit from Octo
list to December 18th, between sunse
land sunrise. The only dog or hunting
permits to be issued are: (a) To hun
foxes withhounds and firearms from afte
last day of the open season for quailunti
March 3lst, and (b) to hunt foxes will
hounds and horses, and drag hunt at'al
times.
| Hunting and fishing licenses renuiref
i after January 1, 1915. Applies only t.
needed to fish in the Delaware rivel
Throughout its entire length, nor in tide
water. Tide water means the extreme
reach of normal tide. All licenses are
to be obtained from any county or MUM
cipal clerk or salaried fish and game
warden.