The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-21
CAN KILL SQUIRRELS THIS
YEAR BEGINNING OCT.

Under the provisions of the Corn
to-Wilson game law, which passed
during the last session of the Legis-
lature, Florida sportsmen will ne
able to take their guns and dogs into
the woods in quest of game just so
days earlier this year than they
were able to last season. The new
game law permits the hunting of
squirrel from October ! to March I.
Lovers of this kind of hunting arc
already making arrangements to
take to the woods on the opening
day Of the season. Dogs are being
put in fit condition and guns are be-
ing taken out of their cases and be-
ing conditioned for a good shoot on
Friday week hence.
Some Confusion
Because of the wide changes in
the present law over the law of the
two previous seasons, there will he
no little amount of Inconvenience
and confusion at first. There need
be no confusion to those who thor
oughly read the law, but there will
be scores who will await the last
minute before acquainting them
selves with it's provisions.
Although the season for squirrel
shooting opens nearly full two
months before it did the year before
and the season for bird hunting is
extended 10 days, opening on No
vember 20, and continuing until
March 10, the most interesting fea-
ture of the new law is the system Of
securing licenses.
The game wardens will be more
active this year than ever before be-
cause of the simple fact that they
are paid under the fee system, while
last year, when the State game de-
partment was in existence, they
were paid regular salary 1t will
be well, therefore, for those who
plan to start out on the opening OF
the new season to carefully study
the new law.
Some Like Old.
The first IS sections of the new
law are practically the same as thc
, old law, the most important chang
therein being the ownership and tho
title to all wild birds and game in
the State is vested in the counties
for the purpose of regulations, ant
use of open season for squirrels now
begins October ! and runs to thu
following March /, and the opel
| season for birds, turkey and deer be
gins November 20 and runs to fol-
lowing March 10.
Under the new law there ar.
three grades or kinds of licenses
provided for, all of which must b.
issued in the county in which tn;
hunting is done. They are residen
county license, costing 81; non
resident county license, costing SO
and nonresident license, costin.
SIS. The first two apply to actua
residents of the State and the othe
to non-residents of the state.
Under the old law any resident O
the State, obtaining in any count
at cost of 50 State license, wa
permitted to hunt in every count
in the State and under this provision
many non-residents Of the State
tanned the same privilege by g6in
into some county in which they wer
unknown and claiming to be citizen
of the State, but under the new la,
it will be rather difficult to do thi.
for under it's provisions a resident G
the State desiring to hunt in coun
ty other than the one in which h
resides, in addition to filing with tn
County Judge of the county in whic
he desires to hunt, his applicatio
for hunters license, must also fl
with such County Judge certificat
of the County Judge of the count
in which he resides, stating tina
such applicant is a bona fide res
dent of the State and of that pal
ticular county. Without such Gel
tificate all such persons not actua
residents of such county in whic
the application is filed will have t
be regarded as non-residents of tn
State and be required to pay 81
before the license can be issued.
Must Be Citizen
To procure either a resident or
nonresident county license a perso
must have been bona fide citize
of the State for the past - months
resident county license cannot /