The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-02
More Than 24O New Measures
Affect Hunters.
USE OF AUTOS PROHIBITED
Florida Protects Her Quail
From Motor NimrOds.
Wyoming Places Limit on Bull
Moose Baggings.

Persons who wish to engage in
hunting must arm themselves with
something more than gun, hunt
er's license and written permission of
landowners, if they -sh to be safe in
giving vent to their hunting instincts
the coming season.
More than 240 new game laws were
enacted during 1915-a larger num-
per than in any previous year except
1911, according to Farmers Bulletin
692, Game Laws for 1915" Forty
three states held regular legislative
sessions and in all of these states ex-
cept Arizona, Georgia and Nebraska
some changes We're made in the stat
uteS protecting game. The largest
number OF new game laws passed in
any one state was 81, in North Caro-
lima; but in California, Connecticut
Maine, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsyl-
vania and Wisconsin the number
reached 10 or more. Several meas
ures were vetoed, including a general
game bill in Idaho, the first bill APP
propriating the hunting license fund
in Pennsylvania, a bill protecting
bears in California, and three sections
Of the game bill in Washington.
To Harmonic Laws.
A number of bills were introduced
for the purpose of harmonizing the
state laws on migratory birds with the
federal regulations. In at least nine
states changes were made which
brought the seasons into substantial
VIZ, COnnSCIl-
cut, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire,
Tennessee and West Virginia. In
Illinois the seasons for all migratory
birds except cOOt and waterfowl, and
in Washington for the smaller shore
birds, were made to conform with the
regulations under the federal law.
was also secured by pro-
visions in the laws of Connecticut
Maine, New Mexico, North Dakota, |
and Wisconsin, prohibit |
ing hunting between sunset and sun |
rise. On the other hand Delaware |
adopted a resolution opposing the mi |
sratory bird law, and Ohio and Rhode |
island, which had harmonized their |
seasons in 1914, changed the seasons
IN waterfowl this year.
More Closed Seasons.
Close seasons extending for several
years were provided for certain kinds
IF big game and also for game birds.
N Michigan, New Mexico and Okla
1oma prairie chickens were protected
or several years. Michigan extended
complete protection also to quail, i'm
ported pheasants, grouse, and wood
lucks for five years. Minnesota pro-
ected doves, woodcock, plover and
wood ducks until 1918. New Mexico
ave protection to pheasants, bob
whites, pigeons, and swans Okla
iona protected doves, grouse, wood
Iucks and curlew. Several birds were
from the game list and pro-
ected through the year. Oklahoma
ave such protection TO pel1cdnS, guns, :
nd herons. Tennessee declared ring
leck pheasants, bullbats, robins, and
meadow Iarks to be nongame girds.
n few cases protection was removed !
rom certain species-notably the tur- !
.ey buzzard in Delaware, Florida, and !
Jorth Carolina, owls and starlings in
lew Hampshire. and cOrmOrantS in
illinois and North Dakota.
For the first time in twelve years
moose hunting is permitted in Wyo-
ning and for the first time since 1907
rairie chicken shooting is permitted ,
n Indiana.
Novel Game Laws.
Among the novel features in the
avs this year may be mentioned the
eclaration in the Florida law that \
wnership of game is vested in the
espective counties; the provision in
ne California law protecting spike
ucks, or deer with unbranched horns,
1stead of deer with horns of a certain {
,ngth; and the Wyoming experiment t
f allowing the killing of fifty bull I
loose under 500 licenses instead of t
n indefinite number during a limited t
aason. t
Methods of hunting were restricted I
l Michigan by prohibiting the use of
utom obiles in hunting cartridges, and 4
/ Indiana by prohibiting the use of r
or other artificial lights s
ttached to autos for hunting game t
n or near a highway. Several new s
astrictions on shipments appeared for z
lie first time. Illinois prohibited i'm ];
ortation from points outside the state
{ any game except deer legally killed.
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