Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-10-27
WISCONSIN GAME
LAW MOST NOVEL
Statute in State Prohibits Ship
ment Under an Alias.
NEARLY ESQ HUNTING ACTS
FIfty-Three States In the Union Hold
Regular legislative Sessions,
and All but Three Change
Regulations.

Madison.-Wisconsin s recent game
law addition, prohibiting the shipment
of game under an alias. is recorded
among the novel features of various
game laws enacted in 1915. The de-
partment of agriculture at Washing
ton, d. c., which IS interested in laws
affecting migratory birds of the con-
tinent. is the authority for saying that
the recent movement in favor OF
stricter game legislation has resulted
In 240 new game laws. all enacted III
1915.
Forty-three states held regular leg
isiatiye sessions, and in all OF these
states except Arizona, Nebraska and
Georgia some changes were made IN
the statutes protecting game. The
largest number of game laws is to be
found on the books of North Carolina,
where sixty-one we're enacted; but
Wisconsin, Maine, California, Connec-
ticut, Oregon and Pennsylvania wrote
ten each, or more. In addition, several
game laws were vetoed. including
general game bill in Idaho; bill APP
propriating the hunting license fund
in Pennsylvania; a bill protecting
bears in California and three sections
of a game bill in Washington.
In several states bills were intro
duced to harmonic the state game
laws with the federal restrictions on
the subject of migratory birds, and in
F.Sv hA fpff Cd
and the local game regulations were
made to conform fairly satisfactorily.
These states are California, Connect
cut Maine. Michigan, New Hampshire.
Tennessee. Uniformity was also Sc
cured by provisions in the laws OF
Wisconsin. Connecticut. Maine. New
Mexico, North Dakota and Washing
ton. prohibiting hunting between sun
set and sunrise.
Close seasons extending for several
years were provided for certain kinds
of big game and also for game birds.
Moose are protected until 1919 in
Maine the first absolute closed sea
son for thirty-five years. The last
time was complete suspension of
hunting from 1878 to 1880.
Antelope have been given indefinite
protection in New Mexico and Mon
tana and prairie chickens have been
put on the blacklist for hunters for
several years in Michigan, New Mex
leo and Oklahoma. Michigan hunters
for the next five years will not be al
1I tod nh no
ants, grouse or wood duck. Minnesota
has protected plover, doves, wood
cock and wood ducks for three years.
New Mexico has given protection to
pheasants. bobwhites. swans and
pigeons Oklahoma has given protec-
ton to doves. curlew and woodcock.
For the first time in twelve years
moose hunting was permitted in
Wyoming and for the first time since
1907 prairie chicken was permitted in
Indiana.
In addition to the Wisconsin law
against shipping game by an alias,
novel features in state game laws in
clude the declaration in the Florida
law that ownership of game is vested
in the respective counties of the state.
California protects spiked bucks, or
deer with unbranched horns, instead
of specifying horns Of a certain length.
Wyoming will try the experiment OF
allowing the killing Of fifty bull moose
under 800 licenses instead Of an in
definite number during a limited sea-
son.