The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-03-19
SMALL GAME
FROM THE pot HUNTER
Aim OF Sportsmen in kato;
Meeting Last Night
ENDORSED PROPOSED LAWS
Reduce Limit on Number OF Birds That
May Be in Ones Possession; New
Legislation
ENDORSED PROPOSED LAWS

AT massmeeting of Mankato hunt.
ers last evening in the city hall build.
ing the following resolution was
, adopted:
BE IL resolved by the spOrtsmen OF
Mankato, Minnesota. I'm massmeeting
assembled that we recommended to
the legislature of our state now con.
|, vened. and we do hereby recommend,
the amendment of our game laws so
that they will cmbody the following
provisions, namely:
II. That all shooting OF or at ducks
from a boat. platform, or raft. while
outside OF the natural rushes or reeds
on any lake be prohibited.
III. That artificial reinforcement OF
natural blind be permitted.
"lIl. That the use of live decoys be
prohibited.
Nv. That shooting at ducks be.
fore sunrise and after sunset be pro-
hibited.
~. That the use OF motor boats in
any way for duck hunting be prohib.
tied.
"vT That the daily limit on ducks
be left at fifteen birds.
wi That the bag limit. or the
amount OF birds which may be had in
possession at any one time be reduced
TO thirty birds. -..
VII. That all hunting and fish Ii.
censes moneys, and fines. except costs
collected for violation of game and
fish laws. be placed in separate fund
to be used by the game and fish com.
mission solely for the protection and
propagation of game and fish and the
enforcement of the game and fish
laws"
The first, third, fourth and fifth pro
visions are included in bill now
pending in the senate and the seventh
Is included in bill pending In the
house. The latter bill reduces the daily
limit, referred to i'm the sixth provis-
ions of the resolution to ten bids. The
eighth is not included in either bill
Those in Attendance.
Present at the meeting were George
Pond. j. r.. Snow, II. A. Patterson, J.
w. Scbmitt. w. Il. Stewart. F. ]. Met
tier, George Wiedenmann. James
Spencer. Al Quimby, II. II. Perrin, Dr.
Frank Heidel. Ed. Langes. +. w. Oar.
SOW, ED. Pfeiffer. DIR. c. p. Peterson,
II. ID. Guptill. Ellsworth Palmer. Colt.
fried Kruse, Henry Kruse, c. III. Jones.
John Lulsdorff. DIR. J. s. Holbrook. ].
p. Dineen. Fred Force. Charles Meyer,
{. VI. Masters. and others
The unanimity OF the meeting was
most remarkable. On but one important
point was there any argument and that
related to the shooting i'm open water.
John Lulsdorff considered shooting in
open water all right. but he had no
support in his position. He thought II
all right for hunters who ran across
ducks in the open water TO shoot at
them. He said the great trouble was
that hunters frequently carried their
privileges to extremes and spoiled the
game. II all were true sportsmen
many of the problems of game preser-
walton would not exist The others
present agreed with Mr.. Lulsdorff that
the hunting problems were due to the
actions of those who were not true
sportsmen, and who drove the ducks
from the lake by firing at long range
over the lake. but they said Il was
necessary to have a law TO regulate
such people.
George Pond was chairman OF the
meeting and DR.. F. f. Heidel was sec.
rotary. The committee drafting the
resolution consisted of J. w. Schmitt,
j. r. Snow and George Wiedenmann.
Copies OF the resolution will be for.
warded to Senator J. W. Andrews and
Representatives John G. Gerlich and II.
o. Thompson of Blue Earth county and
Senator Benson and Representative
Sewnson OF Nicollet county.
The discussion showed that the
hunters were principally interested I'm
Swan Lake in wishing for this legis-
lation. Mr.. Spencer contrasted the
reckless conduct OF hunters at Swan
Lake with the strict rules that we're
observed by common consent by those
that hunted at Heron Lake. the result
being that there was always good
shooting at Heron Lake, while that at
Swan lake was nothing like what II
should be. Charles Meyer created
something of sensation by saying
that a poor man could not shoot at
Heron lake. 10 was stated, however.