Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1916-11-22
OPEA SEASON FOR HUNTING.
What Il Is Lawful to Kill and What
Unlawful and When Season
Closes

The open season Tor hunting com
menced Wednesday of last week
While the hunting season Is at hant
there are cerIlon restrictions that for
bid the killing of certain birds anC
wild animals and those birds and ami
mails that may be killed cannot law
fully be killed by just any means the
hunter may choose. Herewith we give
an extract from the game laws that
will help Chronicle readers to know
the law and thus render them less IL
able to violate the game laws. In this
we do not~mentlon the fish laws for the
fishing season Is not at hand and will
not be tor some months yet:
Quail and Partridge-Novembe 15
to January !. Except the following
counties; Bedford and Moore, Decem-
ber to January l; Che ster, Harde-
man and Haywood, December Is to
March /; Fayette. December Is to
February Is; Montgomery. december
l to February /; Sullivan. November
20 to February Is; Washington. No
vemDer 20 to January l; McMinn,
Monroe, Unicoi and White have close
season for three years, Rutherford for
tour ears, Crockett for five years, and
Gibson for two years.
Turke eys-Novembe Is to January l.
70 lEu hn Ill
to April rs.
Swan, Geese, Brant and Ducks-Oc-
tober to January Is. ~/
Rails, Mudhens, Coots. Sandpipers,
Curlews September / to December l.
Woodeocks-Novembel to January
I.
Snipe and Flowers october to
Deceh ber l6.
Doves--August Is to January Ex-
cept in the following counties: Mont
gomery, September l tc December l /;
Fayette. August l to November Is;
Ruth ertord. August to November l
Sullivan. November 20 to February Is;
0ubbci, huku6t W ooHhoIy L ,
Crockett has a close season for five
years.
Squlrrels-June to January /. ex-
cept IN certain counties.
Deer are protected until October,
1917.
License tor hunting in any county of
of residence 800; for hunting In any
county of state. $500; ncn-residence
license. $1,000.
All licenses are issued by the County
Court Clerks.
IT is UNLAWFUL:
To-kill wild birds. other than game
birds, except the English sparrow, the
owl, crow and members of the crow
family, the hawk, except the sparrow
hawk, and the turkey buzzard.
To kill game birds and animals ex
cept in the open season.
10 hunt birds or ANIMALS without !
first securing hunters license.
Except that person May hunt upon
his own land without license.
To barter, sell, or serve for pay or
offer for sale any of the protected
birds or animals.
To hunt upon the inclosed lands of
another without persmission.
To Kill more than twenty game
birds or animals in one day.
To take, ship or transport any pro-
tected animal or bird, killed in this
state, unless the same be IN the per-
,onal possession of OF be carried open
y by the owner or person who killed
,r captured same who has in his pos
SESSION at the time lawful license to
lunt.
10 use any pitfall, deadtall, scaffold,
age, snare, trap, net, salt lick, blind.
zen. baited hook, poison. chem icaIs or
explosive for the purpose OF killing,
njuri g, or capturing any protected
,lrds or ANIMALS.
To pursue, catch. take or kill any
birds, wild turkeys, Wild ducks. wild
,eese or other aquatic bird or fowl be-
ween sunset and sunrise.
Grand juries have inquIsitorial pow.
rs to investigate the violations of ,
ny of the game and fish laws. !
All sheritfs, deputy sherlffs, con-
tables, city marshalls and policemen
re ex-officio deputy game and fish I
Tardens and as such, are required to +
ntorce all game and fish laws. j