Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-02-02
CHANGE GAME LAWS
PROPOSED CHANGES MAKE PEN
ALTiES MUCH MORE
SEVERE
PROPOSED TO AMEND BUCK LAW
Fine cf $500 fer Serving Venson in
a Lumber Camp, 5000 in
a Hotel

Madison, Jan. 30-The conservation
commissions bill, revising and codl-
flying the fish and game laws Of the
state, and making many changes and
amendments with a view to prOV1d-
ing more effectual protection to Wild
life, is ready for the Legislature. 1t
goes as far as practicable in MAX
ing a general state game law in place
OF the great variety of regulations,
often affecting adjoining counties.
Legislation has been so localized in
the past that the game laws now
comprise, to a considerable extent,
separate code for each county.
The nonresident fishing license has
been increased from 81 to 81; the
nonresident license for shooting small
game, from 81 to $25, and the non
resident license for shooting big
game from $25 to $50 The hunting
license will be in different form.
The old licenses are of heavy costly
material, provided with coupons to
be used for shipping tags The new
license will be of strong paper, but
if the hunter is out for deer he will
be required to purchase shipping tags
at an additional charge Of so cents.
The bill proposes a change in the
season for water fowl which will
open Sept 20 instead Of Sept. T. A
period of fifteen days will be added
SO that it will end on Dec Is. This
will make the season longer by two
days. It is claimed that to defer
the opening by nearly two weeks will
protect the younger birds
Closed Season for Birds
The bill provides a closed season
all over the state until Sept. 20,
1919, on partridges, grouse and prai-
RE chickens. There is also a closed
season from Feb. l to Nov. 1 on rab
bits and squirrels throughout the
state, and a bag limit Of five is es-
tablished for this game. A bag limit
will also be placed on all game fish.
The only varieties which have had
the bag limit were trout and black
bass. To these have been added pike
cr0ppie and muskellunge.
1t is proposed TO amend the buck
law by fOrbidding the shooting Of
bucks unless they have horns four
inches long. 1t is believed this amend
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and in this way preserve the game
more satisfactorily than the Old law.
Deer penalties have been much in
creased For killing out of season
the fine will be 500 instead Of $25;
for selling venison out Ct season or
having it in ones possession, $100
instead Of $25; for serving yenison
in hotels, $500 instead CT $25: for
serving venison in summer resorts
or logging camps, $500 instead OF
$25. The proposed law would class
a saloon serving free lunch the same
as a hotel fer purposes Of game en-
forcement, and saloons will be strict
~ forbidden to serve unlawful game
Penalties for other game destruc
tion have also increased. The fine
for dynamiting fish has been in
creased from $25 to $500; for net
ting brock trout, from $25 to 5000;
for killing prairie chicken partridge
or duck out of season, $50 fine and
IS for each bird, instead Of S. fire
and $5 for each bird. No fine is
provided of less than $50 Infractiors
of the fishing laws will be penalized
by fines Of from $50 to 500. The
old law ranged from S. to $25. Fol
lowing each conviction the license Of
the offender is cancelled for the re
mainder Of the year.
Trappers will be licensed under the
law which provides payment of 81
fee. Guides will be licensed under
the same fee, and every guide in the
northern woods will be made a depu
ty conservation warden.
One of the provisions CT the bill
enables owners of land, the minimum
tract being 100 acres to establish
wild life refugees for five years un-
der protection Of the state. Such
tract may be designated as a refuge
by order of the commission. The
owner is required to surround it with
a wire to show it's boundaries, and to
post signs announcing that it is
barred to hunters A tract thus ac-
cepted remains reserve for period
of five years.