Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1917-08-18
MADE IN
STATE GAME LAWS

In reviewing the changes made in the
game laws by the last legislature, State
Game Warden ii. s. Hedrck says the
following in the bulletin recently issued
by his department and containing the
laws as they now stand
II wish to review some of the laws
passed by the 1917 legislature affecting
the game and fish interests of the state.
"In my judgment the most important
of these was the law giving the game
and fish commission authority to pur-
chase land, with the right of eminent
domain, for the propagation ofgame and
fish. There are a great many places in
the state where land should be purchas-
ed by the state in order to accomplish
the results desired by citizens of the
community. A great many of our lakes
could be improved by being made deep
er by the construction of dams to hold
the water back, but in many cases this
would mean that certain low lands be-
longing to individuals would be over
flowed. OF course this cannot be done
unless such lands could be purchased in
the name of the state, when the desired
object could be accomplished
"Some changes were made in the sea
sons on game fish, which are now as fol-
lows The trout season opens on April
lst and closes on October LIST croppies,
pike, pickerel and sunhsh are protected
during the months Of March and April,
while the closed season on bass is from
the first day of March to the 3Oth day of
May. Pickerel were placed in the game
class, hence Of course they cannot be
speared as heretofore.
''Ihe law granting the commission au-
thority to issue permits for fish hoases
on shallow lakes was changed somewhat.
Under our present law the commission
may grant permits tor the maintaining
Of fish houses on any of the lakes or wa
ters of the state, to parties desiring to
secure fish for domestic purposes, upon
the payment of fee of 81 for the issu-
ance Of such permit
The law placing closed season on
fur-bearing animals was amended so that
the season now opens on the LIST day of
December and closes on the list day of
April. The law also provides for a So
trapping license for residents, pr. yided
that land owners trapping on their own
land and boys under Is years of age
shall not be required to secure such
license.
a change in the seagons on game
birds seemed advisable and a law was
passed opening the season on prairie
chickens "nd grouse on September 9TH
and closing it on October 9th. The sea
son on waterfowl opens on September
9TH and closes on December 2Oth. to con
form with the Federal regulations for
the protection Of migratory birds. The
bag limit was also changed SO that the
limit on prairie chickens and grouse is
AcN NV b4Aho bOl Adg utlttu III pOoScS-
sion at one time The daily limit on
waterfowl is fifteen per day, thirty-fve
in possession at one time
The law regulating the transporta-
ton of game birds by non-residents was
also changed. Every nonresident Ii
cense has five coupons attached, each
coupon being good for the shipment of
ten game birds, by express or otherwise,
limiting the shipment to fifty game birds
during the season, on any nonresident
license.
'Section 4, Chapter 223, Laws of 1918,
was amended, giving the commission au-
thority to employ five additional short
term wardens, which will be quite a
help in enforcing the laws, as the terri
tories have been so large in the past
that it was impossible for the wardens
to cover them as they should be GOV.
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