The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-05
GAME LAWS
NOW IN FORCE
IN WISCONSIN
Season For Wild Ducks September
TIE December 10 and Rabbit
Season November TS
January /,

hunt any wild amman OF pllo at Oily
time other than the open season there
for nor in the open season IN excess
OF the number designated opposite
each variety or each locality, respect
lively. In the column headed bag Linn
It." nor wild birds OF more than one
variety except mixed bag limit OF
twenty each day in the open season,
but containing not more than the bag
limit OF any one variety. Wild ducks
and American coots or mudhens shall
be deemed, collectively, as one Varl-
city. Fish measurements shall be taken
from the tip Of the nose in a straight
line to the end OF the tail. The open
season for game and fish is given be-
low. followed by the bag limit:
Moose, elk. No open season.
Deer-any deer in the velvet, or In
red or blue coat, in any county. open
season none.
Any deer in counties where allowed,
Nov. q to Nov. 80. One each year.
Bear-Nov. 10 to Dec. /. No limit.
Beaver, otter. None.
o0dt0k ia l AASOy AS0o0 oAAN S~'S
counties as stipulated in subsection .
of section 1853, Dec. to Dec. 81, 1917
and 1918. No limit.
Fisher, marten, mink, skunk, Nov. 10
to Feb. /. No limit
Muskrat-In the counties OF Polk,
Barron, Rusk, Price, Lincoln, Lang
lade, Forest, Marinette, Florence, Iron,
Oneida, Villas, Ashland, Washburn,
Sawyer, Burnett, Douglas, Bayfield,,
Oct 25 to April 20. In any other place,
Oct. Is to April 10. No limit.
Racoon, Oct. Is to Jan. 1. Five each
day.
Squirrels OF any variety, Oct. 10 to
Jan. /. Five each day. In Dodge, Ken
osha, Racine, Waukesha, Washington,
Ozaukee, Milwaukee counties. None.
Rabbit - In Columbia, Crawford,
Door, Grant, Iowa, Jackson, Juneau,
Monroe, Outagamie, Pierce, Polk, Rich
land. Rusk. Sank, Sawyer, Sheboygan,
and Winnebago counties, all year. No
limit. In Dane county, Oct to March
l. No limit. In Dodge, Jefferson, Ken
osha, Ozaukee, Racine, Walworth,
Washington and Waukesha counties,
Nov. to Jan. /. Five each day. In
Clark, Green and Wood counties, Oct.
Is to Feb. 1. Ten each day. In any
other place, Sept. z to Feb. 1. No limit.
Wild swan. None.
Wild goose, brant, Sept. to Dec. 20.
Ten each day.
Wild duck, including American coot
or mudhen, but excepting wood duck.
Sept. Z to Dec. 10. Fifteen each day.
Wood duck, wood cock. None.
Plover. snipe, rail, rice hen, Sept. 7
to Dec. 20. Fifteen each day.
Partridge or ruffed grouse, spruce
hen, none until Oct. / to Nov. l, 1919.
Five each day.
Prairie chicken or pinnated grouse,
sharptailed grouse, none until Sept. Z
to Oct. 1, 1919. Five each day.
Monaghan, Chinese Or English phea-
SAINT, Hungarian partridge. None.
Quail or bobwhite. None.
Crow, English sparrows, blackbirds,
sharp Skinned hawks, Cooper's hawks,
great horned owls, all year. No limit.
Song birds and all other wild birds
not specified above. None.
Closed Fish Season.
A closed season is established for
each variety OF fish listed In the fol-
lowing table, extending during all the
time In each year except the period
embraced within the dates, both inclu-
sive, set opposite the name OF each
variety of each locality, espectively,
in the column headed open Season"
and, except as expressly provided In
this chapter, no person shall take, cap
with hook and line at any time other
than the open season therefor, nor in
the open season in excess of the guam
tity; or under the minimum length for
each fish, designated opposite each va
riety or each locality, respectively, In
the columns headed bag Limit" Such
measurement of length shall be taken
in straight line from the tip of the
nose to the utmost end of the tail fin.
Large and small mouthed black bass,
Oswego bass, green bass, and yellow
bass, in Big Green lake, Green Lake
county, July l to March l. Ten each
day. Ten inches.
In all other waters large and small
mouthed black bass, June Is to March
/. Ten each day. Ten inches
In all other waters Oswego bass,
green bass, and yellow bass, May 20
to March I. Ten each day. Ten inches.
White bass-In the Big Wolf river
from Lake Poygan to New London, all
the year. No limit. Seven inches. In
ali other waters, May 20 to March /.
No limit. Seven inches.
Strawberry bass, calico bass, silver
bass, crappie, rock bass. All year. No
limit.
Rock basin Green Lake county,
all year. In all other inland and out
lying waters, May 20 to March 1.
Thirty each day. Six inches.
Trout OF any variety, except lake
trout, in all waters, May 1 to Aug. 81.
Thirty-fve each day. Seven inches.
Pike Of any variety, May 20 to March
l. Ten each day. Thirteen inches.
Pickerel, May 20 to March L. Fiji
teen each day. Sixteen inches.
Muskellunge, May 20 to March i.
Two each day. Twenty-four inches.
Sturgeon, and the spawn, eggs and
try thereof. None.
Catfish, May 20 to March 1. Ten
each day Fifteen inches On MiSSiS-