Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-05
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During tne afternoon OIneF pro-
visions of the code will be discussed.
Shorter seasons for small game and
q smaller bag limit will be recon-
mended by the State Game Commission
in q codified game bill to be presented
to the Legislature.
The proposed changes were dis
cussed last night and yesterday after
noon at conference called by the
State Game Commission which was
attended by sportsmen from all over
the state. Sessions held in the caucus
room of the House of Representatives
were presided over by William b.
McCaleb, of this city, member of
the Game Commission.
Copies of the proposed new law
were sent out some time ago by the
Game Commission with request for
suggestions for changes. Many sports
men disagreed with parts of the new
bill. Some suggestions were inserted
Other changes offered yesterday
brought lively fight between the rep
resentatives of the organized state
sportsmen's bodies and the independ-
ent game association members.
Truce was declared when a reso-
luton was offered and adopted to refer
all amendments to legislative COM
mittee representing all bodies present.
Subsequently, with DIR. Joseph Kalb-
fus, secretary of the State Game Com
mission, presiding, this committee met
In the office of the Secretary of the
Commonwealth.
Adopt Recommendations
At the opening of the session last
night the legislative committee re-
ported the following. which were
adopted.
Open season for pheasants. quail,
woodcock, ring-necked pheasants,
Hungarian quail, gray, black and fox
squirrel, from October 15 to Novem-
ber 25. The original bill made the
late date November 80. but it was ar
gued that bird hunters would remain
in the woods on November 80 with
their dogs and get after the deer at
once on December 1, and an interval
of five days was decided upon.
Wild rabbit and wild hare, Novem-
ber l to December 81.
Wild turkey. November 10 to No
vember 25.
Squirrels, October 15 to Novem-
ber 25.
Upland plover, August l to Novem-
ber 25.
Shore birds, excepting woodcock,
| September 1 to January l.
The raccoon and blackbird were de-
clared on the black list and will not be
protected.
Jack snipe. September 1 to Novem-
ber %.
Wild water fowl September 1 to
| December Is.
In connection with this it was de-
cided by resolution to request the Bio
| logical Survey at Washington to make
the Pennsylvania open season for wild
| fowl as suggested and put Pennsylva-
MIA in u class with neighboring states.
Bag Limits Decrease
Lengthy discussions followed amend
| ments to lessen the bag limits and
| permit only q daily and season limit.
Some sportsmen wanted an increase,
arguing that reports from hunters last
season showed that only 10 per cent.
of the game in the state was killed.
| The following recommendations were
| agreed to:
Daily limit-Four ruffed grouse,
eight Virginia partridges, one wild tur-
| key, ten woodcock, four ring-necked
pheasants, four Hungarian quail, one
bear, six squirrels, eight wild rabbits
and three hare.
twenty ruffed grouse, twenty-five Vir-
ginia partridges, commonly called
quail, twenty woodcock, ten ring
necked pheasants, ten Hungarian
quail, one bear, twenty combined kinds
of squirrels, forty wild rabbits, fifteen
hare, one deer.
Amendments were made to the deer
scCtlOh IildI Wien NeUlSOn
is found in possession of hunters they
must swear that it was legally killed
and that when a buck deer is killed 1t
must be tagged with the name of the
hunter who killed it, which is to pre-
vent the crack shots from killing more
than one deer and doing the killing
for the entire camping party.
The recommendation of the Game
Commission, which met to-day, that
the killing of elk in Pennsylvania be
punishable by the imposition of $500
fine and six months in Jail was fully
discussed and then referred back to
the commission with the request that
it obtain a legal opinion on the ques-
ton.
Other Recommendations
The new bill will also include recon-
mendations prohibiting Sunday shoot
| ing, providing for the confiscation of
property of hunters convicted of game
law violations, requiring a full and
complete report of birds killed for
scientific purposes under q license,
| making it compulsory for q certificate
from the Department of Agriculture
| before game from other states is
| brought to Pennsylvania for propa-
| CATION purposes and permitting the
killing of hawks and owls.
A resolution presented by Repre-
sentative Joseph Phillips, of Clearfield,
ana passed recommends TO the Leg1S-
lature the purchase of the Cook tract
of pine timber land in Jefferson and
| Indiana counties. 1t is said to be the
only original pine tract in Pennsyl-
vania.
At the opening OF the session yes
| terday afternoon William B. McCaleb.
| of the State Game Commission, who
| presided, called attention to the large
amount of cash in the State Treasury
received from hunters licenses. He
said, in part:
at is the duty of the commissioners
to see that this fund is not appro-
priated for any other purposes except
| for the propagation of game or ad-
vancing interest of sportsmen in Penn
sylvania. AS sportsmen you have
earned your right to say how this
money must be used. I warn you to
keep a close watch and take hand
In the enactment of such laws as
will advance your interests as hunters
and give the Game Commission what
they need for the protection and pro-
pagation of game"
Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh well
coined the sportsmen and expressed
his belief that the meeting would ac-
complish O whole lot of good, He
voiced the sentiments of Mr.. McCaleb
and said in part:
There is much interest in hunt
ing. and Pennsylvania with its limit
less forests should be q great hunting
ground. The large fund received from
hunters, which is used for bounties on
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