Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1919-07-25
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pear Sd:

Dear Sir.
This Department is receiving dali
inquiries regarding the open seaso
on game in this State For the bene
TT OF your readers, | would appre
ciate the publication OF the follow
ing;
The first open season is on Doves
which under the State law open
August Is and closes December gath
However. the Federal Law super
sedes our State Law, and opens tn
season September 1 and closes it De
eember Is.
The open season on Yellow Les
Biaek-Breasted and Golden Plover
August IS to November 30.
Rail birds. September to Novem.
Der 80.
During the season Of 1918 the Fed
cral Government closed the season
on Reed Birds. However, on Janu-
airy II, 1919, there was an order is
sued by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture, opening the sea
son on Reed Birds in this State from
September to October 30.
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August % TO October /, closing until
November 10 and open until Decem-
Der "a. However. the following
counties are exempt from this law;
Anne Arundel, Talbot, Charles,
Prince Georges aud Calvert; the
open season for Squirrels is Novem-
Der 10 to December "a. St. Marys
County has no closed season.
cartridges, Pheasant, Woodcock.
Rabbit and Wild Turkey, November
10 to December "a. However, there
is closed season on RingNeck
Pheasants in Baltimore, Wicomico,
Hartford and Dorchester Counties,
and closed season on Quail in Fred
eriek County until 1921.
Wild-fowl, including Ducks, Geese,
Brant, Jacksnipe and Crow Bills, No
vember 1 to January 81.
It is illegal to export any game
wild water fowl excepted) out OF
Maryland
Shooting from a power boat pro-
hibited under the Federal and State
Laws. Shooting at night, shooting
on Sunday, also prohibited.
The Statewide Hunters License
Law. from which funds a District
Deputy Game Warden force has been
maintained, has been very beneficial
in increasing our Game in this State,
and we appreciate the cooperation
our District Deputy Wardens have
received through the fee Deputy
Wardens and the public in general.
The Law requires all persons who
hunt on property other than their
own or rented by them 10 procure
a license TO hunt. shoot or kill game
which is protected by the Laws Of
this State. This License, however,
does not permit persons to hunt
game during closed season. The IL
eenses are issued June LIST of each
year and expire on May 31st Of each
year. The color Of said licenses is
changed yearly, and persons found
hunting with a license issued prior to
June l, 1919, will be prosecuted to the
fullest extent of the law.
There is no open season at present
on any Game in this State, and per-
sons who hunt prior to August 10th
should be prosecuted for hunting
idAhie NAOoN0 SCdSOu We request
all persons in this State who have
the interest of game and FISH laws at
heart to report any violations they
know of to this Department, or to
one of the District Deputy Game
Wardens, at which time prosecution
will be instituted, and an investiga-
ton will be made.
An ordinance of Baltimore City
prohibits the shooting Of firearms
within the City limits. This Depart
ment requested Hon. Howard Bry-
ant to introduce and have passed an
to the City Ordinance,
allowing the shooting of Rail and
Reed birds on the marshes OF the
Patapsco River, from the Hanover
Street Bridge to the new City bound
airy, which territory has been used for
years for the hunting OF Rail birds
This Ordinance was passed by both
branches. and it will be lawful to
hunt Rail and Reed birds in this ter
ritory on September /.
Very truly yours,
f. LEE LE'COMPTO,
State Game Warden.