Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-03-11
new STATE GAME LAWS
There Has Been a Complete Revision
Of Hunting Regulations
LICENSES ARE NOW required

Open Season for Partridge Shooting is
from November is to February is of
| Each Hunting Season, and No Indi.
| viduaI is Allowed to Kill More Than
| Fifteen Patridses in a Day.
Among the statewide laws Of far
reaching consequences passed at the
recent session Of the general assem-
bly, is that for the protection of game
and fish and to fix hunters license fee.
A county residents license fee 10 $1.10,
which allows residents of the state to
hunt in any county on his own land.
Non residents pay a county fee OF
1910. A non-resident's state hunting
license is s15.25. N'on-residents must
pay fee Of 1925 to fish in the state.
The law fixes the open season for
partridge hunting from November Is
to February Is, and the bag limit to
Is day.
The open season for turkeys is from
November Is to April 1. The bag limit
a day is two. and for the season 20.
The open season for doves is from
August Is to December 81. A five year
closed season for pheasants is pres
cribed by the law.
Violations Of the act shall be mis-
demeanor and will be punishable by
a fine Of not less than $40 nor more
than s25, or imprisonment not less
than 10 days nor more than 80 days.
The game laws on the statute books
have been declared to be urconstitu-
tional by Claude N. Sapp, former as
sistant attorney general. This opinion
was also concurred in by 8. M. Wolfe,
the present attorney general. The bill
which has just been passed by the gen.
eral assembly is due largely to the un-
firing energy Of H. L. Oliver, represen-
tative from Greorgetown county. The
new act, which has not yet been sign
ed by Governor Cooper, reads:
Sec. /. That all wild birds, wild
game and fish Except fish in strictly
ponds and lakes entirely segregated
from other waters)' shall be, and are
hereby declared to be, the property Of
the state.
Sec. 2. For the purpose Of this act
the following classification shall be
recognized:
| (a). Domestic game birds: Black
birds, pheasants, doves, partridges,
(quaiD and wild turkeys.
(b). Destructive birds: Eagles, buzz
yards, crows, cooper's hawk, duck
haw, English sparrows, great horned
owl, jay birds, loggerheads and sharp
skinned hawks.
(c). Game animals: Bear, deer, fox,
mink, musk rats, opossum. otter, rab-
bits, raccoons, skunk and squirrels.
(d). Game-fsh Jackf1sh or picker
ell, pike, black bass or pond trout, strf-
ped bass or rock fish, Yarmouth, red
belly. Dream, copper face or ball faced
Dream, banded Dream, yellow belly,
perch, sunperch, red fin, trout, speckl-
ed trout, flyer, crappie, rock bagg gog-
gle eye and white perch.
(e). The open session for quail or
partridges shall be from November 10
to February Is Of each hunting season,
and the bag limit shall be Is per day
/ to the hunter, and trapping or snar-
ing of quail is absolutely prohibited
except as provided for scientific or
propagating purposes.
The open season for wild turkeys
shall be from November Is to April l
of each hunting season with bag lin
it Of two per day and total Of 20
per season, but wild turkey hen
must not at any time be shot from any
natural or artificial bind or hiding
place whether lured by call or bait or
otherwise.
The provision against snaring quail
or partridges shall apply to wild tur-
keys.
1 The open season for doves shall be
from August Is to December 81 OF
each year.
The open season for blackbirds shall
be from October to March 15 Of each
season.
There shall be a closed season for
pheasants for five years after the pass
age Of this act.
(f. Destructive animals, foxes and
wild cats may be killed by owners and
officers of the law upon their holdings
and without license, at any time.
(g). All domestic birds not named
above are non-game birds. and shall
not be- destroyed in any way at any
time.
(h). The open season for hunting
game animals shall be from October 1
to March Is. of each year, except
that deer may be hunted from Sep
tember / to December 81 only.
The bag limit for squirrels shall be
Is per day.
Provided, That the open season for
hunting foxes shall be from September
to February Is Of each year.
Q). The catching Of game fish shall
be with hook and line only in all the
clear water streams and waters Of the
state.
Cd. Gill nets (not to extend more
than half way across a stream, lake or
pond, traps, seines, trot lines or other
device which does not block the pass
age of fish in streams, may be used IN
the muddy streams of the state: Pro-
vided, They be not used within 100
wards of the mouth Of clear water
streams emptying into the same. seines
may be used between the 1st day Oh
September and the 1st day OF May.