Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-03
M|XUP IN THE
STATE GAME LAWS
To be Discussed at the Meeting
of the Delaware Anglers As
sociation This Evening.

The Delaware Anglers and Gunners
Association will hold meeting tonight
in the Bottomley Building, at Seventh
and Orange streets The chief purpose
of the meeting is to consider the mlx-up
in the State game laws, with a view to
ascertainlng the exact situation and see
if there is any Interpretation that will
dlssIpate the apparent prohibition against
cunning for rabbits in the usual season.
At the regular 1919 session of the Leg
islature the game kw was amended by
striking out the sections in the revised
Code of l91 3 as To open seasons and a new
section inserted in lieu thereof, having TO
do with a change III the open season OF
certain game. In this amendment, how
ever, il is now disclosed that an error
or defect was made in that the wording,
"The open seasons on the following
birds and animals shall respectively be rs
follows: "was omitted from the first part
of the section, the section beginning with
the defining of the birds and game without
indicating what was to be done respecting
them. This defect, however, was over
come after consulting legal authorities
by one line, later found in the same
section, which left sufficient loop-hole Tor
the hunting and shooting of such birds
and game as described, it being as follows
'F'hc above open seasons shall include the
days defining them.
The change in the time of hunting or.
shooting of birds or other game, as in
chided in the amendment of 1919 was as
follows.
Quail. bob-white partridges and other
partrdges. same az the original law,
November l5 to December 81; reed and
II lAar
I TO November | ; wild goose and brant,
same rs original Octeber TO March l5;
summer duck from September 20 Octo-
Der 81, no change; other wild duck from
October TO March ID no change; Wood
cock, November Is TO December 81, no
change; dove in Kent and Sussex counties,
August / To December 81. no change;
hare and rabbit, November II TO Decem-
Der 81, no change; skunk, mink, etc
December | TO March 25, next following.
This is change making the time uniform
throughout the state, rather than one
time for New Castle county and another
time for the two lower counties, Kent
and Sussex.
Muskrat from December 10 March 10
next following This is also change from
the Code Of 1915, in that it also makes
the time uniform throughout the state,
where previously it was one date for New
Castle County and another date for Kent
and Sussex counties.
Fox from October to April 80. No
change
Raccoon from October TO January l.
next following This IS change from
the 1915 code, the season being from
October / to February Is. Oppossum
from October to January |. This Is also
a change from the code Of 1915; fox
squirrel, black squirrel and gray squirrel
from September Is 70 November l.
This is a change from the code Of 1915,
the old law beng from November 10 to
December 81
At the recent special session OF the
Legislature a further amendment to the
game and fish laws was presented, passed
and signed by the governor, this amend
ment having primarily to do with a change
only in the having in ones possession OF
game fish during the closed season or 70
buy or sell game birds, or animals, etc
During such season, in amending this