The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-09-23
new LAWS CUT
HUNTING SEASON
Bag Limit Now includes Birds
Killed by Persons Assisting
the Hunters.
AIRPLANE' SHOOTING BARRED
Tendency TO Tighten Restrictions on
Hunting of Birds and Big Game 10
Shown In Federal and State
Laws for 1921.

Washington.-A tendency TO tighten
the restrictions on the hunting of
birds and big game is noted in the
game laws for 1921, summary of
which, both federal and state. has been
compiled by the federal biological sur
yey. Among the notable changes made
during the present year was the
amending OF the migratory bird treaty
act regulations with respect to bag
limits.
This amendment provides that the
daily bag limit of any person shall
now include "all birds taken by any
other person who for hire accompanies
or assists him In taking migratory
birds" This will put an end to the
abuse Of privileges under the regula-
tions regarding the prescribed daily
bag limits by persons who claim that
birds were killed by guides accom-
panying them.
Waterfowl Season.
The federal waterfowl season for
California was fixed from October /
to January Is, replacing the old sea-
son Of October 10 to January 81, the
season now being the same under both
federal and state laws. Regulation 9,
governing the issuance of federal
scientific permits, was amended to
permit the Issuance of limited and spe-
cia1 permits.
State legislation harmonized federal
and state lavsian waterfowl and shore
birds In Kansas and Oregon, and on
waterfowl In Pennsylvania and Rhode
Island Washington prescribed a state
wide open season on all migratory
game birds from October 1 to January
Is. thus deviating from the federal
regulations, which supersede the state
law, east of the Cascade mountains,
where Ii will now be possible to hunt
migratory game birds only from OctO-
Der 1 to December 81, without violat-
ing either federal or state law; In
Idaho the open season on migratory
game birds has been shortened under
state law two weeks by opening Octo-
Der 1, instead OF September 16, and
extending to December 81.
Bar Airplanes.
Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Ne
braska, Oregon and Washington enact
ed legislation similar 10 the federal
regulation prohibiting hunting from
airplanes. Colorado reduced the bag
limit on ducks from 20 TO 10 day,
while Kansas increased the limit from
20 to %. In New Jersey reedbirds
were protected at all times by being
placed in the nOngame class. The
open season for woOdcOck was short
ened % days In Michigan, two weeks
in New York and one month in Yer
mont. Doves were protected until
1924 in Colorado. and in Kansas an
open season on them was provided
from September 1 to October 10.
In general, seasons on big game
were shortened and hunting further
restricted. Buck laws were enacted In
Michigan, Montana. Nevada, North
Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont and
In Washington east OF the Cascades
Maine protected spike bucks and pre-
scribed that one of the two deer al
lowed In the eight northern counties
must be an antlered buck, and pro-
yided that In two of the counties only
residents may hunt deer during the
last two weeks of the open season.
Bull moose were protected for five
years In Maine.