Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1921-07-07
INFORMATION ON THE NEW
GAME LAW

VllAeu 10 Hutl, perSue, XIII OF catCH any
wild game animals or wild game birds
or wild game, fowl, or fish for capture
or kill any fish or fogs, unless, at the
time thereof, he shall have such lie
ense in his actual possession, and he
shall, on demand, exhibit the same to
any officer of this state, or to the own
err, tenant or lessee of any land on
which he is hunting or finishing.
60 Such license shall be issued I'M
til the last day If the calendar year in
which the same is issued, and shall
permitthe holder thereof, in the year
in which issued and then only dur
ing the times in such fear when it is
made lawful so to do, to hunt and
fish in any of the counties of the
state.
! (g) No person securing such lie
ense and tag shall transfer the same
to any person or permit any other
person to have or use the same. No
person shall have, use or exhibit any
license or tag which has not been is
sued to him in manner provided by
law.
Sec. IL No person shall hunt, chase,
capture, wound or kill any elk in this
state at any time for period of ten
years from and after the passage of
this act; provided, that the owner of
any elk which shall be kept in any
park or field sufficiently enclosed to
reasonably prevent their escape
therefrom, shall have the right to kill
any such elk Of his own;and provided,
further, that such owner may recap
ture or kill any Of his elk that may
escape from his enclosure. Any per-
son violating this section shall be
guilty of mesdemeanor, and upon
conviction, shall be fined not less than
twenty dollars and not more than two
hundred dollars and may be confined
in the cunty jail not to exceed sixty
days.
Sec. IL. No person shall hurt, cap
ture or kill any deer in this state at
any time until the fifteenth day Of
October, one thousand nine hundred
and twenty-three; provided, that the
owner of any deer which shall be kept
in any park or field sufficiently en-
closed to reasonably prevent their es-
cape therefrom, shall have the right
to kill any such deer of his own; pro-
vided, further, that such owner may
pursue, recapture or kill any of his
deer that may escape from his enclcs-
ure. Any person violating this sec
ton shall be guilty of mesdemeanor
and upon conviction shall fine not less
than twenty-five dollars nor more
than two hundred dollars, and may be
confined inthe county jail not more
than sixty days.
(b) No person shall chase
or hunt elk or deer with dogs in this
state at any time, or permit his dog
ordogs to hunt or chase elk or deer.
(c) 1t shall be lawful to hunt and
kill anydeer from the fifteenth day OF
October, one thousand nine hundred
and twenty-three until the thirteeth
. day of November, one thousand nine
hundred and twenty three, and dur
ing such period of time in each year
thereafter; provided that tame deer
shall excluded from this operation as
aforesaid.
(d) No person shall kill more than
one deer in any one season OF each
year. No person shall hunt, pursue,
catch or kill any deer between night
fall of one day and daylight of the
next day. No person shall at any time
kill any fawn, doe, or any other deer
than bucks with horns or antlers over
four inches in length, or have the
fresh skin of any doe or fawn in his
possession. Each person killing a
deer in this state in any season when
it is lawful so to do, shall, within
twenty days thereafter, inform the
commission in writing Of such fact,
and shall also specify in writing the
date and place of such killing, the per-
son by whom killed, the persons hunt
ing with him at such time, the esti-
mated age of said deer, the length of
its horns or antlers, and what was
done with said deer.
(e) No person shall hunt, pursue,
capture, wound or kill wild turkey
between the first day of December of
any oneyear and the fifteenth day of
October of the following year, nor
shall any person during said period
when it shall be lawful to hunt, pur-
sue, catch and kill wild turkeys, en-
gage therein between nightfall and one
| day and daylight of the next day, MOI