Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-09-13
BIRD SEASON
OPENS SEPT. Is
LEGAL PERIOD FOR KILLING
FEATHERED GAME EXTENDS
TO SEPTEMBER "a
State Law Prohibits Any Person from
Killing or Capturing More than
Five Grouse, Pheasant or Prairie
Chicken in Amy One Day.

In Montana the hunting season, or
chicken shooting season as it is term
ed sometimes by nimrods. begins on
September 10 and ends on Septem-
Der "a OF each year, according TO the
state game laws. This period is
known as the legal open season for
sharp tailed grouse, blue grouse. ruff
fed grouse, commonly called pleas
ant or partridge, prairie chicken,
sage hen, sage grouse or fool hen.
During the open season for these
game birds IL shall be unlawful for
any person in any portion of Non
tana to shoot. kill or capture or cause
to be shot, killed or captured more
than five sharp tailed grouse, blue
grouse, ruffed grouse, commonly call
ed pheasant or partridge, prairie
hen in the aggregate of all kinds In
any one day; 1t shall be unlawful for
any person to have in his possession
more than five of any such birds in
the aggregate OF all kinds at any one
time. During the closed season for
game birds herein named II shall be
unlawful to shoot, kill or capture or
cause to be shot, killed or captured
any OF the game named herein. Any
person violating any OF the provisions
OF this section shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof, shall be punished according
ly. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person to hunt, shoot. kill or cap
ture, or cause to be shot, killed or
captured, any grouse, prairie chicken.
fool hen, pheasant or partridge, with
In Cascade county before September,
1925. That in such counties where
a closed season now exists. same shall
still be considered closed territory,
subject to the jurisdiction of the fish
and game commission.
Closed Season for Some
Another section OF the game laws
provides that any person. who at any
time within this state, hunts, shoots, l.
kills, captures. possesses, or cause to
be shot, killed, or captured, any
quail, Chinese or Monaghan pleas
ant, commonly called r%ing-necked
pheasants, or Hungarian partridge,
or any part of any such. bird. shall
be guilty of q misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof, shall be fined not
less than $50 or more than $3.50,
by imprisonment in the county jail
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fine and Imprisonment.
Migratory Bird Regulations
The game laws also provide that
ANY person who. during the period
the sixteenth day OF De-
of any year and the fifteenth
day OF September of the following
year, both dates inclusive. hunts,
kills or captures or causes to be shot.
killed or captured. any wild ducks.
wild geese, brant, Wilson snipe or
jacksnipe, blackbeilied plover. golden
greater or Observation-Disclosures,
rail, coot, or g%allinule, or who In any
one day during the open season
kills or captures. or causes
to be shot, killed or captured, more
20 wild ducks (other than wood
ducks), In the aggregate of all kinds.
eight wild geese and brant. in the
of all kinds. 25 Wilson
or jacksnipe, 25 rails. coot and
gallinule IN the aggregate of all
kinds, oil who hunts, shoots at, cap
kills or attempts to capture or
kill m migratory bird on any day
from half an hour before sun
rise to sunset during the open sea-
son, or who, at any time of year.
hunts, shoots. kills. or captures. or
to be shot, killed. or captured
any little brown. sandhill or whoop-
Ing crane, swan, wood duck. avocet,
,urley, dowitcher, godwit knot, up
land piover, snipe. plover. kildeer.
'andpfper, willet. or other shore bird
except blackbellied and golden ploy-
greater and Lesser yeIIowlegs. and
Wilson snipe or Jacksnipe, shall be
Kuiltv of n m~fadamaanor and unon
conviction thereof. shall be punished
Waterfowl when taken
n accordance with the provisions OF
he law may be possessed by the per-
ION sc taking during the open season
where killed and for an additional
'eriod of ten days next succeeding
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