The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-09-02
Rules For NimrOdS
for 1925 Hunting
Season Ready
COMPLETE DATA AS PASSED BY
LAST LEGISLATURES; HUNTERS
ARE URGED TO TAKE NOTICE
LICENSE REQUIRED.

LICENSE REQUIRED.
Open season for game (dates in
clusive): Ducks, geese, coots, gal
linules, Jacksnipes and yellowlegs-
September 10th to December 31st.
Woodcock-October 1st to November
Both. Morning Doves, prairie chick
en-, sharp tailed grouse,-September
18th to October 1st. Gray or Fox
squirrel-October 14th to January 1,
1926. Rails September 10th to Mo-
vember 30th. Fisher and Skunk
November 18th to March 1st, 1926.
No open season: Moose, Elk, Carl
bou, Black squirrel, beaver, otter,
harmless birds, Snipe (other than
Jacksnipe and yellowlegs), upland
plover, wild turkey, Hugarian gray
partridge. Note: Federal regulation
prohibits taking Wood Ducks, so To-
cal statute not in force.
October Is, 1927. Partridge or
ruffled grouse and ringneck pheas-
ant closed in 1925. Deer closed in
1925. Muskrat and Raccoon closed un-
til 1928. To take, capture or molest
any antwerp or carrier pigeon that
has any kind of distinguishing mark
or remove such mark.
Injurious birds: (may be killed at
any time) Blackbirds, crows, English
Sparrows and all species of Hawks
and owls.
Daily limits, game birds: Prairie
chicken, sharp tailed grouse, wood
cock, morning dove-9 per day. Wild
ducks-12 per day. Wild Geese-5
per day. Coots, rails, snipe and yell
1owlegs-15 per day.
Limit allowed in Possession: Morn
ing Dove, Woodcock,- 80. Prairie
chicken, sharp tailed grouse-18, Wild
ducks, coots, rails, galinules, jack
snipe and greater or lesser yellowlegs,
in the aggregate of all kinds-36, of
which not more than 5 shall be wild
geese.
Season Limits: Morning dove,
woodcock-3O. Prairie chicken, sharp
tailed grouse-18. Not more than 120
wild ducks may be taken during any
one open season.
Limits, game animals: Gray or fox
squirrels-10 per day. Is in posses
sion.
Sale of game: Prohibited at all
times, except as to fur-bearing ami
mails.
Shipment of Game: Prohibited, ex-
cept on license coupon. Licensee may
ship from himself to himself to any
point in the county in which he re-
sides.
License Provisions: Resident-Small
game icense-$1.OO: required for all
persons over IA years of age, Except
of persons shooting on land owned or
leased and occupied as a permenent
abode by such person. Resident
large game icense-$2.00 and Seal
25c; no exceptions. Resident-trap-
ping license-$1.00 Sold by county
auditors only. Nonresident, small
game licenses $500. Nonresident
large game license-$5O.OO and Seal
25c; required of all persons not hav-
ing resided in Minnesota six months,
Sold by Game and Fish Commimssion-
er. Metal locking seal required to be
attached to each big game carcass be-
fore transported, furnished with Ii
cense; fee 25c.
1t is unlawful for aliens to hunt
game in Minnesota or to own or pos
sess firearms except under non-resi-
dent license. To take waterfowl with
a rifle. To have more than 6 live de-
coys in one blind. To take waterfowl
from sail or power-boat or from
aeroplanes or upon the open water, or
from sink boxes, or permanent arti-
ficial blinds built in public waters. To
use traps, snares, artificial lights,
nets, bird-lime, or set guns to kill
game animals or birds. To flush by
dragging rope, wire, etc, across a
field inhabited by game birds. To
hunt or carry firearms in state parks,
or to hunt protected wild animals or
birds in game refugees. To kill any
waterfowl or animals in any other
way than by shooting them with a
gun, not larger than ten-guage, fir
ed from the shoulder. To take mi
gratory game birds later than sunset
or earlier than one half hour before
sunrise. To use any kind of silencer
on firearms. To shoot game from a
motor vehicle or to carry firearms
therein except they are taken apart
or contained in case, unloaded in
both barrels and magazine. To take
game birds, except migratory birds,
in any manner except within the linn
its of any public highway. To use or
train dogs between December 1st and
August 14th following, both inclusive
in fields inhabited or frequented by
game birds is prohibited.
Warming: Every person to whom a
license to take birds or quadrupeds is
issued shall, on or before thirty days
after the expiration of his license,
make written report to the commits
sioner on a form prepared and fur
nished by him, stating the kind and
number of each bird or quaruped TAX
en- under such license. A licensee who
willfully fails or neglects to make
such report shall not be granted a
license to take birds or quadrupeds
for one year thereafter.
Mrs. Frances Davis returned Satur-
dow from Toxxvc La