White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-09-28
HUNTING SEASON
WILL SOON Be HERE

With the near approach of the
hunting season, sportsmen generally
in the valley are perl<ing up and TAX
ing an interest in all game birds.
The general verdict is that the
season has been favorable one for
both water fowls and upland birds.
Hungarian partridges do not seem
unusually numerous but there are lots
of Chinese pheasants, enough to fur
nish plenty of sport for the hunters.
There are only seven days in the
season during which upland birds
may be shot. That's not many but
il fellows eye is good and the old
gun is performing its part, lot of
execution can be done. If, however,
you do not have both an alert eye
and quick trigger finger, well, it'll
be just too bad, for after about the
first Gay, when the birds know what
all the big noise is about, they can
develop the most uncanny habi. of
not being just where you thought
they were or of suddenly dipping be-
hind tree, brush or building or any
thing else that offers a screen just
wher you are ready to count an
other one in your bag.
The law forbids the hunting of
ducks and geese near the Columbia
and as the ponds and sloughs in the
valley are not very numerous, hunt
ing Of water fowl here is not very
satisfactory, although occasionally a
good bag can be brought in.
The law also forbids hunting with
out license, as some local resi-
dents can testify from experience.
William Van Hoy, of the John
Dover Lumber company, has made
arrangements with County Auditor E.
c. Keene to issue licenses to local
hunters and if you are planning to
step out with your gun on any OF
the days of the open season, you
better see Bill and attend to that little
license matter.
Mr.. Van Hoy also has some cards
showing the exact time of sunrise and
sunset in October, November and De-
cember. The law forbids the hunting
of water fowl or upland birds after
sunset or a half hour before sunrise
and as the time varies a little each
day the information on the cards will
be of interest to hunters as will also
the following extracts from the game
laws, which include the open dates
of the season:
Chinese Pheasants and Hungarian
Partridges-
October II, 81, %, "a, % and 81,
November q (bag, 8 Chinese Pheas-
ants and Hungarian Partridges in
sny one day.
Ducks and Geese
October l to January |, inclusive.
(Bag limit: ducks, 20 a week;
Cease 8 a. day witllsa, aggregate
Of not more than go birds In pos
session at any one tinne.)
Season on all other upland birds
closed.
On October 1st shooting may start
1t 5:28 a. m. and must cease at 5:39
,. m.
Extracts From Game Laws /
: Upland bird time: half hour before
Sunrise to Sunset.
IT is UNLAWFUL
To hunt with receipt for money
paid for hunting license-you must
nave your license.
To hunt water fowl on the Colurn-
bia river or within one-quarter mile
rom it's shores.
To shoot from, on, or across any
oubic highway or railroad right-of-
way. ;
To shoot from any driven
,r horse-drawn vehicle, railroad train
n speeder. t
To hunt water fowl or upland birds
lfter sunset, or one-half hour before
unrise.
Any person desiring to have in pos
ession more than one days bag
init may do so by having game
warden tag each day the birds killed
IN that day. (Sec. 90, Game Code.)