Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-13
1929 HUNTING
SEASON OPENS
Game Law Digest Issued BY
State Commission to Gov
ern Shooting

- go 49,
1929 hunting season. which opens
Friday:
Game Birds and Game Animals
AnimaIs-Deer. elk. antelope. wild
sheep. bear and squirrels are game AMI
mails.
Birds and Waterfowl-Turkey. ducks.
geese. brant. grouse. prairie chicken.
pheasants. quail Or partrIdges. wild
pigeons. doves. snipe. ~chachaIacas. plo-
YER and shore birds OF all varieties are
game birds OF this state.
open Seasons
Bear-Nov. Is TO Dec. 81.
Deer-White tail. NOV. 16 TO Dec. 81:
black tail. east OF Peccs River. NOV. Is
TO Dec. 81. and west OF Pecos, Nov. 16
to Nov. 80: Bastrop. Hemphill. Roberts.
Hutchinson. Callahan. Eastland. Steph-
ems. Palo Pinto and Parker counties are
closed tal kinds until 1884. Only buck
deer with pronged horn or better may
be killed.
Doves (mourning) Red River. Bowie.
Delta. Hopkins. TITUS. Franklin, Morris.
Cass. Wood, upshur. Marion. Harrison,
Gregg. smith. Van zandr Panola. RusK.
Cherokee, Henderson. Hood. Erath.
Hamilton. Coryell, Freestone. Anderson.
Robertson. Leon. Houston. NacOgdoch-
es. Shelby. Sabine. San Augustine, An
gelinR. Trinity. Madison. Walker.
Grimes. Brazos, Burleson, Washington.
Lee. Bastrop. Fayette, Austin. Waller.
Lavaca. De Witt, Goliad. Victoria, Cal
hmm Fort HanH hrnnewnrnnr Enn 70
cinto. Polk, Tyler. Jasper. Newton,
Orange, Jefferson. Hardin, Liberty and
Chambers counties. Dec. l to Jan. is.
Cooke, Denton. GYayson. Fannin, La
mar. kaufman and Rockwell counties,
Sept. IS 70 Nov. l.
Gillespie. Kerr. Kmble. Mason. Llano.
San Saba, McCulloch, Menard and
Bianco. Oct. and Nov.
The remainder OF the state, south
zone. Oct. and Nav. and in the north
zone. Sept. n Oct.
Doves (white wing)-Stetewide. Aug.
3 TO Oct. 81.
Ducks texcept wood ducksl. geese.
hrant. snipe. gallinules and mud-hens
North rome, Oct. 10 to Jan. 81; south
zone. Nov. ] to Jan. 81.
Prairie Chickens-Both zones. Sept.
l 70 Sept. =, except Coliingsworth and
wheeler counties. which are closed
QuailS and Mexican Pheasants-Both
zones. Dec. / Z Jan. 10.
Rails texcept coot and gallinules)-
Both zones. Sept. and Oct.
Standardization. Cas-. Bowie. Nor
ris and Smith counties. May. June.
July. November, December and Janu-
airy.
Pamela. Rusk. Angelina. Tyler, Sabine.
San Augustine. Nacogdoches, Jasper.
Newton, Cherokee. jefferson, Orange.
Hardin, Liberty. Shelby. San Patricio.
Chambers. Polk. Trinity. San Jacinto
and Walker counties. Nov, Dec. and
De witt. Caldwell. Guadalupe. san
Saba. Mason. Gillespie. Llano, Kimble.
Menard. Comai. McCulloch. Brown.
Kerr. Burnet. Mills. Schleicher, Ed
wards. Gonzales, Austin. Real. Kendall.
Victoria. Medina. Uvalde. jackson.
Wharton. Bandera. Lavaca, Fayette.
Colorado. Callahan. Stephens. Eastiand.
bastrop. Travis. Dimmit, zavala. BIan-
CO. Lampasas. Hamilton, Coryell. Mata-
gorda. Brazoria. Washington. Throck-
morton. Karnes. Wilson. Comanche.
hays. Goliad, Fort Bend. Erath, Bosque.
Hill. Waller. Tarrant. Wise. Cooke and
Montague open all the year.
The remainder OF the state. May.
June. July. october. November and De-
cember.
Turkey (gobbIer)-callahan East
land. Stephens. Palo Pinto and Shack
elford counties are closed until 1894.
Cameron. Hidalgo. Starr. Willacy.
Kennedy. Brooks. Kleberg and Nueces
counties are closed until Nov. 10. 1890.
n remainder Of the state Is open
from Nov. l6 TO Dec. 81.
The Zone Line
Begins at Rio Grande west OF Del Rio.
thence to Del Rio: thence east along
3. p. Ry. to San Antonio; thence along
I.-G. n. Ry. 70 Austin; thence along
Fl. d 7. &. Ry. east TO Brnzos River:
hence north to where Beaumont branch
santa Fe crosses the river. thence
elcng q. e.. e s. r. ny. east TO Cieve-
land; thence along H. Z. a. w. 4. Ry.
TO Louisiana border.
Bag Limit
Bear, I q season deer, 2 bucks d sea
son (black tail or mule deer west OF
Pecos River. 1 a season); doves GALL
kindsl. Is n day or IS n week. except
Wood County. where the limit is 10 q
day or 30 a week: ducks tall kinds),
snipe, g~allinules or mudhens, IS a day
or so q week o. all varieties: geese ana
brant, 4 a day or u a week: prairie
chicken, 10 q day n 10 a season: quail
or Mexican pheasants, u q day or IS
a week. except In Wood County, where
the limit Is 8 a day or - q week. all
varieties: squirrels, 10 n day: turkey, 3
EODDleFh n season.
II Is unlawful for anyone. except a
transportation or storage company. to
possess more than so game birds OF all
varieties at n time.
Licenses
or Whom Required - Nonresident
county and nonresident state hunters,
owners who accommodate hunters
for pay. and shooting preserve mana
gers Fees-Non-resident county. $500:
nonresident state, $500 (provided
persons living IN Arkansas counties
and Bowie counties. Tex. on q non
resident county licensel: hunting boat
owners. $780, shooting preserve mana
gers. $500.
Trespass Law
The trespass laws OF this state relating
to Enclosed lands do not apply 70 land
where same IS leased or used for hunt
ing purposes at a charge or more than
$500 per day per person, or rs cents
Per acre per year.
Non-Game Animals, Birds
acknowledgements animals such Is
rabbits may be killed at any time in
any numbers. For others see fur-bear-
ing animal laws.
Birds-Tt u unlawful TO XIII
birds or other non-game birds nc any
time. Provided. the following may be
killed ut ms time and in any numbers.
Sparrows. rice birds. blackbirds. buzz
cards. crows. owls. hawks, woodpeckers.
roadrunners, laybirds, sapsuekers and
pelicans.
Unlawful To
Hunt migratory birds between sun
set and one-haif hour before sunrise.
and other game between one-half hour
after sunset and one-half hour before
sunrise.
Hunt. kill or possess game birds,
game animals. or other birds and ami
mails. except where provided by law.
Hunt from a motorboat. sailboat, boat
under tow. auto or airplane.
Hunt on State Game Preserves.
Hunt deer with dogs, except In
Grimes. Harris. Brazoria. Fort Bend.
Mategorda, Orange and Lavaca oun
ties. One dog may be used in any
county 70 pursue q wounded deer.
Hunt. kill or take any duck. goose
or brant by any means other than By