The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-08-22

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ton, Anoka, Sherburne, Stearns, Pope
Douglas, Grant, Stevens, Traverse
Dakota, Big Stone, Swift, Kandiyohi
Meeker, Wright, Hennepin, Carver. Nc
Leod, Renville, Goodhue, Chippewa,
Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine, Lin
coin, Lyon, Redwood, Brown, Nicollet
Sibley, Rice, LIE Seuer, Blue Earth, Wa
tonwan Cottonwood, Murray, Pipe
stone, Rock, Mobiles, Jackson, Martin
and Faribault
Director Swenson warned hunters
that ringnecked pheasant shooting will
be allowed only afternoons during the
open seasons with noon marking the
opening of each days shooting and sun
set each day bringing the shooting tc
a close. He also cautioned that only
in certain specified counties is one hen
pheasant permitted in the daily bag
and two hen pheasants in the posses
sion limit. No hunting is permitted in
Ramsey county, Mr.. Swenson pointed
out.
In fourteen Minnesota counties, Kan
abec, Pine, Carlton, Aitkin, Lake, St
Louis, Itasca, Koochiching, Beltrami
Lake of the Woods, Pennington, Mar
shall, Roseau and Kittson, it will be
legal to take prairie chickens from noon
September 81 to sunset September 20
inclusive. Time for taking will be from
sunrise to sunset each day except that
the season shall open at noon on the
first day. Five birds are the daily bag
limit and ten birds may be retained in
possession.
| Quail hunting will include % half
days of shooting from October to Nov
ember 10, both dates inclusive, in IL
Minnesota counties, with six birds as
the daily bag limit and IL birds per-
mitted in possession. These counties
are Houston, Winona, Olmsted, Wab-
asha, Rice, LeSeuer, Dakota, Scott
Sibley, Mcleod, Carver, Wright and
Sherburne. Shooting will be from
noon until sunset daily.
Federal regulations will govern taking
of wildfowl in Minnesota during the
season this fall with 80 consecutive days
of shooting of wild ducks, geese, jack
snipe or Wilson snipe, rails and coots
from October 81 to November 10, both
dates inclusive. Time for taking will be
from A. M. to P. NJ with the ex-
ception of the opening day when shoot
ing will start at IL o'clock noon.
There is an inviolate closed season on
wood duck, ruddy duck and bufflehead
ducks.
Daily and possession limits on ducks,
rails, coots, gallinules, jack snipe or
Wilson snipe are the same, with 10 per
day in the aggregate of all kinds of
migratory waterfowl of which not more
than four shall be geese or brant. the
daily and possession limits ON these
species.
Wild duck species which are nearest
extinction" such as canvasbacks and
redheads, will be particularly favored by
the elimination of open-water shooting,
Director Swenson said.
Shooting of wild waterfowl over
baited water or land will be prohibited.
Use of live decoys in the taking of
wild waterfowl has been ruled out; none
will be allowed
The three-shen limit placed on auto
loading and repeating shotguns will
take effect for the first time this fall.
New regulations provide that duck
hunters may use shotgun only, not
larger than 10-guage, shot from the
shoulder.
Federal regulations prescribing means
by which waterfowl may be taken limit
the use of "a blind, boat or floating
craft of any kind" to locations "not
more than 100 feet from the shore line
as determined by ordinary high tide
or, where there is continuous natural
growth or vegetation extending beyond
such shore line, not more than 100 feet
from such growth or vegetation pro-
truding above the surface of the water
at the time of taking such birds"
Persons who hunt migratory water
fowl are required to buy federal duck
stamp before shooting, in addition to
the regular state hunting license. The
stamps are obtainable, as they were
last year, at first and second class post
offices at 81 each. The hunter is re-
] quired to write his name in ink across
the face of the stamp.
Conditions have improved in most
parts of the state during the past year
with reference to game species with the
exception of ruffed grouse or native
partridge" Director Swenson reported.
wild waterfowl and ringnecked
pheasants have shown marked gains in
population according to surveys by
state game wardens and other in
terested individuals. These conditions
continue to remain favorable. We will
keep a close check to see to it that our
foundation stock is not endangered"