The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1935-07-24
Big Came Hunters
Must Obtain Seals
State Will Start Distributing Them
Soon, Ray James
Reports

Soon, hay James
Reports
Big game seals now required for
lawful hunting of elk, deer and bear
in washington soon will be distri-
buted by the state game department
among dealers for sale to nimrOdS,
according to Ray F. James, state
game director.
These, new tags are of metal, and
cost fifty cents apiece. Separate
seals are necessary for elk, deer and
bear. Each tag shall be valid for
hunting only the species named
thereon, and shall be attached i'm
mediately to the carcass of each big
game animal killed by the hunter.
The recent regulation requiring
big game seals voids the "deer tags"
attached to 1885 hunting licenses.
Special deer licenses will be issued
along with the big game seals.
Nimrods stalking deer or bear
must have in addition to the seals
the regular county or state hunt
ing licenses.
Elk hunters have several matters
to attend to before entering the
hills. First each hunter must have
a state hunting licenses, the coun-
ty license not being sufficient.
Second he must possess the
supplemental elk license, costing SIS
for residents of the state, $25 for
non residents, and $50 for aliens.
Then there is the big game seal to
be remembered.
Deer and bear seasons this fall
are identical, opening October 20
and closing November /. There will
be no open season in Adams, Ben
ton, Douglas, Franklin, Grant, Lin
coin and Whitman counties, and on
cambridge Island in Kitsap county.
Bag limits are one bear and one
buck deer with horns at least two
inches in visible length.
Elk season, from November to
Is, will be open only in Asotin,
Columbia, Garfield. Kittitas. Walla
Walla and Yakima counties. Bag
limit will be one bull elk with
antlers at least two inches in visible
length.
Good Duck Hatch
State game protectors report a
heavy hatch of migratory game birds
in Washington this year, an indica-
ton that there will be numerous
local ducks on the loWlands this
autumn.
Seasons and bag limits have not
been set as yet on migratory game
birds. The Washington migratory
waterfowl season will comply with
any regulations made by the feder-
al government.
Urge Careful Driving
Automobiles take surprisingly
heavy holl on game, reports the
Washington state department of
game in requesting motorists to be
little more careful when driving
through areas heavily populated
with game birds and animals.
Big game is not exempt from the
fatality list. Weekly reports from
state game protectors alWeays re-
veal numerous such deaths. Game
Protector John S. Brender, Leaven-
worth, has reported three deer kill
ed during period of five days re-
Gently on one highway in Chelan
county.
Kill Many Bobcats
Another heavy kill of bobcats was
recorded by predatory animal
bounty hunters during the past two
weeks. During the fortnight 80 cats
were taken in addition to IA
coyotes and two cougars.
Thirty live hunters had kills ap-
proved by state game protectors
during the two weeks. Several cou-
CARS were taken in the state on
which no bounties could be paid
because the men responsible for
them held no bounty hunters per-
mits. The bounty law specifies that
only permit hunters are eligible for
the cash rewards. Permits are free,
and are secured from the state
game department through the game
protectors in each district.
Y Latest bounty payments brought
the total cash rewards for predatorS
since April to the sum Of $1,000.
Animals bountied: 544 coyotes, 1874
bobcats or lynx, and % cougars.
Results of the annual predatory
animal drive sponsored by the Yak
ina Valley Conservation league
have been reported to the Washing
ton state department of game. The
10 chapters of the league promoted
the drive, IN which GIL boys particle
.pated.
Victims taken were: 5000 spar
rows, 1928 gophers, 8,O82 magpies
and 1874 eggs, 1856 crows and L.
$50 eggs, 1854 sage rats, 1882
jackrabbits, 1913 barn rats, 1925
woodchucks, $50 weasels, 339 coyotes,
1913 skunkS, and bobcats.
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