The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1935-08-07
THIRTY DAY SEASON ISSET
FOR DUCK HUNTING NEXT FALL
Season Will Open October 81,
Close November l9, Bio
logical Survey Announces
Set Ten AS Limit
Bag Reduced From II Allowed
Last Year; Shooting To Start
At Z a. m.

Idaho and other northern states
will be from October 81 to November
10, according to the bureau of bio
logical survey in announcing the
"most rigid regulations in the
history of American wild fowling."
A 80 day season also has been set
in the southern sector, the other of
two newly formed zones, j. N.
Darling, chief of the biological sur
vey explained.
A days bag limit will be 10 in
stead of IL.
Last year Washington's season
opened October 10 and closed De-
cember %, with three days of shoot
ing per week for 10 weeks. Idaho
had two days of shooting week
for Is weeks.
Darling said the new, regulations
had been approved by President
Roosevelt and that he expected
them to save SO per cent of the in
crease in ducks this year.
Prohibit "Baited" Shooting
Shooting over baited water or land
will be prohibited.
No live decoys can be used at any
place.
Zoning of states by seasons will
be eliminated and the nation Will
be divided into two zones, northern
and southern.
Shooting will be permitted only
between Z a. m. and p. m.
Possession of more than one days
bag limit, which was reduced from
IL to 10, will be illegal.
A three-shell limit on auto-load-
ing and repeating shotguns will be-
come effective.
Describe Zones
The season will open in mol thern
states October 81 and close NovenI-
Der 10. In southern states 1t will be
from November 20 to December 10.
States in the northern zone in
clude: North Dakota, South Dakota,
Nebraska, Kansas, Montana, Wyom-
ing Colorado, Idaho, Utah, Wash
ington, Oregon and Nevada.
States in the southern zone in
clude: Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexi-
co, Arizona and California.
In Alaska, west of the 141st me-
ridian the season will be open Sep
tember ! and close September 30. In
the rest of the territory the season
will be September 20 to October 10.
Darling Explains
Darling said the restrictions were
the only alternative to closed sea-
son.
"We've killed more ducks than we
have Matched every year for the last
IS years." he declared.
He estimated 24,OOO,O0O ducks will
fly south this fall and 10000 will
be killed by hunting and natural
causes"
Darling said he figured 100000
were killed by hunters last year and
that the kill this year would be from
100000 to 6,O-O,000.
Bag limits on geese and brant will
remain at four, but one hunter may
have in his possession only one days
kill compared to two days kill per-
mitted last year
Other Bag Limits
Bag and possession limits on
other species were outlined, as fol-
lows:
Coot, Is; jacksnipe, Is; sora, 25;
rails, except sora and coot, Is; wood
cock, 4; mourning dove, 20; band
tailed pigeon, 10.
New seasons on mourning doves
provided for shooting in northern
states from September l to Deem
Der Is. The northern zone for dove
hunting includes: Nebraska, Kansas,
Colorado, Idaho, Utah, Oregon and
Nevada.
Band-tailed pigeons may be hunt
ed in Washington, September 16 to
September 30, and Oregon October
16 to October 30.