The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-08-20
Season
On PheaSantS
October24th
Nine-Day Season Will Be In
Effect In Stearns
County
LEGAL TO SHOOT QUAIL
Duck Shooting Will Comprise
30-Day Season In
Minnesota

Pheasant hunting in Minnesota
will begin October "a and will last
until November 10 in twelve west
ern counties and until November
l in IS counties in the southern
and central parts of the state, the
state Conservation Commission de-
cided at its regular meeting last
week.
The nine-day season will be in
effect in Stearns and the follow
ing counties: Norman, Mahnomen,
Clay, Becker. Wadena, Todd, Nor
rison, Mile Laos, Kanabec, Pine,
Benton Sherburne, Isanti, Chisago,
Washington, Anoka, Hennepin,
Wright, Meeker, Kandiyohi, Rem
vile, Mcleod, Carver, Scott, Da-
kota, Goodhue, Rice, LeSueur, Mic
ollet, Brown, Redwood, Lyon, Lin
coin, Pipestone, Murray, Cotton
wood, Watonwan, Blue Earth, Wa
SEGA, Steele, Dodge, Olmstead, Wa
basha, Winona, Houston, Fillmore,
Mower, Freeborn, Faribault, Mar
tin, Jackson, Mobiles, Rock, Sib-
ley.
The 81 day season applies only
to Wilkin, Ottertail, Traverse,
Grant, Douglas, Pope, Stevens,
Big Stone. Swift, Chippewa, Lac
Qui Parle, and Yellow Medicine.
The longer season in these counties
was decided upon following sur
vey made by Frank Blair, superin-
tendent of game propagation,
which indicated a substantial in
crease in pheasants.
There will be no pheasant season
in Lake, Cook, st. Louis, Koochi-
ching, Lake of the Woods, Roseau,
Kittson, Marshall, Beltrami Polk,
Itasca, Pennington, Red Lake,
Hubbard, Clearwater, Cass, Aitkin,
Carlton and Crow Wing counties.
Birds may be taken only between
noon and sunset. The daily bag linn
1t Is three pheasants, Of which only
one may be a hen. The possession
limit at any time is six birds, two
of which may be hens.
It will be legal to shoot quail in
nine Minnesota counties from
November to Is, the Conservation
Commission decided at it's regular
meeting last week. The season for
prairie chickens and ruffed
grouse will remain closed. Wood
cock, upland plover and sharp
tailed grouse will also be protect
ed.
Albert G.. Miss, of Fairmont,
president Of the Minnesota Game
Protective League, and o. L.
Kaupanger, secretary of the Izaak
Walton League, spoke in favor of
a closed season for prairie chick
ems and grouse.
The bag limit for quail Is six a
day with twelve permitted in pos
session. The bag limit for the sea-
son is eighteen.
Counties to which the quail sea-
son applies are Scott, Dakota, Sib-
ley, Carver, Washington, Olmsted,
Wabasha, Winona, and Houston.
From Washington also comes the
report that duck shooting this fall
will be set at thirty day seasons,
opening October 10th and closing
on November 9Th in the northern
zone. This zone comprises Maine,
Michigan, Minnesota, Montana,
New Hampshire, North and South
Dakota, Vermont and Wisconsin.
The nation is divided into three
zones, with the central zone open
from November 1 to November
3Oth, and the southern zone open
from November 26 to December
Is. Thus hunters of Minnesota may
enjoy a 77-day duck hunt If they
follow the flight southwark, MAX
ing each zone in it's season.
Despite three thirty day seasons,
owing to overlapping of closing
and opening days. hunters cannot
get more than II days of hunt
ing. They will have to plug their
repeating shotguns to a three-shell
limit, and live decoys and bait to
lure the birds are taboo. Shooting
will be allowed during the hours
of a. m, to p. m.
The biological survey also clos
ed the season entirely on canvas
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