The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-11-29
Monday to Usher In
Annual Deer Season
Will Continue Until Saturday
Evening, December s, at Sun
down; More Ammunition
Available

Monday, December 3, will usher in
the 1915 deer hunting season in Mary
land, and many hunters are already
prepared for that day and the five adj
ditional days that follow. The season
will end on Saturday, December 8, at
shutdown. During the open season for
deer it will be unlawful to hunt any
small game.
Ammunition appeared to be slightly
more plentiful than last year, especi-
ally the high powered shells used in
deer hunting, according to hardware
dealers.
Approximately 25 special deputy
game wardcns will be on duty in Gar
rett and Allegany counties during the
season, according to Francis Ruge,
district game warden.
The special wardens who will be on
duty in this county include Stephen
Dewitt, Sang Run; Milford Martin,
Kempton; William Biddington, of
Grantsville; Harry Bittinger, Savage
River; Wayne Dewitt, Deer Park;
Carl A. Kisner, Sand Flat; Paul Ar
mold, George Montgomery, Table
Rock; David A. Dewitt, Sang Run;
Lester Bittinger Savage River; and
George Dixon, Gormania.
In addition there will be three reg
ular district wardens, Thomas l..
Weems, of Calvert county, to be To-
Gated in Grantsville; Erich Floyd, of
St Mary's county, to be stationed in
Friendsville; and E. c. Kerns, regional
warden of Baltimore county, to be
stationed at Kitzmiller; also Lloyd
Cook, regular district deputy warden
Deer Checking Stations
To facilitate the checking of deer
during all of next week, State Game
Warden, Ernest A. Vaughn, has es
tablished checking stations as follows
where an official will be on hand to
register the animals presented from
500 a. m. to 700 p. m.
Grantsville. C. S. Zeller's home,
Main street; Deep Creek Lake, Elmer
Haulenbeek, Rainbow Inn; Friends
vile, Quincy Murphy, Yough Motor
garage; Oakland, Wiley w. Yelling,
Sheriff's office, 4th and Alder streets;
Kitzmiller, Roy Sewers home.
A number Of regulations were
stressed:
1t is unlawful to remove the head or
hide or any part from deer or cut
the meat into parts until it has been
checked at one of the checking sta
lions. The law requires every person
killing deer to report to the state
game warden or authorized deputy
within "a hours, giving name, address,
license number, county and location
where killed, weight of same if pos
sible, number of points to the antler.
1t is unlawful to kill any deer except
a male having two or more points to
one anter. The limit is one per season.
1t is unlawful to shoot from an
automobile or other vehicle or from
any public highway or have in your
possession in an automobile or other
vehicle loaded rifle or shotgun.
Attention was called particularly to
two regulations passed November 10
by the Game and Inland Fish Com
mission of Maryland, concerning bull
lets with steel Jackets, as used in the
armed forces.
1t is unlawful to hunt deer with any
military firearms capable of firing a
series of bursts by automatic loading,
and also unlawful to use any firearms
using domestic or foreign manufac-
tured military ammunition.
Hunting hours are from a. m. to
4:45 p. m.
Hunters are always warned each
year to wear large patches of red on
their jackets and caps to reduce the
danger of accidents.