The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-10-17
Schedule For
Duck Season

The open shooting season fol
ducks, geese, Except Snow White
Geese" Geese in Madison, Gala
tin Beaverhead Counties, and Ross
Geese anywhere in Montana); Brant
and Coot will commence October
26th, and continue As days, closing
on December 9th, both dates inclu-
sive
A closed season exists throughout
the State of Montana on Swan and
Ross Geese Madison, Gallatin,
BeaVerhead counties are closed to
hunting on Snow white" Geese.
Shooting Hours: Shooting may be
done daily starting at 30 minutes
before sunrise and closing at 30
minutes before sunset.
Daily Bag Limit DuckS.-(EX-
cept American and Redbreasted
merganzers, locally called fish
ducks CD including in such limit
one Cd Woodduck Merganzers:
Twenty five (25).
Possession Limit: Ducks.-Ex-
cept American & RedbreaSted Mer-
ganzers) Fourteen O4). including
not more than one Cd Woodduck.
same being two days daily bag
limit
Daily Bag Limit: Geese.-TwO GU
of any kind in any combination.
Canada White Front Hutchins.
Cackling, including Brant, and in
addition, any person may have Two
(2) Snow Geese. or Two (2) Blue
Geese, singly or in the aggregate. /
Possession Limit: Geese.-Anv /
person may possess not more than I
one days limit. I
Daily Bag Limit: Coot-Twenty !
five (25).
Possession Limit: Merganzers.-
Nc Limit
Migratory birds may be shipped
at any time during the open shoot
ing season, and remain in transit
B days to reach destination after
the close of the open shooting sea
son, but no migratory birds can be
shipped after December 9th, which
IS the last day of the shooting sea-
son.
Cold Storage:-Migratory birds
may be possessed in cold storage. or
otherwise, for a period of 90 DAYS
after the close of the shooting sea
son, which in Montana the final pos
session limit date will be March 10.
l947.
Repeating Shotguns: - Either
Automatic or hand operated pump
guns, shall have the magazine plug
ged with One-piece filler. incapa-
bic of removal from the loading end
OF the magazine, so as to reduce
the capacity of said gun to Three
CD shells, that IS, Two ~ shells
IN the magazine and One Cd shall
be in the barrel
The use of power boats (inboard
or outboard), sail boats, automo-
biles, or aircraft to Rally Drive. or =
concentrate migratory birds, or to
shoot or hunt migratory birds.
therefrom, is prohibited. s
The use of Live Decoys, or Bait.
10 lure migratory birds is prohibit 81
ed. and the use OF cattle, horses, fc
y Mules, in the hunting Of migra- Sc
Cry birds, is prohibited, =
All persons le Years of age oriy
ider when hunting migratory
lrdS, are required to have on their
erson, an uneXpired Federal MiGra-
Dry Bird Hunting License STAMP
commonly called duck stamp"(
his stamp shall have written across
ne face of the stamp in Ink, the
lgDature Of the person in posses
ion of the stamp.
Shooting hour schedule for the
BAG Duck Hunting season, October
jth to December 9Th, both dates
lclusive, for the Libby district of
Iontana Eureka district five 90
linutes earlier Shooting com
.ences 80 minutes before sunrise.
loses 80 minutes before sunset.
Kalispell shooting hours open and
ose eight minutes earlier than
libby shooting hours.