The Republican., 1947-07-17
Game Commission
Adopts Regulations
Decides to Continue Fox BOun-
ties and Improve Bear Creek
at Regular July Meeting


Commission at it's regular July meet
ing last Wednesday considered 13 re-
quests of the Western Maryland Wild
life Federation, rejecting some and
adopting others.
The commission, which reelected
Garner w. Denmead, of Baltimore,
chairman, and all other officers, met
for some time with a delegation of
five from Western Maryland headed
by George Walters of Eckhart.
The federation first asked for a
30-day early squirrel season, from
Sept. Is to Oct. Is, and the commits
son announced that regulation al
ready had been adopted setting 15-
day statewide season, Sept. 1880,
inclusive.
To Continue 81 Bounty
The commission also rejected a
request that the minimum size Of
brook trout that could be taken be
reduced from seven to six inches;
announced that it would continue to
pay bounty of 81 per fox; advised
the group that it was acquiring more
land for hunting in Allegany and
Garrett county; and that booklet
containing both game and fish laws
was being published, as requested.
70 mt
in stocking trout before and during
the season, instead of at the end of
the season and not later than April
l as requested.
The delegation asked that at least
25 cents of each dollar received by
the commission be used for pur-
chasing and restocking game and fish.
1t was announced that the commits
sion now was spending 43 cent on the
dollar in Western Maryland.
To Improve Bear Creek
Asked to improve rearing bonds at
Bear Greek Hatchery, Garrett Coun-
ty, the commission said this was be-
ing done with possible expenditure
Of more than $1,000.
1t was deemed inadvisabe to make
known publicly prior to the opening
of the trout season the number
planted and location of streams where
the fish were stocked.
A careful study will be made of
proposal that the commission take
full advantage" of the possibilities
Of the Savage River area as trout
streams; and proposal that Little
Savage River remain closed as a
Propagation stream was held in abey-
ance until October meeting. The COM
mission said it had decided on quart
erly meetings in July, October, Jan
uary and April
In other words, the commission:
Selected September l to Sep
tcmber 80 as the open season for
rail and sora.
2-lncluded Frederick county with
the five other counties for the open
season on deer, from the first Mon
day in December through the follow
ing Saturday.
3-Provided that shooting hours
during the dove season begin at noon
each day.
Action Affects Deep Creek
4-Amplified regulations affecting
boats on Deep Creek lake by pro-
viding that all privately operated
row boast, canoes, sailboats or rigs
display numbers and carry life pre-
server equipment and that no air
craft use the lake without written
permission Of the commission and the
Pennsylvania Electric Company.
drought mink into the list Of
protected game by including it in the
fur bearing season from January l
to March Is.
6-Directed Denmead to draft
regulation specifically outlawing the
trapping of wild waterfowl.
7-Authorized Ernest A. Vaughn,
director Of the Department of Game
and Inland Fish, to arrange for three
member advisory councils in each
county, composed of representatives
of sportsmen, farmers and the county
board of education.
S-Put a possession limit of 35 on
bait fish taken from other sources
than trout streams or their tributar-
les, and prohibited the taking of such
fish from trout streams.