Milford chronicle., 1960-10-28

them. A baited area is an area
where corn, wheat, or other grain,
salt, or other feed has been directly
or indirectly placed or scattered as
an attraction to migratory game
| birds
o. When Is One Guilty Of A
Batting Violation!
A When you take, or attempt to
take, migratory game birds attract
ed to your cunning position by the
presence of corn, grain, or other
feed scattered or placed sc as to at
tract those birds. No matter who
did the batting, you are guilty. The
individual hunter must make GER
tain that the people with whom he
hunts or who supply him place
to hunt do not bait.
Q-5 What Constitutes A Batting
Field For Dove, Duck, Or Goose
Hunting!
A 1t is field where grains
have been placed, distributed, or
scattered, where salt is scattered
or placed, or where standing corn
or grains have been manipulated by
cutting or knocking down so as to
lure and attract migratory game
birds to the hunter. Fields where
grain has been scattered as a re-
suit of normal agricultural plant
ing or harvesting are not baited
fields. There is also no restriction
on hunting migratory birds over
standing crops, flooded standing
crops, or flooded harvested crop
lands.
Q-e Why Is 1t Necessary To Pro.
hibit Batting!
A Batting is one of several
highly efficient ways of increasing
the kill of migratory birds. When
there were comparatively few hun
ters and birds were plentiful, the
practice was not considered detri-
mental. Now, with a constantly in
creasing army of hunters and
shrinking habitat for waterfowl
production. there are just not
enough ducks and geese to with
stand this heavy kill. Hunters must
give more thought to the sport and
less to the number of birds bagged.
People who bait disregard the
rights of Others by killing part of
the good sportsman's share of the
migratory bird supply. That's why
the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
vigorously enforces the batting re-
gulatiOn = to perpetuate the re-
source and at the same time pro-
tect the interests of the hunters
who observe the rules of the game.
% How Many Days Before The
Season Opens Must We Stop Feed
ing Ducks In Our Marsh Ii we Are
To Legally Shoot There?
A This question cannot be an
swered categorically by a specific
number of days. The proper course
us to stop feeding long enough be-
lore the season opens so that the
feed which has been put out is
completely cleaned up and no long
er serves as lure or attraction to
the birds. You know when the birds
NO longer fly directly to the feed
ing spot looking for their hand-out.
Us Is 1t Lawful For Me To Re-
lease Ducks And Geese In MY
Marsh And Then Hunt There!
A 1t is permissible for you to
release lawfully acquired and pos
sessed ducks and geese in your
marsh. You may then hunt there
provided the released birds are
beyond your control -
that is, you have discontinued feed
ing long enough before the season
that the birds are no longer att
tracted by the feed you had been
putting out for them, as specified
in the answere to the previous
questions and the birds can and
do fly as freely as ducks and geese.
raised in the wild Otherwise, the
birds would be considered live de-
coys and you would be prohibited
from taking ducks and geese at
tracted to the area