Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 240, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1913 — Some Provisions of the Game Law Now in Operation. [ARTICLE]

Some Provisions of the Game Law Now in Operation.

Many inquiries are being made relative to changes made in the game laws by the last legislature. Undjbr the new law squirrels may be hqnted until the first of November. There is now a closed season on rabbits and the use of ferrets in hunting rabbits or any other kind of game is prohibited. Relative to the closed .season for game the 1913 acts say: “It shall be unlawful to hunt any kind of game except iyild duck and other water fowl at any time from the 20th day of December to the first day of April of the following year. Anyone guilty of violating any of the provisions of tips section shall on conviction be fined not less than $5 or more than SSO for each offense; provided that nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent the hunting of rabbits between the 20th of December and the tenth day of January of the following year.” This provides a closed season for rabbits from the 10th day of January until the Ist of April. Relative to the quail season the acts say: “Unlawful to hunt, shoot or kill, pursue for the purpose of shooting or killing, or have in his possession, dead or alive, except for breeding purposes, and then only by permission of the commissioner of fisheries and game, any quail or ruffled grouse at any time' from the 20th day of December of any year to the 10th day of November of the following year. Whoever shall violate any of the provisions ofth is section-shall —be— deemed guilty of a misdemeanor apd upon conviction thereof shall be fined $lO for each quail or ruffled grouse so hunted, shot, killed, purchased or possessed.”