Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1917 — Will Have Three Year Closed Season On Quail. [ARTICLE]

Will Have Three Year Closed Season On Quail.

The legislature has passed a law providing that no quail shall be killed in this state during the next three years. There is an exception, however, which permits a landowner to hunt them while on his o;wn land, during the season. For some time only a very few -quan'Kave-WeirTn~4his"section-and this condition seemed to be general all over the state. Reducing the number of days in the open season did not have the desired effect of increasing the number of coveys so the three year law was passed. •