Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 263, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1919 — INFORMATION FOR THE HUNTER AND FISHER. [ARTICLE]

INFORMATION FOR THE HUNTER AND FISHER.

i In order that the people who fish, hunt and trap in Indiana may be correctly informed as to • the time •and method by which fish, game and fur-bearing animals may be lawfully taken, x the following data has been sent out by the department of conservation, state of Indiana, fish and game division, and is printed for the benefit of the public. It is ■ being sent out to correct erroneous 'information that has been printed, and to warn the public that the laws covering them are being strictly enforced:

; —? Opon Seasons and Bag Limits for Game. Prairie chicken, Oct. 15 to Nov. 1; bag limit, 5.. • . Quail, Nov. 10 to Dec. 20; bag limit, 15. Ruffed Grouse, ‘ Nov. lO to Dec. 20; bag limit, 15. (Not to exceed 45 qail or ruffed grouse for three or more successive days). •Geese and Brandt, Sept. 16 to Dec. 31; bag limit, 8. •Ducks (except wood ducks) Sept. 16 to Dec. 31? bag limit, 15. •Coot, Sept. 16 to Dec. 31; bag limit, 15. •Gallinules, Sept. 16 to Dec. 31; bag limit, 15. •Golden Plover, Sept. 16 to Dec. 20; bag limit, 15. •Blackbellied Plover, Sept. 16 to Dec. 20; bag limit, 15. •Jacksnipe, Sept. 16 to Dec. 20; bag limit, 15. ♦Wilson snipe, Sept. 16 to Dec. 20; bag limit, 15. •Greater Yellowlegs, Sept. 16 to Dec. 20; bag limit, 15. ♦Lesser Yellowlegs, Sept. 16 to Dec. 20; bag limit 15. (Not to exceed 45 for three or more successive days). ♦Rails, Sept. 1 to Nov. 30; bag limit, 15. ♦Woodcock, Oct. 1 to Nov. 30; bag limit, 6. —♦Closed season between sunset of any day and sunrise of the following morning. There is no open season for doves in Indiana. The state laws on waterfowl apply when same are more stringent than the federal regulations. Beaver, Nov. 20 to Feb. 2. Fox, Nov. 20 to Feb. 2. Opossum, Nov. 20 to Feb. 2. Otter, Nov. 20 to Feb. 2. Raccoon, Nov. 20 to Feb. 2. Skunk, Nov. 20 to Feb. 2. Mink, Nov. 1 to April 1. Muskrat, Nov. 1 to April 1. Squirrels, Aug. 1 to Dec. 1. 'Rabbits, April 1 to Jan. 10. Number and Length Limit for Fish. Length Limit. No. Black Bass inches 12 (Not more than twenty when two or more fish from a boat). Crappies 6 inches 50 Blue Gills 50 Sunfish 50 Trout 7 inches 20 Pickerell2 inches Pike-Perch 12 inches Rock Bass 6 inches Except when exemption is granted by law, every person over 14 years of age, male and female, must take out a license to hunt. Every male and female over 18 must take out a license to fish outside of his own or adjacent county, except that the wife of a man who has a license may fish without taking out such a license, as may also his children under eighteen years of age.