Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1911 — WHAT YOU CAN HUNT. [ARTICLE]

WHAT YOU CAN HUNT.

Synopsis of Indiana Game Laws —Get a License If Leaving Your Farm. Many hunting licenses are nowbeing issued, as the season opened for most game November 10. The following .is going the rounds as a synopsis of the game laws that may be useful for reference, and is reproduced in this paper at the request of many Democrat readers : You may hunt quail with dog and gun, between the tenth day of November and the following January. You may hunt, destroy or possess ruffed grouse between the tenth day of November and the first day of the following January. You may not hunt, kill or possess more than fifteen quails in any one day of the open season. You may hunt wild geese, wild ducks, brant or other water fowl from the first day of September until the fifteenth day of the following April.

You may shoot, kill or possess fifteen wild geese, wild ducks, brant or other water fowl in any one day of the open season.

You may not hunt or pursue wild ducks, wild geese, brant or other water fowl in any kind of a boat.

You may not kill, trap, possess, sell or offer to sell any wild birds, except game birds, English sparrows, crows, hawks and other birds of prey.

You may not destroy the nests or eggs of any wild bird. You may hunt woodchocks from the first day of July until the first day of October, and from the tenth day of November until the first day of the following January. You may shoot rabbits from the tenth day of November until the first day of the following October. You may not shoot wild deer, buck or doe or fawn, wild turkey or any pheasant of any kind bred in this state: or any prairie chicken, except that owners or controllers of private parks may shoot deer reared therein. You may npt shoot any species of game with any kind of firearm on Sunday. You may not hunt with dog or ferret on any land without first securing the consent of the owner or tenant therof. You may hunt upon land owned or controlled by yourself without a resident license—elsewhere requires a residence license. You may not hunt any kind of game except . wild duck and other water fowl between the first day of October and the tenth day of the following November. You may not hunt upon any game preserve organized and stocked by the commissioner of fisheries and game, except it be upon your own land, and then you are only allowed to kill rabbits and squirrels in open seasons.