Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 November 1916 — QUAIL SEASON OPENS FRIDAY [ARTICLE]

QUAIL SEASON OPENS FRIDAY

No One Man May Kill More Than Fifteen a Day. The call of the woods and the open fields is beginning to si* many a sportsman in anticipation of the open season for quail hunting, which begins next Friday. Hunting coats and shotguns are being cleaned and made ready for the short season, which closes December 20. Deputy game wardens are reporting to Eugene C. Shireman, state commissioner of fisheries and game, that quail are plentiful, especially in the southern part of the state. Unfortunately for many sportsmen, however, the law limits closely the number of quail that may be bagged to fifteen in one day, and not more than forty-five in one’s possession at any one time is permitted. Another provision makes it 'unlawful to sell any of the bagging, so the only way to get a bite of quail is to be one to kill a bird himself or have a friend that can. Tapping quail or even having a net for the purpose in one’s pos-’ session is unlawful. They must not be shot on Sunday oj between the hours of sunset and runjise. Hunting on land without having obtained the owner’s permission is punishable by a fine or Imprisonment, or both.