Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1895 — THE QUAIL AND PHEASANT LAW. [ARTICLE]

THE QUAIL AND PHEASANT LAW.

Numerous exchanges have been quoting a long extinct law concerning the killing of quail and pheasants, which makes Oct. 1 the date after which these birds may be lawfully killed or had in possession. This is much in error, as the following quotation from the revised statutes of 1893 "wOl show: Section 2209, revised statutes: Whoever shoots or destroys, or pursues for the purpose of shooting or destroying, or has in his possession any quail or pheasants during the period from the Ist day of January of any year to the 10th day of November of the same year, shall be iiacd in the sum of $2 for each quail or pheasant killed, acd $1 for each quail or pheasant so pursued or had id his possession.