Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 122, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 November 1909 — HUNTING SEASON OPENS; GAME LAWS PUBLISHED. [ARTICLE]

HUNTING SEASON OPENS; GAME LAWS PUBLISHED.

Sportsmen Should Know What the Game Laws Provide and Should Have a Copy of Them In Their Pockets. From now until January the familiar popping of shot guns will be heard all over Hoosierdom. The open season for most kinds of game began Wednesday. The following synopsis of the game laws will prove of value to hunters: You can hunt quail, with dog and gun only, between the tenth day of November and the first day of the following January. You can hunt, destroy or possess ruffed grouse, prairie ehieken or pinnated grouse between the tenth day of November and the first day of the following January. You can not hunt, kill or possess more than fifteen quail in any one day of the ijppen season. You may hunt wild goose, wild duck, brant or other water fowl from the first day of September until the first day of the following April. You can not hunt with dog or- ferrets on any land without first securing the consent of the owner or tenant thereof. You can hunt upon land owned or 'controlled by' yourself without a resident license —elsewhere requires a resident or nonresident license. You can 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 shoot, kill or possess fifteen wild geese, wild duck, brant or other water fowl in any one day of the open season. You can not hunt or pursue wild duck, wild goose, brant or other water fowl in any kind of a boat except a row or push boat,. You can not kill, trap, possess, sell or offer to sell any wild bird. Ypu can not destroy the nests or eggs of any wild bird. y * You may hunt woodcock 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 shoot squirrels from the first day of July until the first' day of the following October. You can not shoot wild deer, buck, doe or fawn, wild turkey or any pheasant of any kind bred in this state, except that owners or controllers of private parks may shoot deer reared therein. You can not shoot any species of game with any kind of firearm on Sunday.