86 FISH AND GAME LAWS. 



BLACK BASS and WALL-EYED PIKE, from Maj 1st to 

 Feb. 1st. 



BROOK TROUT, from April 15th to Aug. 15th. 



It is unlawful to take or catch Brook Trout by any means or 

 device other than hook and line. 



Under special enactment, in Ashland, Bayfield and Douglass 

 counties, the open season is from April 1st to Sept. 15th. In Monroe 

 county, fish must not be taken by any device except spear, hook 

 and line or angling. In Devil's Lake, Sauk county, it is unlaw-ful to 

 place set or float lines, and to cast a fly for taking fish in April, May 

 and June. 



State laws relating to fish and game do not apply to such places 

 within the State as have in force penal laws of a local character, 

 conflicting therewith and applicable to same subject. 



MUSKALONGE may be caught at any time. 



Minnesota* 



WILD GAME may be killed in the State of Minnesota only 

 during the seasons stated below: 



WOOD-COCK, from July 3d to Nov. 1st. 



aUAIL, PHEASANT or RUFFED-GROUSE, and PART- 

 RIDGE, from Oct. 1st to Jan. 1st. 



PRAIRIE-CHICKEN and SHARP-TAILED GROUSE, from 

 Aug. 15th, to Oct. 1st. 



DUCKS and GEESE, from Sept. 1st to May 15th. 



DEER and ELK, from Dec. 1st to 15th. 



The game laws prohibit breaking up or destroying the nests 

 or eggs of game birds and all harmless birds, except wild i^igeons 

 and blackbirds; also the taking of game birds, the killing or trap 

 ping of any kind, in any manner, except shooting with a gun. 



If game is found in possession of individuals or transportation 

 companies out of season, it is considered sufficient evidence for con- 

 viction of violation of the game laws. Exportation from the State 

 of all game birds is prohibited. 



Hunters are forbidden to enter fields containing growing crops, 

 not their own, with hunting imiDlements or dogs, without permis- 

 sion of the owner of the premises, under penalty of punishment 

 for trespass. 



