1931 — BIENNIAL REPORT — 1932 



Page Fifteen 



GairMe l^awv ViolMaoes ^ed Arrests 



By J. W. Carney, Helena, Assistant State Game Warden 



VIOLATIONS of 

 Montana's fish 

 and game laws 

 during the biennium 

 w h i c h has just 

 closed have been 

 held in check below 

 the peak established 

 in 1930, when 514 

 ari'ests were made 

 by deputy state 

 game wardens. Re- 

 ports received at 

 headquarters show 

 that in 1931, 455 ar- 

 rests were made by 

 wardens while in 

 1932 the figure in- 

 creased to 45S. The 

 top mark established 



J. W. Carr 



1930 was the largest total of viola- 



tions recorded in the 20 years since 

 this information was tabulated in the 

 department. 



Analysis of statistics shows that the 

 largest number of violations occurred in 

 Lincoln county in 1932 where 49 ar- 

 rests were made. The 1931 record was 

 held by Beaverhead county where 33 

 arrests were made. During 1932 no ar- 

 rests for fish and game law violations 

 were made in 12 Montana counties: 

 Carter, Daniels, Fallon, Garfield, Lib- 

 erty, McCone, Musselshell, Powder 

 River, Prairie, Teton, Treasure and 

 Wibaux. 



Pishing without a license proved the 

 stumbling block for the largest number 

 of offenders, SO being arrested in 1931 

 and S!i in 1932. In former years the 

 largest number of arrests was usually 

 made for shipping furs outside the state 

 without a license. 



With the limited funds at its dispo- 

 sal, the fish and game department is 

 striving to cover the 90,000,000 acres or 

 140,997 square miles included within 

 Montana's boundaries. The official pop- 



ulation of the state in 1930 is given as 

 537,606 or about four people to the 

 square mile, hence the task confronting 

 the small staff of law enforcement of- 

 ficers associated with the department, 

 may be visualized. 



Here's the record of arrests for viola- 

 tion of the fish and game laws during 

 the last 20 years: 



1913 



1923 



403 



>iND GAME LAW VIOLATIONS, 1931-1932 



VIOLATIONS BY COUNTIES 



Alien in possession of firearms without hcense. 



Catching- over the limit of game fish 



Catching more than 5 fish under 7 inches in hi 



Fishing without a license 



Fishing through the ice 



Fishing in closed streams 



Fishing during closed season 



Fishing with more than 1 pole, liii' ami 1 1 



set line 



Hunting without a licen.se 



Hunting on Game Preserve 



Hunting deer with dogs 



Illegal possession of beavi-i- liidt.s ., 

 Killing Bear without lic-iis. 



Killing a moose 



Killing elk out of sea.soii 

 Killing deer out of se:is. m 

 Killing grouse, prairie .In. kin, .i... .-m .-i 



Killing doe deer 



Killing more than one .!• . 



Killing antelope 



Killing fawn 



Killing Chinese M,. .. : - -i, i -.i .,,-.-,, 



Killing deer by n ■ -i i--.' h- M 



Making false .si;H. i.,. M u ,. hiih- ,. i .- .i, i.-r li. .-n 



Opening muskriii li ■;. 



Possession of uni..L-i:. .i ■\.ni...ii 



Possession of a .-..n. will i .i n. ... . 



Salmon eggs. fi.-lniiL \.,ili .m. 

 Snagging fish 



Shipping furs fi-.m. :i;ii. \\iii. ,. j.. iiini 



Shooting ducks alter .sun, . i 

 Shooting ducks after :,. :i - n 1.-. 

 Shooting song birds .. 

 Shooting from public lnt;li\\.i\ 



Blaine 



Broadwater 



Carbon 



Carter 



Cascade 



Chouteau 



Custer 



Daniels 



Dawson 



Deer Lodge 



Fallon 



Fergus 



Judit: 

 Lake 

 Lewi! 

 Liber 



.\lil.el-:il 

 Miss..lll.i 



Park '. 



Petroleui 



Phillips 



Pondera 



Powder 



Powell 



Prairie 



(•lOLATIONS.. 



Teton 



Toole 



Treasure .. 



Valley 



Wheatland 

 Wibau.x .. 

 Yellowstone 



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