FOREST AND STREAM, 



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GAME PROTECTION. 



td ol • (;:ini" Ifrotoction," we pre- 

 sent diis week some very much naked for ;iml important infor- 

 mation, nfl ?m do wcll.to hangup for reference 



(setts. —Abstract "/' (Potm f.i'ir.i of 1877..— 'Wood- 

 cock iiiul partridge (ruffed grouse; may be killed between 

 Septemnct 1 and January 1 Following. 



Quail may be killed between November l and Jtinuan l fol- 

 lowing. 



Trapping and birds prohibited entirely 



I'filiiinJ plover luay be killed between J.ulj 15 and January 

 1 following. 



Wood-duck, black-duck. >">d teal may be killed between 

 Beptemhei l and April tG following. 



I'rn.'.hv Cor illegal killing of woodcock, partridge, ciunj.1, Up- 



lover, « .duck, black-duels and teal, twentj nvedal- 



lara .■ $25 for each bird. 



Pcnaltj for killing any undomesticated bird not heforemen- 

 liooed Cexci pi birds of prey, crows, crow-blackbirds, heroes, 

 bittern, wild pitteuns, jays, rail', Wilson's snipe, wild geese, 

 plover, sandpiper and any oj tbe so-called marsH, lunch or 

 shore birds), ten dollars ($10). 



Penalty for destroying or disturbing the crost&oreggsof any 

 tlnd csiit Ucd bird (excapl birds of prej or,- crowd}, ten ool 



Hares rabbits and gray squirrels may be killed between 



Oeioi, r i 1 March i following. Penalty Ear illegal taking 



oi killing, ten dollars - 



No dee. t0 lie killed Ot talon (except one'- own lame deer) 



until 1880 Penalty for illegal taking or killing, one biindred 

 dollars Mini 



All forfeitures 1.0 be paid one-half to thcinforniant or prose. 

 cutor, tmd one-half to the city or town win re the offense is 

 committed, 



Trout and land-locked salmon may be taken by hook and 



1 nh. between April 1 and October 1 following. Penalty 



for dleiial taking, leu dollars ( slO). 



Black bass uoaj be taken witb hook and line only, between 

 June i and December i following. Penalty lor illegal taking, 

 twenty dollars ($30). 



'• evidence to convict. 



* Con- ■•■ rrtford, June 20. -The Hartford Game 



nthusiastie meeting at the office of 

 Mr.'l.. B. Jewell w: 



Met 



. P. Je 



id Mr, H. 



B. Bei 

 ittee (lis 

 in nape 



It 

 fars of 



m the 



last lot 



Of the 



,n for 



It 





through 



•clleni condition, 

 coming months 



e law, and a re- 

 leading to con- 



nerally conceded 



,vcre as near per- 



fill be 



• permitted in this State after July 1, 



,11 kinds of birds extends to October 



■idlv enforced The, law regulating 



'til Oct. 1st was thoroughly dis- 



appointed chairman, 

 was voted that the executive coiu 

 the game law and publish then; 

 State The finances of the club I 

 it was voted Co expend the money 

 in the prosecution nt all offenders 

 ward of $10 is to be offered for 

 viction of violators Of the same, 

 that I he laws p 

 fl el as could b 



No trout tisl 



and the close s 



I. which laws 



the shooting of woodcock 



cussed, and contrary view 



pot-hunter) which appear 



bag, which says; 



■■The law prohibiting the killing of woodcoct 

 later, is useless and improper. The woodcock is a n' 

 bird. They breed bere and at the north of us. and pa 

 southerly as the young ones grow up. If nut killed in Con- 

 necticut, they will be in New Fork, New jersey, and Penn- 

 sylvania, and the number killed in Connecticut would never 

 Spake any difference with the supply of the. birds." 

 The fact of it is that the woodcock is not so much of a mi- 

 •oplc suppose, and arc lobe found nil through 

 loher and November. The laws of the States 

 ut prohibit the shooting of woodcock until 

 daome later, except in the case of Long Island, 



thcllai 



„ la; 



July, and 



nvgi-.uig 



gral'-ry bird 



tin months i 

 around Com 

 September 1 



w Inch for 81 

 in- the in, 



blue birds 

 flesh is nc 





ih 



i August the 



mch 



mad. 



ad < 



iditi. 



be inioiher consideration with 



It was also voted to ernpo 

 employ three detectives or more, 

 lation of the game laws. Then 

 cut State Poultry sock;; 

 the coming poultry exhibition in 

 feiTcd to the executive e.ommitu 



It was the general sense of the 

 hold meetings monthly. 



Dr G. C.'.kirvls, S.J. Bcstor 

 pointed :i committee to report or 

 dinancc requiring the police rej 



until del. 

 ;pr. 



ulting, 



Di 



irger than 

 thai their 

 t ought to 



tec to 



re convictions for 

 is from the Connect i- 

 M-iposi d dog show at 

 y at the rink, were re- 



i that the club should 



and H 

 the ad 



T. Bperry were ap- 

 sability of a city or- 

 ation of dogs, something 

 informal talk about hy- 

 ,1 thin thoroughbred ani- 

 nostly confined to misera- 

 l are not cared for bv any- 

 will take good care of 



like the New Haven syste: 



drophobia the opinion was c\pr 



mals rarely have the dif 



ble, mangy curs of low degree v 



body. The owner of a valuable dog -wlJi take good 



him. The street onrsoughi to be exterminated. 



Alter the adjournment of the meeting a friendly di 

 was had regarding the merits and demerits of the Foeest and 

 Siki.am & Rod ami (jiN, and it was the unanimous opinion 

 that the. elevation of field spoils and the protection of tish and 

 game could not be in belter hands. T. S. S. 



itt'i'T.— The ollicers of the recently organized Mid- 

 uity Game and Fish Protective Association are as 



follows : 



President, Dr. Joseph W. Also] 

 Coffin, Middlelown; Isaac Arnold 

 East Hampton ; Joseph Hall, Portli 

 0. r.r.iatch: Treasurer. Captain CI 

 tive Committee, the president and 



and Samuel llusseli and Augustus Putnam ; Counsel, S. H. 

 .Robinson. 



club ha 



: Vice-Presidents, O. V. 

 Had dam; W. G. Buell, 

 ad : Secretary, Major J. 

 arles W. Harris; Execu- 

 te-president, ex offl® 



which 



caused notices to be post- 

 ouod about, otTering a te- 

 ill lead to the conviction of 

 trout laws. The hunting of wood- 

 s prohibited except in October, Nov- 

 [ the taking of troul is confined to the 



years ago some prominent public 

 law of Kansas and were arrested 

 ftrned •.'.nether they wen- , Ulnd 



from the Toronto (Canada) Globe, 



—The Hartford garni 

 cd conspicuously in ll 



violators of the game an 

 : iail and partridg 

 ember and Del ember : a 

 time between April 15th 

 Canada.— Some thri 

 officials violated Lhi gan 

 therefor We have not 

 or not, but we do know. 



that Lord Punraven, who violated the game laws when in 

 ) the fine imposed 



Buffalo in th<- British Xorlinnsi. Territorial. —A very im- 

 paased is that for the protection of the 

 bull ll ». the main purpose of which is. without depriving the 

 Indians of their food supply or the market of robes, to stamp 

 out the vicious practice of wantonly destroying the fast-di 

 minisbtng herds. It provides that no cull of either sex under 

 two years old may be killed by any one. No cows may be 

 hnnted or destroyed between the 15th of November in any 

 year and the 15th of August following, except by the Indiana; 

 who are permitted to kill them for time months longer Hum 

 other persons, that is to say up to the. 15th of February. 



\ iKoiMA. -The law provides. 



1. That it shull not be lawful for any person to kill or cap- 

 lure, or offer for sale or boy. any partridge or quail between 

 the Orel day of February and the first day of Octobor of each 

 \var. within this Stale"; nor shall It DO lawful to capture 

 partridges til any lime by means of nets or traps of any kind. 



;\ Any person offending against the provisions of this act 

 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof 

 in any conn or before a justice of the peace, shall be lined 

 twenty dollars for eaoh offense, and shall be imprisoned till 

 said fine is paid, but not exceeding thirty days. The posses- 

 sion of imv bird or deer within ihc prohibited period lr 

 Honed in this act shall bo held conclusive evidence of its - 

 hit ion, and subject the person in possession to its penalties 



MTjssoBHr. — The game law of Missouri prohibits killing or 

 capturing or injuring game as follows: 



Deer between January 15 tuid Beptemberl. Wild turkey 

 between March 1 and September li. PraSric chicken between 

 February I and Augnsl 16, or pheasant or mini! from Febru- 

 ary i to October 15. Woodcock bet ween January 10 



July I. Turtle doves, meadow lark, or plover between Feb- 

 rna'n 1 and August I. 



The above are the kinds of game which it is unlawful to 

 kill between the days given- audit is unlawful to kill anv 

 song bird or inseci -eating bird at any lime. Their kill- 

 ing is positively prohibited— except Hint the owner of prem- 

 ises may kill them in the act of destroying fruits, grapes or 

 honey bees. 



ll is also unlawful to trap or net, or by pens or pits, to cap- 

 ture quail or prairie chickens, or to destroy, rob Or injure 

 their nests, or the nests of any wild bird whatever. Such are 

 the general provisions of the law, and apply to all hunters of 

 all kinds and descriptions. 



'I hen come the exceptions to these general provisions, which 

 are as follows . 



A person may take the game birds when it is lawful to kill 



his own premises for his own or the family use. and 



may net quail Or prairie chicken or may trap them for that 



purpose, but only then and only on his own premises. The 



law docs not apply to destroying the nest of hawk. owl. e 

 Brother bird of prey, nor to the person wdio kills a bird for 

 the purpose of having its skin stuffed '"' for the scientific pur- 

 pose of studying its habits and bistorj . 



It shall be unlawful for any person to purchase or sell, or 

 have in his possession any animal or bird forbidden, or any 

 fresh pieces or parts of them, within the prohibited perio 

 And if iu the seasou allowed for killing, any person offers 

 sell or has in possession any quail orprairie chicken that h. 

 not gunshot marks on it it will betaken as pr&smfade evidence 

 that it has been unlawfully killed— or in other words netted 

 or trapped. 



It is also unlawful for any railroad, steamboat, express com- 

 pany, or any corporation or individual to have game out of 

 season in their possession or to transport it. 



The penalty for violation is a fine not exceeding $20 for 

 killing, robbing nests, having in possession— or any violation 

 of the law, "Whatever. And prosecutions may be had before 

 justices of the peace, police justice, recorder, or any officer, 

 court having jurisdiction in misdemeanors'. One-half the 

 fine goes to the school fund, and one-half to the in 

 former. It is made the duly of all constables, marshals. 

 market-masters and police officers to arrest all persons found 

 violating the act and lake them before an officer. authorized 

 to try them. 



It is further unlawful for any person not a resident of Mis- 

 souri to take or kill any deer, wild turkey, prairie chickei 

 pluasant. quail, woodcock, goose, brant, duck or snipe in an 

 count v of the State for marketing or removing from the Stat 

 ■ under a penalty of not less than $10 normore than %W, 



And finally no person shall enter upon the inclosure of all- 

 ot hci person to catch or kill game of any kind without the 

 owners consent, under a penalty not to exceed $10, 



Illinois Game Law. — Below is a synopsis of the new game 

 law, which took effect July 1 : Trairie chickens and wood- 

 cocks are protected between lite lath of January and the first, 

 day of September. Deer, turkeys and pheasants are protect- 

 ed between the 1st day of February and the 1st of October. 

 Quail between the 1st. day of February and the 1st day of No 

 vcmber. It is made unlawful to net. quail at any time. Wild 

 geese, ducks, snipe, brant, or other water fowfaro protected 

 between the 1st day of May and the 15th day of August, it 

 is made unlawful for a non-resident of the State to kill or trap 

 in any manner any of the above named birds or animals in any 

 county or this State, at any time, for the purpose of selling 

 or marketing or removing the same outside the State. 



Ai.ai-.ama.— Alabama litis a game law prohibiting the killing 

 of any kind of game between April 1st and October 1st. 



Wisconsin. A very wise. act. preventing the destruction of 

 birds, was passed last winter by the legislature. Any one kill. 

 ing a bluchird. robin, swallow, meadow lark, or any insect 

 devouring bird, can be lined one dollar for thelirsi Offense and 

 five dollars for the second. 



Tin-. Louisiana Game Law. — The game law of Louisiana, 

 which was approved April 18th provides us follows: 



Thai it shall be unlawful in that State to catch, kill or pur- 

 sue with Buch intent any wild buck, doe or fawn, or to have 

 the same in possession after it has been caught or killed, be- 

 tween the lir.-l day or February and the tirsl. day of August of 

 each year, under a penalty of $35 for each offense; any wild 

 turkey, between the Brst day of April and the first day of 

 September in each year, under a penalty of not less than $6 

 por more than $35 for each offense ; any quail, partridge or 

 pheasant, between the first day of April and the fifteenth day 

 of September iu each year, under g penalty of nof less than$5 

 nor more than $35 for each offensej any wtnppoorwill, spamm 

 finch, oriole, bluebird, swallow, nighihawk or blackbird, ex- 

 cept, when the same shall be de: struct iv, to the fruit or grain 

 crop, under a penalty of not less than $5 normore than $35 

 for each offense. 



That no person shall rob or destroy the nests or eggs of any 



wild bird whatsover, save only those of a predatory nature or 



■•■'ivoi-oiis bird.:, under a penalty of 



npt less thau $5 nor more than $35 for each oil . 



Timt i"i person shall n! rip . ;iei. kill or pmw, with s, ? ob 



intent, or have the sa in possession at any lime during the 



year, any song bird, especially the mocking hud. except do- 

 mesticated birds, except the birds be entrapped or uctl ■ 

 the purpose, of domestication, under a penal i j of nol less than 



$5 nor mot :,n |36 for each offense, excepl when Uie bhi io 



shall prove destructive to the fruit or grain props. 



Thai ll any animals 'or birds inn ndcil to be 



protected by this act, within tbe periods for which their kill- 

 ing or pursuit is prohibited, excepl such as arc domesticated, 

 shall be priimjneia evidence that the said animal oi bird W$s 

 unlawfully caught Ot killed anil (he possession ihercol un- 

 lawful. 



That any person exposing for sale anv of the animals or 

 birds intended to be protected by this act within the peri, id 



:'•■! which th.' taking and killing is hereby prohibited, shall 

 for each animal or bird bo exposed for sale, except such as 

 are domestical ed, he subject to the same penalty as provided 

 for Ihe unlawful killing or taking of such animal' or bird. 



That the unlawful killing, catching or possession of each 

 ami e\ei\ urn of the animals or birds intended to be protected 



by this ad shall constitute a separate and distincl offense, and 

 shall be punishable accordingly ; and two ormoro offenses may 

 be joined in Ihe same warranl or indictment therefor, and the 

 person so offending if convicted shall be fined for each offense. 

 That no person shall at anv time dining the period lotbid- 

 den by this act, kill or take any Of the animals or birds intended 

 to be protected hv this acl bv means ol any trap, snares or 

 other like device, under a penalty of not loss than $5 nor cudc 

 than $35 for each animal or bird' so trapped, snared or taken; 



provided, nothing contained in thiB act shall apply to migra- 

 tory birds or fowls. 



That all transportation companies, steamboats, railroads or 

 other public carriers, of whatsoever charax tef, are bi reby pro. 

 hibiled from transporting anv game bird or animal mentioned 

 iu Ihis act during I he period provided for IJiC- protection Of such 

 game bird or animal, under a penally of not less than $0 nor 

 more than $25 for each offense. 



That any person convicted of violation of the provisions of 

 this act failing to pay the penalty or penalties prescribed here- 

 in, shall be imprisoned in the parish [ail for a period of not 

 less than ten nor more than thirty days. 



That all acts and violations of Uiis law denominated as 

 offenses in the foregoing sections, shall be and are herebv de- 

 clared to be crimes against the Stale of Louisiana, mid it shall 

 be the duty of all district-attorneys and district- attorneys pro 

 tempore of the State to prosecute before any court of competent 

 jurisdiction all off eudere and persons, committing misdemeanors 

 under the provisions of this act. 



This act took effect the first day of June. IS77. 



Tin: Nkvv Gami; Law fob FlOuiii.v.— The following law 

 was passed February 37, 1877, and first published on May ! : 



Section 1, That no person shall, at any time between tbe 

 first day of April and the lirst day of September, hunt, kill, 

 or capture any deer, buck, doe. or fawn, wild turkey, quail, 

 or partridge, or mocking-bird, nor destroy the nests, eggs, or 

 partridge, or mocking-bird; and any person so offending 

 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon con- 

 viction, shall be fined not exceeding $20 for each offense, and 

 in default of payment of said fine shall he confined in the 

 county jail not exceeding ten days; provided, however, that 

 nothing in this act shall be so constructed as to deprive any 

 person of the right to hunt on bis or her own lands, or to 

 protect their crops from depredations made by said deer, 

 buck, doe or fawn, or wild turkey; and it is further pro- 

 vided, that this law shall not take effect in any county in 

 this State until theCounly Commissioners shall have published 

 the same in such county where the law is to take effect. 



California. — The San Francisco Pacific Life gives the 

 latest revision of the game law in California, as follows ; 



The close season for salmon commenced August 1 and ex- 

 tends to November 1, Under the law passed at the last 

 session of the Legislature it is made a misdeameanor to catch, . 

 transport or have in possession fresh salmon during this period. 



The penalty for a violation of the law is fr if 50 to $200, 



and this is "divided between the informer, the prosecuting 

 attorney and the school fund of ihe county. 



Every person who, between the 1st. day of January and the 

 Isl day of September of each year, lakes, kills or destroys 

 any elk. deer, mountain sheep or 'antelope, is guilty of S mis- 

 demeanor; aud every person who shall lake, kill or destroy 

 any of the animals herein mentioned, at any time, unless Ihe 

 carcass of such animal is used or preserved by the persona 

 .slaving it, or is sold for food, is guilty of a misdemeanor. 

 Any person catching or having in his possession, or offering 

 lor sale, shad, at any time prior to the tirsl Monday of Dec, 

 A. o. 1877, is guilty of a misdemeanor. 'the following 

 counties are excepted from tbe provisions of this section : Del 



None. Humboldt, Shasta and Mendocino. 



BettiOH ()2ti of tiie Penal Code was amended last winter to 

 read as follow : Every person who, in the counties of San 

 Bernardino or Los Angeles, between tbe first day of April of 

 any year and the first flay of August of the same year, or who 

 in any other of the counties of this Slate, excepting Ihc 

 counties of Lassen, Plumas and Sierra, between the fifteenth 

 day of March and the fifteenth day of September in each 

 year, takes, kills or destroys quail, partridge, or grouse, mal- 

 lard, wood, teal, spoonbill, or any kind of broadbill ducks, is 

 guilty of a misdemeanor. 



See. 081. Every person who, between the fifteenth day of 

 October in each year and the first day of April in the follow- 

 ing year, takes or catches any trout is guilty of a misde- 

 meanor. 



Sec. 633. Every person who, in the counties of Santa ( lara. 



Alpine, Santa Cruz, Lake San Mateo, Monniey. s ma, 



Tuolumne, Alameda, Marin, Placer, Nevada, Pluma, Sierra, 

 San Luis Obispo, Solano, Mariposa, Mendocino or Napa, «t 

 any time, takes or catches any troul except wit h hook and 

 line is guilty of a misdemeanor. 



Sec. 033. Every person who lakes, oatchesor kills any trout 

 by t he us-- of nets, weirs, baskets, or traps is guilty of a mis 

 demeanor. 



The penalty for the violation of the law is as follows : 



Except in cases where a different punishment is prescribed 

 by the code, every offense declared to be a misdemeanor is' 

 punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding 



\ months or by n fine not exceeding $-">(i(>. or In both. 



The Board of Supervisors of Santa Cruz County, at their 



eeting on the first Monday in August, changed the deer law 



that hunters may kill deer from the 15th of August to the 

 1st of January, instead of (as heretofore) from "the 1st of 

 September to the 1st, of Janurary. 



A new rule of ihe Sportsmen's Club prohibits one rod in a 

 day's fishing taking more than twenty-four ||oiit iu Lako 

 ' ui'tv iu LtiKc Pihiratot 



