1. The majority of the"laMowners of a township (or part of a 

 township) form e. game-protective association. 



2. Hunting is oy association meaters "only. 



- 3. Landowners, tenants,, and their children hunt on their own 

 land without permit or elsewhere in the territory of the association on 

 a 25-cent permit. 



4, Township residents who do not own land ca,n join the association 

 for 50 cents. 



5, Nonresidents of the township "become memhers of the association 

 "by purchase of a permit tag at prices ranging from $2 to $3.50, Depend- 

 ing on the size of the gajne crop, an upper limit of 200 to 350 outsider 



permits to "be sold is estahlished (about 2 for each 50 acres), 



6, Purchase of nonresident permit (permit tag is worn on hunting coat) 

 entitles the holder to hunt on all association lands in the township (us-oally 

 5,000 to 20,000 acres— a map given with permit designates the open areas) dur- 

 ing the 9-day open season (Hovemoer 15-25, one Sunday out) and the kill is 

 restricted to three species: Pheasants, Hungarian partridges, and rabbits. 



7, G-eneral information about the permit holder is recorded, including 

 name, description, residence, and State hunting-license numbeir. 



"8. The landowners' interests a.re protected by forbidding (a) hunting 

 within 500 feet of any building or in standing corn, where a team is at work, 

 (b) destruction of fences or other property, and (c) killing or shboting at 

 protected game. Violation of these regulations results in revoking the permit 

 and. in prosecution. A landowner or tenant usually reserves the ri.ght to" say 

 under what conditions any person or. persons may hunt on his land and to limit 

 the numiber to 6 on each 80' acres if he so desires. 



9, Each township association elects a president and a secretary- 

 treasurer, and all arrangements are made through its officers. Prom 2 to 20 

 enforcement deputies are appointed to minimize violations before, ' during, and 

 after the hunting season, and necessary mimeographing and printing are done. 

 Each landowner is signed up for participation in the coming hiinting season. 

 Refuges and closed areas are posted. Open areas are given "welcome signs". 

 Ref"^ge care, winter feeding, and certain other pheasant-^management work are 

 arranged for. Landowners are encouraged to recognize key pheasant-producing 

 areas and to develop and protect them. 



The advantages of the controlled-hunting system 'may be enumerated as 

 follows: 



1. There is an orderly harvest of the surplus crop each year; 



2. Law violations are minimized. Unscrupulous hunters avoid controlled 

 hunting areas. 



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