OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN 
RULES 
The new regulations prohibit use of live decoys, 
baited water or land, sinkboxes and sneak boats; 
a three-shell limit is placed on auto-loading and 
: repeating shotguns and no shotgun of moi’e than 10- 
gauge can be used. Migratory waterfowl can be 
hunted only during the open season and between the 
hours of 7 o’clock a. m. and 4 o’clock p. m., Standard 
Time. Duck hunters are again required to have a 
federal “duck stamp” affixed to their state hunting 
license. 
GRAIN BAITING PROHIBITED 
No duck club or individual can lawfully feed or 
bait on any part of their shooting property or ad- 
' joining property where as the ultimate object is to 
; attract migratory waterfowl for shooting purposes. 
No person or group of people can lawfully have 
live duck or geese decoys on the ponds or property 
in pens or otherwise to attract other waterfowl dur¬ 
ing the shooting season. 
It is permissible to shoot wild waterfowl that are 
enticed by growing foods, that have been planted 
as long as the matured foods are not beaten off the 
stems or from its pods by human agency but merely 
falls to the ground naturally. There is nothing in 
the regulations that forbid the shooting of migratory 
waterfowl attracted by growing plants. Of course 
in the case grains are used as long as the grain 
[ remains as grain migratory waterfowl could not be 
lawfully shot at the place. Grains are designated 
as corn, wheat, oats or other grain products. 
1 The regulations distinctly prohibit the farmer 
from putting out feed for wild ducks or geese on 
his farm if he or anyone intends to shoot there 
: or in that vicinity. 
It is not permissible to bait on one of ten or more 
lakes within a radius of several miles as long as the 
object is to attract wild waterfowl to the vicinity 
, where shooting is to take place. Therefore, it is 
illegal to place bait for migratory waterfowl in a 
rest pond even though no shooting is permitted on 
the ponds being fed. 
If ponds contain a growth of natural foods of the 
aquatic species and no bait is placed there it is 
permissible to shoot over these ponds. It is highly 
recommended that aquatic food plants be established 
in all waters for they provide food during the shoot¬ 
ing season and throughout the rest of the year pro¬ 
viding the necessary feeding and breeding grounds 
for these birds while migrating or otherwise. Nat¬ 
ural Wild Duck Foods can be lawfully planted on or 
about your shooting grounds. 
Shooting is permitted only within 100 feet of the 
shore line and then only within a natural blind, a 
place of natural concealment not constructed or 
improved upon by human hands or agency. Shore 
line refers to where the waters and land meet at the 
time of shooting period. Islands or artificially con¬ 
structed islands placed there permanently are con¬ 
sidered short lines. Natural Aquatic Vegetation pro¬ 
truding above the water’s surface is considered a 
natural blind. It is permissible to plant natural 
blinds. 
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