Show FEDERAL LAW ON HUNTING Prohibits Shooting of Migratory Fowl After Sunset Sunset South South Dakota Hunters Face Arrest Hunting migratory game birds Is 11 I permitted under federal regulations each day during the open season from half halt nn an hour before sunrise to sun sun- set Persons found hunting between n sunset and ond half nn an hour before sunriSe sunrise sunrise sun sun- rise are arc liable to prosecution prosecution In federal federal fed fed- eral court under the provisions of or Reg Ite- 4 of the migratory bird treaty treaty- I act net regulations A state law recently I passed by the legislature of ot South Dakota Dakota Da Da- kota provides that waterfowl may be shot half an hour after sunset The biological survey of ot the United States Department of Agriculture points out that state legislatures may pass laws laus lawsto to give further protection to migratory migratory migra migra- tory birds if It such laws or regulations do not extend the open seasons for such birds beyond the times prescribed b by the migratory bird trent treaty regu regu- lations Although the state law permits permits per per- mits mils shooting from sunrise to half halt an un hour Jf after sunset a n person so doing mn may be arrested and ond prosecuted under the federal law administered by the theDe De Department of Agriculture |