| Show Rigid Restrictions on Duck Hunting Given By Federal Government Duck WASHINGTON Duck hunters have a n day 30 season I fall faU under what the department announced Friday as rigid and drastic restrictions The biological survey said the control regulations approved by Wallace and President Roosevelt Roose would continue string string- stringent stringent stringent ent restrictions on the hunting of waterfowl In order to cut down the annual kill The restrictions put Into force last year were Intended to bring about a reduction In the kill kUl and they accomplished that purpose the announcement added I Three zones northern intermediate intermediate Intermediate diate and southern were establish establish- established established ed for this season Instead d of the two northern and southern last year Dates for the zones are North North- Northern Northern Northern ern October 10 to November 8 intermediate e November 1 I to 30 southern November 26 to Decem Decem- December December ber December 25 Shooting of redhead and canvas canvas- back canvasback canvas ducks and the Atlantic brant is brantIs prohibited Use of baiting live Uve decoys sink sinh boxes or batteries is prohibited Waterfowl and coot may be hunted in season from 7 a m 4 p m The three-shell three limit on repeat repeat- ing fag repeating shotguns in effect last year Is I continued and shotguns larger I Ithan than No 10 guage are arc prohibited I States In the northern zone are j I Maine Michigan Minnesota sota New Montana North Da- Da Dakota Dakota Da Dakota kota South Dako Dakota Vermont and Wisconsin The Intermediate zone includes Arizona California Colorado Con Con- Connecticut Connecticut Con Connecticut Illinois ls Idaho Indiana Iowa Kansas Kamas Massachusetts ts Ne- Ne Nebraska Ne Nebraska braska Missouri Nevada New Mexico New York Including Long Island Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania ia Rhode Island Utah Washing Washing- Washington Washington Washington ton West and Wyoming States In the southern zone are Alabama Arkansas DeleW Deleware re Flo- Flo rida Flo-rida Georgia Kentucky Louisi- Louisi lana lana kana M Maryland ryland Mississippi New Jersey North Carolina Oklahoma South Carolina Tennessee Texas and Virginia The The dally daily d Uy bag limit and possession posses posses- possession possession sion limit of ten ducks of all kinds was continued The limit of geese and brant remains at four Bag and possession limits on other species are Rails Ralls and gal gal- gallinules gallinules gal except sora soya and coot 15 in the aggregate of all kinds sora soraIS I IS 15 coot 15 snipe snip 15 wo woodcock 4 do doses does es 20 and band tailed filed pigeons 10 The opening date for shooting i mourning doves Is Septem September r 1 Possession of a federal duck stamp on sale at post offices is required by every ery migratory water water- waterfowl waterfowl waterfowl fowl hunter 16 years or over Last years yearb year b regulation which required that blinds be located within feet of the short line was eliminated this season Feder Feder- Federal Feder- Feder Federal Federal al officials explained that this was intended to protect diving deep deep ducks and since canvasbacks can and were on the restricted list this year the regulation was not needed |
