Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-12-02 | Page 10 | Game Protected by the New Federal Regulation

GAME PROTECTED 0! THE NEW FEDERAL REGULATION The new federal migratory bird law has brought about a great increase In Wild elu. ks. ccesr ihoal birds and other water fowl This statement was made to a representative of The Standard by George A. Lawyer, chief game warden of the i nited states, upon lus arrival from the coast. "The Iacey act regulates the Inter-Stale Inter-Stale shipment of game.'.' said Mr. Law-er. Law-er. "and Violation of this law is a federal fed-eral offense. In many cases a huntsman hunts-man will kill an animal in one statu .nd take it to another. This is absolutely upainst the law "Jt is unlawful for hunters to buy, sell or possess migratory birds except as spe- I My permitted b i emulations adopted 1 by the secretary of agriculture Th 1 i lo ed leason on mlgTatory birds is fro.-j j March 10 to September . "The treat) with England made to 4tf aid in the saving of the birds lhat Py m between Canada and tho United States II, rnilv. and the limited season for tbatH n Is in ffeit . j; "Hunting under reculntions Is problhi'. 1 ed one-halt hour before sunrise Huat- j era may hunt, however, until sunset. "Through the elimination of prln 1 shooting, wild birds are now breeding 1 when they ha not nested in mam- j contlnuane..- of the prcse-.v. j spNndid laws without douht will insun I in bun lam ot lepitun Hi "port lor I I manj years io come i: behooves ir-,i j sportsman io see that the laws are prop- j ' erly carried out and obseneel A viola- lion of the federal laws b punishable by a fine not to exceed $500 or the alC 1 ,i n.'iti- of Six months In Jail, or lKlh 1 E The treal uniform iluouchout tin t'nited States. 'There Is one authentic record of TOO canvasbacks and redheads being shot by a. single man on Curtieh Sound, N. Y., j a famous hunting place." .