1901 N.D. Laws 133-34
| dc.coverage.spatial | North Dakota | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-24T13:41:38Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-12T15:38:43Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T03:48:57Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1901 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Ch. 70, § 1: Every person who either . . . 5. Shall at any time catch or kill any of the birds permitted to be killed by this act at any time in any other manner than by shooting them with a gun held at the shoulder by a person discharging the same; or 6. Shall at any time set, lay or prepare any traps, snare, net, bird line, medicated, drugged or poisoned food or grain, or swivel gun or any contrivance or device whatever with intent to catch, take, or kill any of the birds in this act mentioned, whether the same are caught or not . . . is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before any justice of the peace of the county, is punishable by a fine of not exceeding ten dollars . . . for each violation of subdivisions 5 or 6 of this section[.] | |
| dc.description.lawtext | § 1. AMENDMENT.] That section 7677 of chapter 72 of the Revised Codes of 1899, be amended to read as follows: § 7677. SHOOTING OR KILLING RESTRICTED. PENALTY.] Every person who either 1. Shoots or kills any prairie chicken, pinnated grouse, sharp tailed grouse, ruffled grouse, or woodcock, between the fifteenth day of October, and the first day of September following, or any song bird or insect-eating bird, except snipe, or plover, at any time, or 2. Shoots, kills, or takes any quail, English or Chinese pheasant or wild swan, until after the first day of September, A. D. 1905, and after that time between the fifteenth day of October and the first day of September following; or 3. Shoots or kills any wild duck between the first day of May and the first day of September following; or 4. Shoots or kills any wild goose, crane, or brant between the first day of May and the first day of September following; or 5. Shall at any time catch or kill any of the birds permitted to be killed by this act at any time in any other manner than by shooting them with a gun held to the shoulder by a person discharging the same; or 6. Shall at any time set, lay or prepare any traps, snare, net, bird line, medicated, drugged or poisoned food or grain, or swivel gun, or any contrivance or device whatever with intent to catch, take or kill any of the birds in this act mentioned, whether the same are caught or not, or make use of any artificial light, battery or any other deception, contrivance or device whatever, with intent to attract or deceive any of the birds in this act mentioned, except decoys and blinds may be used in hunting wild geese, ducks and brants. No person shall at any time hunt or shoot from any boat, canoe or contrivance or device whatever on any waters in this state, between the hours of five p. m. and eight a. m., and no person shall at any time make use of, hunt or shoot from any floating battery, sink boat or sunken tub or any similar device on any of the waters of this state. 7. Wantonly destroys any nest or eggs of any of the birds mentioned in subdivisions 1, 2, 3 or 4 of this section; or 8. Shoots or kills any buffalo, moose, elk, caribou, or mountain sheep, at any time, or any deer between the first day of December and the tenth day of November following; or 9. Shoots, kills, traps or takes any beaver or otter at any time prior to the tenth day of November, A. D. 1905, or thereafter between the tenth day of December and the tenth day of November following; or 10. At any time uses or employs any hound or dog in running or driving any of the animals mentioned in subdivision 8 of this section; or 11. Sets any spring or other gun, trap snare, or other device to kill, wound or destroy any of the animals mentioned in subdivision 8 of this section; or 12. Shoots or kills in any one day more than twenty-five of the game birds mentioned in subdivisions 1, 2, 3 or 4 of this section, or in any one season more than five of the animals mentioned in subdivision 8 of this section, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before any justice of the peace of the county, is punishable by a fine of not exceeding ten dollars, for each of the birds mentioned in subdivisions 1, 2, 3 or 4 of this section, so shot or killed, or nest, or eggs, so destroyed, and for each violation of subdivisions 5 or 6 of this section, and not exceeding one hundred dollars for each animal mentioned in subdivisions 8 and 9 of this section, so shot, killed, trapped or taken, and not exceeding one hundred dollars for each violation of subdivisions 10, 11 or 12 of this section. 13. REPEAL.] All acts or parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. | |
| dc.description.summary | This statute amends North Dakota law to establish strict seasonal restrictions, daily limits, and protected status for various local game birds, songbirds, and large mammals. It restricts legal hunting methods solely to hand-held shoulder guns, banning traps, snares, night-hunting from boats, artificial lights, and dog-assisted big game hunting. Violators are guilty of a misdemeanor and face per-animal fines ranging from up to $10 for birds to up to $100 for big game and method violations. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/4933 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedbyGoogle | https://www.google.com/books/edition/Laws_Passed_at_the_Session_of_the_Legisl/8ixAAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=North+Dakota+Revised+Code&pg=PA284&printsec=frontcover | |
| dc.subject | HUNTING REGULATION | |
| dc.title | 1901 N.D. Laws 133-34 |