GAME LAWS FOR UNITED STATES AND CANADA

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1 GAME LAWS FOR UNITED STATES AND CANADA Open Seasons and Bag Limits for Principal Game with an Abstract of the New Federal Law ALABAMA Wild turkey gobbler Dec. 1 to March 31; quail Nov. 1 to Feb. 28; sandpiper, curlew protected; geese, brant, ducks, rails, coots, mudhens, woodcocks, other shore birds Sept. 1 to March 14; snipe; plover Nov. 1 to April 30; pheasants Nov. 15 to Dec. 14; deer, Nov. 1 to Dec. 31; squirrels Oct. 1 to Feb. 28. Bag limit 1 deer per season, 2 turkey gobblers, 25 game birds of any other species per day. ARIZONA Deer, turkey Sept. 15 to Nov. 30; quail, partridge, grouse, pheasant, snipe, rail Oct. 15 to Jan. 31; ducks, geese, brant, rabbits no closed season; elk, mountain goat, sheep protected. Bass, crappie Sept. 1 to Nov. 30. Bag limits 3 deer per season; 25 quail per day; 20 lbs. or 40 individual bass or crappies, hook and line fishing only. ARKANSAS Quail Nov. 1 to Feb. 28 (exceptions Columbia, Carroll, Lafayette and Grant counties Dec. 10 to Jan. 31) ; partridge Nov. 1 to Feb.28; deer Sept. 1 to Jan. 31 (exceptions Chicot County Oct. 1 to Jan. 31; Desha County, Oct. 1 to Dec. 31); wild turkey Sept. 1 to April 30 (exceptions Chicot County Feb. 1 to May 15) ; grouse (prairie chicken) Nov. 1 to Nov. 30 (protected in Prairie County) ; pheasant protected; squirrel county laws. CALIFORNIA State divided into seven hunting districts: Deer Dist Aug. 15 to Oct. 31 (closed Aug. 12, 13 and 14 in San Joaquin County); Dist.' July 1 to Aug. 31 (Aug 1 to Aug. 31 in Sonoma, Marin, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz Counties; Aug. 11 to Aug. 31 in Santa Barbara, Humboldt and Del Norte Counties) ; Dist. 6 Aug. 15 to Sept. 15; wild duck, shore birds (except Wilson snipe, plover, curlew) Dist Oct. 1 to Feb. 28; Dist Oct. 15 to Feb. 28; Wilson snipe, plover, curlew Nov. 15 to April 30; black sea brant (except Dist. 1) Nov. 1 to March 15; Dist. 1 Oct.1 to March 31; desert and valley quail (except Dist. 6) Oct. 15 to Feb. 15; Dist. 6 Oct. 15 to Nov. 15; mountain quail, grouse, sagehen Sept. 1 to Nov. 30; rail Nov. 1 to Nov. 30; rabbits Aug. 1 to Jan. [754] 31 ; tree squirrels Sept. 1 to Dec. 31 (no closed season in Mendocino County) ; trout (except steelhead) Dist. 1-4 May 1 to Nov. 30; Dist. 2 April 16 to Oct. 31; Dist. 3-7 May 1 to Oct. 31; Dist. 5-6 April 1 to Oct. 31 (exceptions) ; steelhead trout April 1 to Nov. 30; black bass Dist June 1 to Dec. 31; dist. 2 July 1 to March 31; Dist. 3 May 1 to Dec. 31; Dist. 4 May 1 to Nov. 30. Bag limits deer, 2 per year; ducks, brant, 25 per day, 50 per week; shore birds, snipe, plover, curlew, desert and valley quail, rail, 20 per day; mountain quail, 10 per day; grouse, sagehens, 4 per day; rabbits, 15 per day; squirrels, 12 per season; black spotted trout, 20 per day; other trout, 50 fish or 10 lbs. and one fish per day; steelhead trout 50 fish or 30 lbs. per day; black bass 25 fish per day. COLORADO Elk, deer, mountain sheep, antelope, wild turkeys, quail, pheasants, bass, catfish, walleyed pike protected; prairie chickens, mountain and willow grouse Aug. 15 to Oct. 10; ducks, geese, brant, swans, cranes, plovers, other wading, marsh and shore birds and water fowls Sept. 1 to April 20; sage chickens Aug. 1 to Sept. 1; curlews, yellow-legged snipe Aug. 1 to April 20; doves Aug. 15 to Aug 31 ; whitefish Oct. 1 to May 1; trout, grayling in running streams May 25 to Oct. 31; in lakes not over 7,500 ft. altitude May 1 to Oct. 31; in lakes at altitude over 7,500 ft. June 1 to Oct. 31. Bag limits 20 birds in aggregate of all kinds per day; 20 lbs. fish per day. CONNECTICUT Deer protected; squirrels Oct. 8 to Nov. 23; hares, rabbits Oct. 8 to Dec. 31; wood duck protected; wild ducks, geese, brant, swans Sept. 1 to Dec. 31; quail, woodcock, ruffed grouse, pheasants, Hungarian partridges Oct. 8 to Nov. 23 ; rail shore birds, sand piper, plover, snipe Sept. 12 to Dec. 31; woodcock protected until 1918; lake trout May 1 to Sept. 30; black bass July 1 to, April 30; pickerel May 1 to Feb. 28. Bag limits quail, woodcock, grouse, pheasants, partridge, 5 per day or 36 per year; shore birds, snipe, 50 per day; rail, 35 per day; lake trout, none less than ten inches.

2 GAME LAWS FOR UNITED STATES AND CANADA 755 DELAWARE Hares, rabbits, squirrels, quail, partridge, pheasant, woodcock Nov. 15 to Dec. 31; reedbird, rail, summer duck Sept. 1 to Oct. 31; wild geese, ducks, brant Oct. 1 to March 15; bass, pike, pickerel May 20 to Nov. 30. Bag limits 'quail, partridge, pheasants, reedbirds, wild geese, brant, 20 birds per day, except rail, the limit of which is 75; hares, rabbits, 20 per day; squirrels, 6 per day. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Hunting prohibited. Black bass, crappies May 30 to March 31; striped bass no closed season. FLORIDA Deer Nov. 1 to Jan. 31; turkey, quail, partridge Nov. 1 to Feb. 28 ; ducks Oct. 1 to March 31; shad Dec. 1 to March 31. Bag limits turkey, 2 per day, 5 per season; quail, partridge, 20 per day. (New laws not yet published, but information, from Secretary of State advises that open season for any game is from Nov. 20 to Feb. 20.) GEORGIA Quail, partridge, doves, turkey gobblers, plovers Dec. 1 to March 1; snipe Dec 1 to May 1; woodcock, wood duck Dec. 1 to Jan. 1; deer, squirrels Oct. 1 to Jan. 1; pheasant, grouse protected ; opossum Oct. 1 to March 1. Bag limits 3 deer per year; 3 turkeys per year; 25 game birds per day; 40 snipe or doves per day. IDAHO Deer, elk, mountain sheep, mountain goat Sept. 1 to Nov. 30 (elk in Fremont and Bingham counties Sept. 1 to Dec. 31; Bonner, Kootenai, Shoshone, Latam, Nez Perce, Clearwater, Idaho counties protected until 1916; deer in Bonner, Kootenai, Shoshone, Latam, Nez Perce, Clearwater, Idaho counties Sept. 20 to Dec. 20) ; moose, buffalo, antelope, caribou, imported pheasants, prairie chickens, pinnated grouse protected; sagebirds, turtle doves July 15 to Nov. 30 (Fremont County Aug. 15 to Nov. 30) ; quail Nov. 1 to Nov. 30; partridge, pheasants, grouse (north of Salmon River) Sept. 1 to Nov. 30; south of Salmon River Aug. 15 to Nov. 30; ducks, geese, snipe, plover Sept. 1 to Jan. 31; fish (ex- :ept trout) no closed season; trout May 1 to March 31. Bag limits Elk, mountain sheep, mountain goat, 1 per season; deer, 2 per season; sagehens, partridge, pheasants, grouse, 12 per day; doves, ducks, snipe, plover, 24 per day; quail, 18 per day; geese, 4 per day; fish, 20 lbs. per day. ILLINOIS Deer, wild turkey, pheasant, partridge protected until 1923; bob white, quail Nov. 11 to Dec. 9; prairie chicken, Nov. 11 to Nov. 24; ruffed grouse, quail, Hungarian partridge, capercailzie, black (or heath) grouse, woodcock protected until July 1, 1920; squirrels July 2 to Nov. 14; shorebirds, snipe, plover Sept. 2 to April 30; wild geese, ducks, brant, coot, rail, other water fowl Sept. 2 to April 14; fish no closed season for rod and line at any time. Bag limits quail, 12 per day; prairie chicken, 3 per day; squirrels, shore birds, snipe, plover, ducks, 15 per day; wild geese, brant 10 per day; coot, rail, other water fowl, 20 per day. INDIANA Deer, wild turkey, pheasant, prairie chicken, Hungarian partridge protected ; quail, ruffed grouse Nov. 10 to Dec. 20; geese, ducks, brant Sept. 1 to April 15; squirrels July 1 to Nov. 1; woodcock July 1 to Jan. 1. Bag limits quail, grouse, geese, ducks, brant, 15 per day, 45 per season. IOWA Prairie chicken Sept. 1 to Nov. 30; woodcock July 10 to Dec. 31; ruffed grouse, quail, wild turkey Nov. 1 to Dec. 14; ducks, geese, brant, rail, plover Sept. 1 to April 15; squirrels Sept. 1 to Dec. 31; deer, elk protected; pheasant protected until 1915; salmon and trout April 15 to Sept. 30; bass, pike, pickerel, crappies May 15 to Dec. 1. Bag limits fish, 20 per day of a kind and no more than a total of 40; birds, 25 of a kind per day; squirrels, 25 per day. KANSAS Fox squirrels Sept. 1 to Jan. 1 (other squirrels protected) ; antelope, deer, quail, prairie chicken, Hungarian partridge, imported pheasants protected ; geese, brant, ducks Sept. 1 to April 15 ; plover Aug. 1 to April 30; snipe Sept. 1 to April 30; fish no closed season with rod and line. Bag limits snipe, 12; plover, 20; ducks, 20; geese, 6; brant, 6. KENTUCKY Deer Sept. 1 to March 1; squirrels June 15 to Sept. 15, and Nov. 15 to Feb. 1; rabbits Nov. 15 to Sept. 15; wild turkey Sept. 1 to Feb. 1; quail, partridge, pheasant Nov. 15 to Jan. 1; pheasant (imported) protected; woodcock June 20 to Feb. 1; geese, wood duck and other ducks Aug. 15 to April 1; doves Aug. 1 to Feb. 1. LOUISIANA Doves, wood ducks Sept. 1 to March 1; ducks, geese, brant, rails, curlew, plover Oct. 1 to March 1; wild turkey (gobblers) Nov. 15 to April 1; teal ducks, snipe, sand pipers Sept. 15 to April 1; Florida ducks or black mallards Aug. 1 to March 1; woodcock Nov. 15 to Feb. 1; quail Nov. 15 to March 1; prairie chickens, kildeer, pheasants protected until 1915; squirrels July 1 to March 1; deer (territory above lower line of Vernon, Rapids, Avoyelles and Concordia parishes) Sept. 16 to Jan. 15; balance Sept. 1 to Dec. 31; fish no closed season for rod and line. Bag limits 25 ducks, doves, 50 snipe, 15 other game birds per day; 10 squirrels per day; 5 deer per season; 25 bass and crappie, 100 perch and sunfish per day.

3 756 OUTING MAINE Caribou protected; bull moose Nov. 1 to Nov. 30; deer Oct. 1 to Dec. 15 (exceptions); rabbits Sept. 1 to March 31; gray squirrels Sept. 1 to Oct. 31; partridge (ruffed grouse), spruce partridge, woodcock Sept. 15 to Nov. 30; ducks Sept. 1 to Dec. 31; plover, snipe, sandpiper Aug. 1 to Nov. 30; Hungarian partridge, capercailzie, black game, pheasants protected; landlocked salmon, trout, togue (in lakes and ponds) from time ice is out until Sept. 30 (exceptions) ; (in brooks, streams, rivers) from time ice is out until Sept. 15; white perch, black bass June 15 to Sept. 30. Bag limits bull moose, 1 per season; deer, 2 per season; partridge, 5 per day; woodcock, ducks, snipe, 10 per day; plover, 5 per day; sandpipers, 50 per day; 25 fish or 15 lbs; non-residents may transport out of state: 1 moose, 2 deer, 15 ducks, 10 woodcock, 10 partridge. MARYLAND County laws. (The laws for Maryland vary so much with the different counties that they cannot be given in full here. However, we shall be pleased to give any detailed information upon request.) MASSACHUSETTS Deer protected (licensed hunters may kill from third Monday of November to sunset of following Saturday) ; gray squirrel Oct. 12 to Nov. 12; rabbit Oct. 15 to Feb. 28; quail, ruffed grouse, woodcock Oct. 12 to Nov. 12; pheasants, gray partridges, wood duck protected ; ducks, geese, brant Sept. 15 to Dec. 31; plover, snipe, rail, marsh birds Aug. 1 to Nov. 30; black bass June 21 to March 30; pickerel May 1 to Feb. 28; salmon, trout Aug. 1 to March 31. Bag limits ruffed grouse, 3 per day, 15 per year; quail, woodcock, 4 per day, 20 per year; ducks, geese, brant, 15 per day; squirrel, 5 per day, 15 per year. MICHIGAN Moose, elk, caribou protected; deer Nov. 10 to Nov. 30 (protected in some counties) ; rabbits Sept. 1 to March 1; squirrels protected until 1915; quail, pheasants, black fowl, capercailzie, hazel grouse, wild turkey protected until 1917; prairie chickens protected; partridge, woodcock, spruce hen Oct. 1 to Nov. 30; ducks, snipe, plover, shorebirds Sept. 1 to Dec. 31; rails, coots Sept. 15 to Dec. 31; geese, brant, pintail, redhead, blue bill, whistler, butter ball, widgeon Sept. 1 to April 30; landlocked salmon, trout, grayling May 1 to Sept. 15; sturgeon no closed season; bass June 16 to Jan. 31. Bag limits deer, 2 per season; partridge, woodcock, spruce hen, 6 per day, 50 per year; ducks, geese, brant 25 per day; snipe, shore birds, 10 per day; plover, 6 per day; not lawful to have more than 15 partridge, spruce hens, or 25 other kinds of birds in possession at any one time; fish, 35 per day; not more than 50 in possession at one time. MINNESOTA Moose, deer Nov. 10 to Nov. 30; snipe, prairie chicken, pinnated and other grouse, woodcock, plover Sept. 7 to Nov. 7; quail, partridge, ruffed grouse, pheasant Oct 1 to Nov. 30 (imported pheasants protected) ; elk, caribou protected; wild duck, geese, waterfowl Sept. 7 to Nov. 30; bass May 29 to Feb. 28; pike, muskellunge, crappies, perch May 1 to Feb. 28; pickerel, carp, bullheads, suckers all year; whitefish Nov. 1 to Jan. 10. Bag limits moose, deer, 1 per season; 15 birds per day; 25 fish per day except pickerel and bullheads, on which there is no limit. MISSISSIPPI Deer, bear Nov. 15 to March 1; wild turkey Jan. 1 to May 1; quail, partridge, geese, swan, brant, duck, wood duck, rail, coot, plover Nov. 1 to March 1. Bag limits vary with county. MISSOURI Deer, turkey Nov. 1 to Dec. 31; duck, geese, brant, snipe Sept. 15 to April 30; quail Dec. 1 to Dec. 31; plover Sept. 1 to Dec. 31; squirrels July 1 to Nov. 30; woodcock, prairie chicken, pheasant protected. Bag limits 1 deer, 2 turkeys, 10 birds per day; 2 deer, 4 turkeys per season; 10 birds at any one time. MONTANA Deer, elk, mountain sheep, mountain goat Oct. 1 to Nov. 30; moose, buffalo, caribou, antelope, quail, imported pheasants protected; grouse, prairie chicken, sagehen, pheasants, partridge Oct. 1 to Oct. 31; geese, ducks, brant, swans Sept. 1 to Dec. 31. Bag limits deer, 3 per season; elk, mountain sheep or goat, 1 per year; pheasant, grouse, prairie chicken, sage hen, partridge, 5 per day; ducks, 20 per day; geese, brant, swans no limit; fish not more than 25 lbs. per day. NEBRASKA Ducks, geese, waterfowl Sept. 1 to April 5; prairie chickens, grouse, sage hens Sept. 1 to Nov. 30 ; snipe Sept. 1 to April 30; plover, doves July 15 to Aug. 31; swans, white cranes protected ; squirrels Oct. 1 to Nov. 30; deer, antelope protected; bass April 1 to Nov. 15; trout April 1 to Sept. 30; quail Nov. 1 to Nov. 15. Bag limits 25 birds, 10 squirrels, 25 game fish per day; 10 geese, prairie chicken, grouse, quail and 50 other game birds or 50 game fish in possession at any one time. NEVADA Deer, antelope Oct. 15 to Nov. 1; mountain sheep, mountain goat, pheasants, bobwhite, quail, partridge protected ; sagebirds July 15 to Oct. 1; grouse Oct. 1 to Dec. 15; mountain quail Oct. 1 to Jan. 1; ducks, cranes, plover, curlew, snipe, woodcock, swan, geese Sept. 15 to March 15; valley quail Oct. 15 to Jan. 15; trout, whitefish, salmon, black bass May 1 to Oct. 15. Bag limits antelope, deer, 2 per

4 GAME LAWS FOR UNITED STATES AND CANADA 757 season; ducks, 20 per day; mountain quail, valley quail, 15 per day; sagebirds, 10 per day; grouse, 6 per day; plover, 5 per day; geese, 10 per day; swans, 3 per day; snipe, 15 per day; fish, 10 lbs. per day. NEW HAMPSHIRE Moose, caribou, elk protected; deer Coos County, Oct. 15 to Dec. 15; Grafton and Carroll counties, Nov. 1 to Dec. 15; elsewhere, Dec. 1 to Dec. 15; squirrels Oct. 1 to Oct. 31; rabbits, hares Oct. 1 to April 1 ; wood duck, pheasant, plover, sheldrake, blue heron protected ; woodcock, partridge, quail, snipe Oct. 1 to Dec. 1 (Coos and Grafton counties, woodcock, Sept. 15 to Dec. 1); duck Oct. 1 to Jan. 31 (beach birds, teal, coot July 15 to Jan. 31 in Rockingham County) ; black or dusky duck (tidewaters and salt marshes only) Sept. 1 to Jan. 31; black bass July 1 to March 31; lake trout, salmon Jan. 1 to Sept. 15 (exceptions) ; muskellunge, pike, pickerel, grayling June 1 to Jan. 15. Bag limits deer, 2 per season in Carroll, Grafton, Coos counties; elsewhere, 1 per season. NEW JERSEY Quail, rabbit, squirrel, male English ringneck pheasant, ruffed grouse, prairie chicken, wild turkey, Hungarian partridge Nov. 10 to Dec. 15; female English Ring-Neck pheasant, upland plover, wood ducks protected ; gray, English or Wilson snipe Sept. 1 to Dec. 31 and March 1 to April 30; rail, marsh hen or mud hen and reed bird Sept. 1 to Dec. 31 ; woodcock Oct. 10 to Dec. 15; black and mallard ducks Nov. 1 to March 1; all other ducks and swans, except black, mallard, wood and sheldrake Nov. 1 to March 15; geese, brant and sheldrake Nov. to April 10; deer Nov. 1 to Nov. 5; bass, crappie June 15 to Nov. 30; pike and nickerel May 20 to Nov. 30; shore birds, surf snipe or bay snipe May 1 to Dec. 31; bass, pike, crappie, pickerel, trout (in Delaware River and Bay) June 15 to Dec. 1; ducks, geese and brant (in Delaware River and Bay) Sept. 1 to March 1. Bag limits 10 quail, 3 pheasants, 3 partridges, 10 woodcock, 3 ruffed grouse, 20 ducks, 10 geese, 10 brant, 10 rabbits, 30 marsh hens or mudhens, 25 trout per day. NEW MEXICO Deer (with horns) Oct. 1 to Nov. 15; wild turkey Nov. 1 to Jan. 15; grouse Sept. 1 to Nov. 15; quail, other than bobwhite Nov. 1 to Jan. 31; ducks, snipe, curlew, plover Sept. 1 to March 31; trout May 15 to Oct. 15; bass no closed season with rod and line; elk, mountain sheep, mountain goat, ptarmigan (or white grouse) protected; antelope, pheasant, bob-white quail, wild pigeon, prairie chicken protected until Bag limits deer, 1 per season; turkey, 4 per season; grouse, 6 per day; quail, ducks, snipe, curlew, plover, 30 per day; trout, 15 lbs. per day; bass, 15 lbs per day. NEW YORK Deer Oct. 1 to Nov. 15 in Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Oneida, Oswego, Saratoga, St. Lawrence, Warren, Washington counties (exceptions) ; Nov. 1 to Nov. 15 in Ulster County and in towns of Neversink, Coshocton, Tusten, Highland, Lumberland, Forestburg and Bethel and parts of Orange and Sullivan counties; protected elsewhere; moose, caribou, elk, antelope protected; rabbits, hares Oct. 1 to Jan. 31 (exceptions Long Island Nov. 1 to Dec. 31; other exceptions) ; squirrels Oct. 1 to Nov. 15 (Long Island Nov. 1 to Dec. 31); ducks, geese, brant Sept. 16 to Jan. 10 (Long Island Oct. 1 to Jan. 10) ; wood duck protected; grouse Oct. 1 to Nov. 30 (Long Island Nov. 1 to Dec. 31; other exceptions); Hungarian partridge protected; pheasants Thursdays in October (Long Island Nov. 1 to Dec. 31; protected in some counties) ; quail protected until 1918 except Long Island where open Nov. 1 to Dec. 31; snipe, plover, sandpipers, curlews, other shore birds Sept. 16 to Nov. 30 (Long Island Aug. 1 to Nov. 30); woodcock Oct. 1 to Nov. 15 (Long Island Oct. 15 to Nov. 30) ; black and Oswego bass June 16 to Nov. 30; striped bass no closed season; lake trout April 1 to Dec. 31 (exceptions) ; muskellunge June 16 to Dec. 31; pickerel, pike May 1 to March 1; whitefish April 1 to Dec. 31. Bag limits deer, 2 per year, 1 of which may be transported; rabbits and hares, 6 per day; squirrels, 5 per day; ducks, geese, brant, 25 per day; grouse, 4 per day, 20 per year; pheasants, 3 male per year, except Long Island where 6 male per day or 36 per year; quail on Long Island, 10 per day, 50 per year; shore birds, 15 per day; woodcock, 4 per day, 20 per year; black and Oswego bass, 15 per day; lake trout, 10 per day; pickerel, 12 per day. NORTH CAROLINA Local laws. Quail and wild turkey Nov. 1 to March 1. NORTH DAKOTA Prairie chicken, grouse, woodcock, snipe, upland or golden plover Sept. 7 to Nov. 1; wild ducks and cranes Sept. 7 to Dec. 15; wild geese, brant Sept. 7 to Dec. 15 (onehalf mile from permanent waters) ; deer protected until 1916; antelope protected until 1920; quail, partridge, pheasants, doves protected ; trout, land-locked salmon May 1 to Oct. 1; black, gray, Oswego bass June 1 to Oct. 15; pike, crappies, perch May 15 to Oct. 15. Bag limits prairie chickens, grouse, cranes, 10 per day; geese, brant, ducks, woodcock, snipe, plover 25 per day; fish, 15 per day. OHIO Virginia partridge, quail, Carolina dove, pheasants, ruffed grouse protected until 1915, then Nov. 15 to Dec. 4; woodcock Sept, 1 to Dec. 4; rail, shorebirds, plover,

5 758 OUTING snipe, ducks, geese, swans, coots, mudhens Sept. 1 to Dec. 31; rabbits Nov. 15 to Dec. 4; raccoon Nov 1 to March 1; squirrels Sept. 15 to Oct. 20; fox Oct. 2 to Jan. 9; black bass June 1 to April 30 (exceptions) ; trout April 15 to Sept. 15. Bag limits woodcocks, rails, plovers, snipe, geese, shorebirds, 12 per day; ducks, 25 per day; squirrels, 5 per day. OKLAHOMA Buck deer Nov. 15 to Dec. 15 (protected in Comanche, Caddo, Kiowa, Swanson counties); antelope, pheasant protected; geese, brant, duck, snipe, plover, shore birds Aug. 15 to May 1; quail Nov. 15 to Feb. 1; wild turkey Nov. 15 to Jan. 1; prairie chicken Sept. 1 to Nov. 1. Bag limits deer, 1 per season; geese, brant, 10 per day; ducks, shore birds, 25 per day, 150 per season; quail, 25 per day, 150 per season; turkeys, 3 per season; prairie chickens, 15 per day, 100 per season. OREGON Divided into two districts: Dist. 1, counties west of Cascade Mountains and Dist. 2, counties east. Dist. 1 buck deer Aug. 1 to Oct. 31; gray squirrel Oct. 1 to Oct. 31; ducks, geese, rails, coots and shore birds Nov. 1 to Feb. 15 (Multnomah, Clatsop, Columbia, Tillamook and Coos counties Sept. 15 to Dec. 31); male Chinese pheasants, quail, grouse Oct. 1 to Oct. 31 (Chinese pheasants protected in Jackson, Josephine, Coos and Curry counties) ; doves and wild pigeons Sept. 1 to Oct. 31. Dist. 2 buck deer Aug. 1 to Oct. 31; ducks, geese, rails, coots and shore birds Sept. 15 to Feb. 15 (Harney, Malheur, Lake and Grant counties Sept. 15 to March 15; Baker County Sept. 15 to April 1) ; sagehens Aug. 1 to Aug. 31; grouse, quail, doves Sept. 1 to Oct. 31; gray squirrels, Chinese pheasants protected. Both districts mountain sheep, antelope, elk, bob-white quail, golden pheasants, English and Hungarian partridge, fool hen, prairie chicken, swan, wild turkey, sandpipers, plovers protected; trout April 1 to Oct. 31; bass, crappies, whitefish, graylings no closed season. Bag limits deer, 3 per season; squirrels, 5 per week; quail, 10 per week; pheasants, grouse, 5 per day, 10 per week; doves, wild pigeons, 10 per day, 20 per week; ducks, geese, rails, coots, shore birds, 30 per week; trout, 75 fish or 50 lbs. per day; 50 fish or 50 lbs. per day; other fish, 40 lbs. per day. PENNSYLVANIA Deer (male) Nov. 10 to Nov. 25; elk protected; English, Mongolian, Chinese, ring neck pheasants Oct. 15 to Nov. 30; hares, rabbits Nov. 1 to Dec. 31; Hungarian quail Oct. 15 to Nov. 30; plover July 15 to Jan. 1; quail Nov 1 to Dec. 14; ruffed grouse Oct. 15 to Nov. 30; shore birds, snipe Sept. 1 to Jan. 1; squirrels Oct. 15 to Nov. 30; water fowl Sept. 1 to April 10; wild turkey protected; woodcock Oct. 15 to Nov. 30; wood duck protected until 1918; black bass, rock bass, white bass, crappie, muskellunge June 15 to Nov. 30; pike, pickerel June 15 to Dec. 21. Bag limits deer, 1 per season; imported pheasants, 10 per day, 20 per week, 50 per season; rabbits, 10 per day; Hungarian quail 5 per day, 20 per week, 30 per season; plover, snipe, shore birds unlimited; quail, 10 per day, 40 per week, 75 per season; ruffed grouse, 5 per day, 20 per week, 50 per season; squirrels, 6 per day; waterfowl unlimited; woodcock, 10 per day, 20 per week, 50 per season; black bass, 12 per day; rock bass, white bass, crappie, pike, pickerel, 25 per day; muskellunge, 4 per day. RHODE ISLAND Partridge, quail, woodcock Nov. 1 to Dec. 31; black duck Aug. 15 to March 31; plover, snipe, shore birds July 15 to Dec. 15; geese, brant, teal no closed season; Hungarian partridge protected to Oct. 15, 1920; wood duck, pheasants, deer protected; squirrels, rabbits, hares Nov. 1 to Dec. 31; black bass July 1 to Dec. 31; pickerel no closed season. SOUTH CAROLINA Deer Sept. 1 to Jan. 1; fox Sept. 1 to Feb. 15 (exceptions) ; wild turkey, partridge Nov. 15 to March 15; quail, pheasants Nov. 1 to March 15; woodcock Sept. 15 to Jan. 15 (county regulations). SOUTH DAKOTA Ducks, geese, waterfowl Sept. 10 to April 10; quail, pheasant protected; prairie chicken, grouse, snipe, plover, partridge Sept. 10 to Oct. 10; deer Nov. 1 to Nov. 30; trout (except lake trout) April 1 to Oct. 31; bass, shad, crappies, pike, perch, sun-fish, catfish May 1 to March 1. Bag limits prairie chicken, grouse, plover, 10 per day; water fowl, 20 per day; deer, 1 per season. TENNESSEE Deer protected; squirrel June 1 to March 1 (exceptions) ; rabbits no closed season; quail Nov. 15 to March 1 (exceptions) ; grouse, pheasant, wild turkey Nov. 1 to March 1 (exceptions) ; plover, snipe, woodcock, geese, duck Oct. 1 to April 15 (exceptions) ; teal, wood duck Aug. 1 to April 15. Bag limits 50 duck, 30 quail. TEXAS Deer Nov. 1 to Jan. 1; antelope, mountain sheep protected ; wild turkey Dec. 1 to April 1; quail Nov. 1 to Feb. 1; duck, geese, snipe, curlew, pheasant open all year. UTAH Elk, antelope, mountain sheep protected; deer Oct. 1 to Oct. 15 (protected in Tooele County) ; partridge, prairie chicken, pheasant, mourning dove protected; quail (Washington, Garfield, Kane counties Sept. 1 to Feb. 1 ; Salt Lake, Davis, Weber,

6 GAME LAWS FOR UNITED STATES AND CANADA 759 Utah, San Pete, Sevier, Uintah, Carbon counties Oct. 1 to Oct. 31; Iron County Oct. 1 to Nov. 30) ; sagehens Aug. 15 to Oct. 31; grouse Oct. 6 to Oct. 15; ducks, geese, snipe Oct. 1 to Dec. 31 (Washington, Kane, San Juan, Grand, Uintah counties Oct. 1 to March 15; other exceptions); fish Feb. 15 to March 31 and June 15 to Nov. 30. Bag limits deer, 1 per season; quail, 15 per day; sagehens, 8 per day; grouse, 6 per day, 25 per season; geese, 12 per day; snipe, ducks, 25 per day; fish, 15 lbs. per day. VERMONT Moose, caribou, elk protected; deer Nov. 10 to Dec. 1; rabbits, hares Sept. 15 to March 1; gray squirrels Sept. 15 to Dec. 1; ruffed grouse, quail, woodcock, snipe, plover (except upland plover), shore birds Sept. 15 to Dec, 1; ducks, geese Sept. 1 to Jan. 1; pheasants, upland plover, wood duck protected; black bass June 15 to Jan. 1; muskellunge (except Lake Champlain) June 15 to April 15; pickered, pike (except Lake Champlain) May 1 to March 1. Bag limits deer, 1 per season; rabbits, 5 per day; squirrels, 5 per day; ruffed grouse, quail, woodcock, 5 per day, 25 per season; snipe, plover (except upland), shorebirds, 10 per day; ducks, geese, 20 per day. VIRGINIA Wild turkey, pheasants, grouse, quail, partridge, woodcock (east of Blue Ridge Mts.) Nov. 1 to Jan. 31; elsewhere Nov. 1 to Dec. 31; deer Sept. 1 to Nov. 31; waterfowl Oct. 15 to April 30; wood duck Aug. 1 to Dec. 31; rails, mudhens, plover, snipe (except Wilson snipe), sandpipers, curlews, surf birds July 20 to Dec. 31; Wilson snipe no closed season; rabbits Nov. 1 to Jan. 31. Bag limits 30 waterfowl, 50 quail or partridges, 10 pheasants or grouse, 3 turkeys, 1 deer, 25 of each or 100 in aggregate of plovers, snipe, sandpipers or curlews may be transported from state by non-residents. WASHINGTON Moose, caribou, elk protected; deer, mountain sheep or goat Oct. 1 to Dec. 1 (deer in Okanogan County Sept. 1 to Nov. 1); ruffed grouse Oct. 1 to Nov. 30 (protected until 1915 in Kittitas, Yakima, Okanogan, Whatcom, Skagit, Snohomish, King, Pierce, San Juan, Island counties) ; Hungarian partridge protected until 1920; prairie chicken Oct. 1 to Nov. 30 (all counties east of the western borders of Okanogan, Chelan, Kittitas, Yakima and Klickitat counties Sept. 15 to Oct. 31; protected until 1915 in Kittitas and Yakima counties); wood duck, sagehen protected; pheasants Oct. 1 to Nov. 30 (all counties east of the western borders of Okanogan, Chelan, Kittitas, Yakima and Klickitat counties Sept. 15 to Oct. 31; native pheasants protected until 1915 in Kittitas and Yakima counties; Chinese pheasants protected until 1915 in Asotin county; all imported birds protected until 1915 in Okanogan County) ; quail Oct. 1 to Oct. 31 (protected in all counties east of the western borders of Okanogan, Chelan, Kittitas, Yakima and Klickitat counties except Spokane until 1915 (California mountain quail may be hunted in Kittitas and Yakima counties from Sept. 1 to Sept. 30); blue grouse Sept. 1 to Nov. 30 (all counties east of the western borders of Okanogan, Chelan, Kittitas, Yakima and Klickitat counties Sept. 15 to Oct. 31; counties west of summit of Cascade Mountains Sept. 16 to Sept. 30); geese, brant, ducks, snipe, curlews, plovers, rails, surf, or shore birds Oct. 1 to Jan. 31 (in Okanogan, Ferry, Stevens, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Spokane, Adams, Whitman Sept. 15 to Jan. 31); swan protected; trout, pike May 1 to Dec. 31 (exceptions); bass, crappie, perch, sunfish July 16 to April 30. Bag limits 2 deer (1 deer in Okanogan County) ; 1 mountain sheep or goat; 5 each, but not to exceed aggregate of 5, of prairie chickens, grouse, partridge, pheasants, per day; 10 quail per day; 10 birds of all kinds per day not more than 5 (of a kind or total of all kinds) of which may be prairie chickens, grouse, partridge, pheasants, 25 birds per week; aggregate of 20 geese, ducks, etc., per week. WEST VIRGINIA Elk protected; deer Oct. 15 to Dec. 1; squirrel Sept. 1 to Dec. 1; rabbit no closed season; quail Nov. 1 to Dec. 1; ruffed grouse, pheasant, wild turkey Oct. 15 to Dec. 1; plover, woodcock, rail, reedbird July 15 to Dec. 20; snipe Oct. 15 to March 1; duck (except wood duck), geese, brant Sept. 1 to April 20; wood duck protected; bass, pike, pickerel June 15 to April 15 (exceptions). Bag limits 12 quail, 6 ruffed grouse, 2 wild turkeys per day; or 96 quail, 25 ruffed grouse, 6 wild turkeys per season. WISCONSIN Deer Nov. 10 to Nov. 30 (protected in some counties); moose, quail, pheasants protected; rabbit, squirrel Oct. 10 to Feb. 1 (exceptions); grouse Sept. 10 to Oct. 1 (protected in some counties); partridge, plover, woodcock Sept. 10 to Dec. 1; prairie chicken Sept. 10 to Oct. 1 (protected in some counties); brant, geese Sept. 10 to May 1 (protected on Lake Geneva); wood duck, swan protected; water fowl Sept. 1 to Jan. 1; pickerel, pike, muskellunge June 1 to March 1; black bass, June 1 to March 15. Bag limits deer, 1 per season; grouse, prairie chicken, woodcock, 5 per day; geese, brant, partridge, 10 per day; ducks, waterfowl, 15 per day; mixed birds, 20 per day; black bass, 15 per day. WYOMING (Only in Park, Lincoln and Fremont counties; exceptions.) Elk, mountain sheep Sept. 1 to Nov. 15; deer Oct. 1 to Oct. 31 (in Fremont, Lincoln and Park counties from Sept. 1 to Nov. 15); sage grouse Aug. 1 to Aug. 31 (protected in Sheridan county until 1915) ; all other grouse Sept. 15 to Nov. 15 (in Albany, Carbon, Laramie,

7 760 OUTING Sweetwater counties, all grouse from July 15 to Aug. 31) ; Mongolian pheasants, quail protected until 1915; ducks, geese Sept. 1 to March 1; snipe, sandpiper Sept. 1 to April 30; curlew Aug. 1 to Sept. 30; fish May 15 to Oct. 31. Bag limits 2 elk, 1 deer with horns, 1 male mountain sheep per season; 18 game birds per day, not more than 6 of which may be grouse. ALBERTA Buffalo protected; mountain sheep and goat Sept. 1 to Oct. 14; elk protected until 1915; antelope Oct. 1 to Oct. 31; caribou, moose, deer Nov. 1 to Dec. 14; ducks, swans Aug. 23 to Dec. 31; cranes, rails, coots, snipe, sandpiper, plover, curlew, other shorebirds Sept. 1 to Dec. 31; grouse, partridge, pheasant, ptarmigan, prairie chicken Oct. 1 to Oct. 31; imported pheasants -protected; pike, pickerel, perch, gold eyes May 16 to March 31; grayling, speckled trout, Rocky Mountain whitefish July 1 to Oct. 31 (exceptions) ; lake trout (not less than 15 in.), whitefish Dec. 16 to Sept. 15 (exceptions). Bag limits 2 mountain sheep or goat, 2 antelope, 1 caribou, moose, deer; 10 per day, 100 per year of grouse, partridge, pheasant, ptarmigan, prairie chicken; trout (except lake), Rocky Mountain whitefish, 25 per day; lake-trout, 10 per day; pike, pickerel, 25 per day. BRITISH COLUMBIA Buffalo protected; Columbia or coast deer, game birds opened by Order in Council; caribou, elk, moose Sept. 1 to Dec. 31; deer (except Columbian or coast deer), mountain goat Sept. 1 to Dec. 14; mountain sheep Sept. 1 to Nov. 14; plover Sept. 1 to Feb. 28; trout March 26 to Nov. 14 (exceptions) ; salmon no closed season. Bag limits deer, 3 per season; ducks, 250 per season; elk, 1 per season; moose, 2 per season (1 per season in Kootenai County) ; mountain goat, 3 per season; mountain sheep, 3 per season (not more than 2 of any one species; 1 per season in Kootenai County). MANITOBA Moose, deer, caribou, antelope, elk Dec. 1 to Dec. 15; buffalo protected; prairie chicken, grouse, partridge Oct. 1 to Oct. 20; pheasant protected until 1920; upland plover July 1 to Dec. 31; other plover, quail, woodcock, snipe, sandpiper Aug. 1 to Dec. 31; wild duck Sept. 1 to Nov. 30; pickerel, gold eyes, pike June 21 to April 14; whitefish, trout Nov. 20 to Sept. 14. Bag limits deer, caribou, moose, antelope, elk 1 per season; partridge, prairie chicken, grouse 20 per day, 100 per year; ducks 20 per day during September, 50 per day during remainder of open season. NEW BRUNSWICK Moose, caribou, deer Sept. 15 to Nov. 30; partridge, snipe, woodcock Sept. 15 to Nov. 30; wild geese, brant, teal, wood duck, black duck Sept. 1 to Dec. 1; shore, marsh, or beach birds Aug. 15 to Dec. 31; bass Dec. 1 to March 31; trout April 1 to Sept. 30; landlocked sa1mon Sept. 1 to June 30. Bag limits 1 moose, 2 deer per season; trout, 30 fish or 10 lbs. per day. NEWFOUNDLAND Moose, elk protected ; caribou Aug. 1 to Sept. 30 and Oct. 21 to Jan. 31; fox Oct. 15 to March 15; ptarmigan, willow grouse, curlew, plover, snipe Sept. 21 to Dec. 31; capercailzie protected until 1917; trout, salmon Jan. 16 to Sept. 15. Bag limits 3 caribou per season. NOVA SCOTIA Bull moose Sept. 16 to Nov. 15 (protected on Cape Breton Island) ; caribou Sept. 16 to Oct. 15 in Victoria and Inverness counties (protected elsewhere) ; deer protected until 1915; rabbits, hares Oct. 1 to March 1; woodcock, Wilson snipe, wood duck, bluewing duck Sept. 1 to March 1; teal, plover, curlew, sandpipers, yellow legs, beach birds Aug. 15 to March 1; ruffed grouse Oct. 1 to Nov. 1; pheasants, spruce partridge protected ; bass Oct. 1 to Feb. 28 ; salmon Feb. 2 to Aug. 14 (exceptions) ; trout April 1 to Sept. 30. Bag limits moose, 1 per season; caribou, 1 per season; woodcock, 10 per day; ruffed grouse, 5-per day; trout, 30 fish or 10 lbs. per day. ONTARIO Deer Nov. 1 to Nov. 15; moose, caribou (south of main line C. P. R. R. from Mattawa to Port Arthur) Nov. 1 to Nov. 15; elsewhere Oct. 16 to Nov. 15; grouse, pheasant, prairie fowl, partridge Oct. 15 to Nov. 15; woodcock Oct. 1 to Nov. 15; quail, wild turkey, squirrel Nov. 15 to Dec. 1; swan, geese Sept. 15 to April 15; duck, waterfowl, snipe, plover, shore birds (north and west of main line C. P. R. R. between Montreal and Toronto, Toronto to Guelph, and Guelph to Goderich) Sept. 1 to Dec. 15; elsewhere Sept. 15 to Dec. 15; capercailzie protected until 1915; hare Oct. 1 to Dec. 15; bass June 16 to April 14; muskellunge June 16 to April 14; pickerel May 16 to April 14 (exceptions) ; speckled trout May 1 to Sept. 14; whitefish, salmon, trout Dec. 1 to Oct. 31. Bag limits deer, moose, caribou, 1 per year; partridge, 10 per day; bass, 8 per day; muskellunge, 4 per day; pickerel, 12 per day; speckled trout, 30 fish or 10 lbs. per day. PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND Partridge Oct. 15 to Nov. 15 (closed season every second year) ; teal, duck, shore and beach birds Aug. 20 to Dec. 31; woodcock, snipe Sept. 1 to Dec. 31; wild geese Sept. 15 to May 9; brant April 20 to Dec. 31; hare, rabbit Nov. 1 to Jan. 31; curlew, plover Aug. 1 to Dec. 31; trout April 1 to Sept. 30. Bag limits 12 birds of a kind per day; 2 salmon per day; 12 bass per day; 20 trout per day. QUEBEC Divided into two zones. Zone 1 includes the entire province except that part of the counties of Chicoutimi and Saguenay to the east and north of Saguenay River; Zone 2 includes the area not covered by Zone 1. Zone 1: moose, deer Sept. 1 to Dec. 31 (except in Ottawa, Labelle, Temiscaming and

8 FEDERAL RULES FOR PROTECTION OF GAME BIRDS 761 Pontiac counties; Oct. 1 to Nov. 31) ; caribou Sept. 1 to Jan. 31; hares Oct. 15 to Jan. 31; woodcock, snipe, plover, curlew, sandpiper Sept. 1 to Jan. 31; birch or swamp partridge Sept. 1 to Dec. 15; white partridge Nov. 1 to Jan. 31; widgeon, teal, wild duck (except sheldrakes, loons, gulls) Sept. 1 to Feb. 28. Zone 2: moose, deer Sept. 1 to Dec. 31; caribou Sept. 1 to Feb. 28; hares Oct. 15 to Feb. 28; birch or swamp partridge Sept. 15 to Jan. 31; white partridge Nov. 15 to Feb. 28; woodcock, snipe, plover, curlew, sandpiper Sept. 1 to Jan. 31; widgeon, teal, wild duck (except sheldrakes, loons, gulls) Sept. 1 to Feb. 28. Both Zones: salmon (fly fishing) May 1 to Sept. 15; salmon and gray trout Dec. 2 to Oct. 14; ouananiche Dec. 1 to Sept. 30; speckled trout May 1 to Sept. 30; bass June 16 to May 1; pickerel May 16 to April 14; sturgeon July 1 to May 31; whitefish Dec. 2 to Nov. 9; mus- kellunge June 16 to April 14. Bag limits Zone 1: 1 moose, 2 deer, 2 caribou; Zone 2: 1 moose, 2 deer, 4 caribou. SASKATCHEWAN Buffalo protected; antelope Oct. 1 to Nov. 14; caribou, moose, elk (north of Township 34) Nov. 15 to Nov. 30, protected elsewhere ; ducks, geese, swans, rails, coots, snipe, plover, curlew, cranes Sept. 15 to Dec. 31; partridge, grouse, chicken Sept. 15 to Nov. 15; pike, pickerel, perch, goldeyes May 16 to March 31; grayling, speckled trout, Rocky, Mountain whitefish July 1 to Oct. 31 (exceptions) ; lake trout, whitefish Dec. 16 to Sept. 15 (exceptions). Bag limits deer, caribou, moose, elk, 2 per year; partridge, grouse, chicken, 10 per day, total of 100; ducks, geese, swans, 50 per day, total of 250; trout (except lake), Rocky Mountain whitefish, pike, pickerel, 25 per day; lake trout, 10 per day.