GAME LAWS. 



make its influence felt, and even the lawlessly 

 inclined feel a sense of shame when caught 

 killing game out of season. It is not safe to 

 assume anywhere that the laws may be trans- 

 gressed with impunity; the members of many 

 sporting clubs are pledged to prosecute infrac- 

 tions of local laws, and some clubs keep special 

 officers on the lookout for offenders. In the 

 following alphabetical list of States the open 

 seasons for all kinds of game are generally given 

 so far as provided for by existing laws. Where 

 any special species of game is not mentioned, 

 it may be assumed that it is not protected by 

 law in that special locality. No true sports- 

 man, however, will take advantage of this 

 omission to kill game out of season. In most 

 of the States, too, there is a discrimination 

 against non-residents : 



Alabama, Open season: Deer, October 20 to Feb- 

 ruary 14. In Greene and Pickens Counties, Septem- 

 ber 15 to February 1 ; in Lamar County, October 1 to 

 April 1 ; in Lawrence County, September 1 to April 

 1. Wild turkeys, October 20 to May 1; in Perry 

 County, October 20 to February 14: in Greene and 

 Pickens Counties, September 15 to April 15; in La- 

 mon County, October 1 to April 1 ; in Lamar County, 

 October 1 to May 1. Doves, August 1 to April 1 ; in 

 Perry County, August 1 to March 1 ; in Greene and 

 Pickens Counties, August 1 to April 1 : in Barbour 

 County, August 1 to May 1. Quail, September 15 to 

 March 15 ; in Perry County, October 15 to March 1 ; 

 in Greene and Pickens Counties, October 15 to March 

 15 ; in Barbour County, September 15 to May 1 ; in 

 Lawrence County, September 1 to April 1. Wild 

 duck, October 1 to May 1 ; in Greene and Pickens 

 Counties, October 1 to April 1. Rabbits are protect- 

 ed in Lawrence County alone ; open season, Septem- 

 ber 1 to April 1. 



Arkansas, Open season: Doe and fawn, Septem- 

 ber 1 to February 1. Wild tuvkey, September 1 to 

 May 1. Wild duck, September 1 to February 1. 

 Pinnated grouse, September 1 to February 1. Quail, 

 October 1 to March 1. 



California, Antelope, no open season. Deer (male), 

 open season, July 1 to November 1. No open season 

 for female deer and spotted fawn. In Siskiyou and 

 Nevada Counties deer may be killed from August 1 

 to February!. Doves, June 1 to January 1. Mount- 

 ain-sheep, no open season. Elk, no open season. 

 (In Siskiyou and Nevada Counties elk may be killed 

 from August 1 to February 1.) Quail, partridge, 

 grouse, and rail, October 1 to May 1. (In Siskiyou 

 County, grouse, sage -hen, and prairie-chicken, Au- 

 gust 1 to April 1 ; quail, October 1 to March 15.) 

 Wild duck are not protected by State laws, but in 

 Siskiyou County their open season is September 15 to 

 April 15; in Plumas, Lasson, and Sierra Counties, 

 August 15 to March 15 ; in San Bernardino and Los 

 Angeles Counties, quail, grouse, and all broad-billed 

 ducks are open, August 1 to April 1. In San Mateo 

 County, hounding deer is prohibited. In Napa, Yolo, 

 San Francisco, and Butte Counties, hunting on in- 

 closed lands without permission of owner is prohib- 

 ited. The open season for speckled trout, brook- or 

 salmon-trout is April 1 to November 1. Salmon, 

 September 1 to July 31. (They may not be taken 

 with nets between sunrise on Saturday and noon on 

 Sunday.) In Siskiyou County trout may be taken 

 with hook and line at all seasons, and local laws in 

 nearly all the counties prohibit the taking of trout ex- 

 cept by hook and line at all seasons. This prohibi- 

 tion exists at Lakes Mcrritt und Piralta, where also 

 hunting is forbidden within one hundred yards of the 

 lake -shore. Shad, open season, December 31 to 

 April 1. 



Colorado, Open season for antelope, buffalo, deer, 



and elk, October 15 to January 1. Mountain- sheep 

 are protected till April 7, 1895. Partridge, pheasant, 



Srairie-chicken, grouse, open season, October 1 to 

 ovember 15. Trout and other food-fish, July 1 to 

 November 1. 



Connecticut, Open season : Woodcock, quail, par- 

 tridge (grouse), gray squirrel, October 1 to January 

 1. Wild duck, geese, brant, September 1 to May 1. 

 Meadow-lark, September 1 to February 1. Eail, Sep- 

 tember 12 to January 1. (In New Haven, Fail-field, 

 and Litchfield Counties, August 20 to January 1.) 

 Trout, July 1 to April 1. Sunday hunting, except on 

 one's own land, sailing for wild-fowl, and unsportsman- 

 like practices generally, are prohibited. So also is the 

 killing of wild-fowl on certain sections of the Housa- 

 tonic river. Many ponds and lakes are protected 

 against unauthorized fishermen. Private grounds are 

 by law considered "posted " if six different signs are 

 maintained in six different conspicuous places on the 

 premises. Penalty, $7 to $25, besides recoverable 

 damage by trespass. 



Dakota, Open season, for antelope, buffalo, deer, 

 elk, mountain-sheep, September 1 to January 1. 

 Curlew, grouse, prairie-chicken, plover, snipe, Au- 

 gust 15 to January 1. Quail protected till August 15, 

 1888. In Clay, Union, and Lincoln Counties the 

 open season for deer is October 1 to January 1. In 

 Clay, Union, and Yankton Counties quail are open 

 from August 15 to January 1. Fishing otherwise 

 than with hook and line, except in Missouri and Red 

 rivers, and at any inlet or outlet of a lake, is prohib- 

 ited. 



Delaware, Non-residents may not kill game with- 

 out license from the Delaware Game Protective Asso- 

 ciation, and such persons trespassing on private prop- 

 erty with either dog or gun may be fined $20 or im- 

 prisoned from ten to twenty days. Open season for 

 pheasants, quail, woodcock, hare, and rabbit, Novem- 

 ber 15 to February 15. (In Kent, Sussex, and New 

 Castle CountieSj November 15 to January 15.) Orto- 

 lan, rail, reed-bird, September 1 to January 1. 



District of Columbia, Open season : Deer, August 

 15 to January 15 ; wild duck, geese, brant, Septem- 

 ber 1 to April 1 ; partridge or quail, November 1 to 

 February 1 ; pheasant, August 1 to February 1 ; 

 woodcock, July 1 to February 1; prairie-chicken, 

 September 1 to February 1 ; snipe and plover, Sep- 

 tember 1 to May 1 ; ortolan, rail, reed-bird, rice- 

 bird, September 1 to February 1 ; shad and herring, 

 January 1 to June 1. Posting private lands calls for 

 at least two signs for each tract of fifty acres. Pen- 

 alty for trespassing, $10 to $100. Fishing in the Po- 

 tomac river, otherwise than with rod and line, is pro- 

 hibited between May 30 and January 1, and during 

 the rest of tbe year there is a close season for nets, 

 etc., from sunset on Saturday till midnight on Sunday. 

 Shooting at night and on Sunday is prohibited. 



Florida, Open season : Deer, wild turkey, quail, 

 and partridge, September 1 to April 1. Non-resi- 

 dents must obtain a license from the clerk of the 

 county. Price, $25. Six names may be included in 

 one license, and other names added at $5 each. Sea- 

 birds and birds of plumage are protected at all times. 

 Land is lawfully "posted" when notices are main- 

 tained in three conspicuous places around the prem- 

 ises. 



Georgia, Deer, general open season in nineteen 

 counties, October 1 to April 1. There are local limi- 

 tations as follows : Muskogee, Lincoln, and Baldwin 

 Counties, open season, for doe and fawn, July 1 to 

 January 1 ; for male deer, November 1 to March 1, 

 and from May 1 to September 1. In Bryan County, 

 August 1 to March 1 ; in Cobb and Greene Counties, 

 October 15 to March 15 ; in Lowndes, Thomas, Wash- 

 ington, and Putnam Counties, October 1 to March 1. 

 Partridge, wild turkey, wild duck are open from Oc- 

 tober 1 to April 1 in Chatham, Clark, Fulton. Cam- 

 den, Bartow, Putnam, Floyd, Whitfield, Liberty, 

 McCosh, and Bibb Counties. In Muskogee, Lincoln, 

 and Baldwin Counties, wild turkey and partridge are 



