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open, October 15 to March 15. In Kichmond, Dough- 

 erty, Eandolph, Calhoun, and Baker Counties, par- 

 tridge are open, October 1 to April 1. In Bryan 

 County, wild turkey are open, August 1 to March 1. 

 In Morgan County, wild turkey, woodcock, partridge, 

 and quail are open, October 1 to March 15. In Lowndes, 

 Thomas, Washington, and Putnam Counties, wild tur- 

 key and partridge 2 October 15 to March 1. In Hous- 

 ton County, partridge, snipe, wild turkey, October 1 

 to March i. In Bibb and Jones Counties, wild tur- 

 key, partridge, and wild duck, October 1 to April 1. 

 In Eabun and Wilkcs Counties, wild turkey, Septem- 

 ber 1 to May 1 ; in Wilkes County this is also the open 

 season for partridges. In Bibb, Chatham, Murray, 

 Effingham, and Camden Counties, hunting without 

 permission of owner, even on uninclosed lands, is pro- 

 hibited. In Douglas, Harrison, and Macon Counties, 

 camp- hunting with dogs is prohibited. 



Idaho, Antelope, buffalo, elk, and mountain-sheep, 

 open season, September 1 to January 1 ; prairie-chick- 

 en, sage-hen, grouse, and pheasant, July 15 to Febru- 

 ary 1 ; wild duck and geese, August 1 to April 15 ; 

 quail and partridge are protected till September 1, 

 1887. In Ada County a local ordinance fixes Septem- 

 ber 1 to March 1 as the open season for grouse, prairie- 

 chicken, and wild duck. Taking fish, except with 

 hook and line, is prohibited. 



minois, Open season, for deer and wild turkey, 

 September 1 to January 15; pinnated grouse, August 

 15 to December 1 ; ruffed grouse and quail, October 1 

 to January 1 ; woodcock, July 4 to January 1. Game- 

 fish may be taken, with hook and line only from 

 February 15 to June 15. Night shooting of wild fowl 

 is prohibited. No person who has not resided sixty 

 days in the State may kill wild game. 



Indiana, Open season : Deer, October 1 to January 

 Ij quail or pheasant, October 15 to December 20; 

 wild turkey, November 1 to February 1 ; woodcock, 

 July 1 to January 1 ; wild duck, September 1 to April 

 15. Fish, with gig or spear, January 1 to March 1. 

 Shooting wild pigeons prohibited within half a mile 

 of any ''pigeon- roost " or nesting-place. Trespass on 

 inclosed lands punishable by fine. 



lowai Open season : Deer and elk, September 1 to 

 January 1 ; ruffed grouse, quail, and wild turkey, Oc- 

 tober 1 to January 1 ; wild duck, August 15 to May 

 1 ; woodcock, July 10 to January 1 ; beaver, mink, 

 otter, musk-rat, NWember 1 to April 1. No one per- 

 son may, in one day, kill more than twenty -five each 

 of quail, woodcock, prairie-chickens, and pheasant. 

 Bass and wall-eyed pike are open, June 1 to April 1 ; 

 salmon and trout, February- 1 to November 1. No fish 

 but minnows may be caught from July 1 to October 1. 



Kansas, Open season : Pinnated grouse, September 

 1 to January 1 ; quail, November 1 to January 1. 



Kentucky, Open season : Female deer, September 1 

 to March 1 ; quail, partridge, pheasant, October 1 to 

 March 1 ; wild duck and geese, September 15 to May 

 1 ; woodcock, June 1 to January 1. Local laws in 

 the 15th, 18th. 22d, 23d, 25th, 26th, 27th, and 31st 

 congressional districts (except Boone, Jefferson, Ken- 

 ton, Owen, Casey, Estill, and Lee Counties), fix the 

 open seasons as 'follow : Deer, September 1 to March 

 1 ; squirrel, January 15 to February 1 (this does not 

 apply to counties within the 15th congressional dis- 

 trict nor to Lincoln County) ; hares and rabbits, Oc- 

 tober 20 to February 1 (not applicable to the 15th 

 congressional district) ; wild geese and ducks, Sep- 

 tember 1 to May 1 ; wild turkey, September 1 to Feb- 

 ruary 1 ; woodcock, August 15 to February 1 ; quail, 

 partridge, pheasant, October 20 to February 1 ; dove, 

 August 1 to February 1. In Qhristian, Campbell, and 

 Kenton Counties, the open season is November 1 to 

 March 1, and for the same birds with woodcock added 

 the open season is October 1 to December 24 in Wood- 

 ford County. Private grounds are "posted" when 

 sign-boards are maintained in at least two conspicuous 

 places on each side of the premises. Penalty tor tres- 

 pass not to exceed $25, besides damages. 



Louisiana! Open season : Deer, October 1 to March 



Ij wild turkey, October 1 to April 15; quail, part- 

 ridge ? pheasant, October 1 to April 1. 



Maine, Open season for caribou, deer, moose, Oc- 

 tobeT 1 to January 1 ; quail and pinnated grouse, Sep- 

 tember 1 to January 1 : plover, August 1 to May 1 ; 

 ruffed grouse and partridge, September 1 to December 

 1 ; wild duck, September 1 to May 1 ; mink, beaver, 

 sable, otter, fisher, musk-rat, October 15 to May 1 ; 

 salmon, April 1 to July 15 ; also with hook and line, 

 July 15 to September 15 ; smelts, except by hook and 

 line, October 1 to April 1 ; landlocked salmon, trout, 

 togue, May 1 to October 1 (these may also be taken 

 for household use by residents of the State in Febru- 

 ary, March, and April) ; black bass, Oswego bass, and 

 white perch, July 1 to April 1. For the Eangeley 

 system of lakes and water-courses in Round Brook, 

 Deep Brook, Misery, Saccatien, and Socatian rivers, 

 special laws exist which should be consulted. As a 

 rule, the first week in September closes the fishing- 

 season. In Pickerel, Holland, Sand, Wilson's, Allen's, 

 Taylor's, Canaan, and Garland village ponds, all fish- 

 ing is prohibited for a term of years. Private fishing- 

 grounds may be "posted" by placing signs at half- 

 mile intervals on running streams, and at mile intervals 

 on ponds or lakes. 



Maryland, State law fixes the open season, for quail 

 or partridge, from November 1 to December 24 ; wood- 

 cock, June 15 to February 1 ; ruffed grouse, August 

 15 to January 1 ; rabbits, October 15 to January 15. 

 The county laws are so diverse no summary can be 

 here attempted. In Caroline and Queen Anne Coun- 

 ties licenses to shoot must be procured by non-resi- 

 dents, and trespass is punishable under State and 

 county laws. 



Massachusetts, Open season, for deer, Tuesdays, 

 Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays in November. 

 In Plymouth and Barnstable Counties there is at pres- 

 ent no open season. Woodcock and partridge, Sep- 

 tember 1 to January 1 ; quail, October 15 to January 

 1 ; wild duck, September 1 to April 1 ; doves, gulls, 

 tern, and sea-swallow, August 1 to May 1 ; plover, 

 snipe, sandpiper, rail, and all marsh, beach, or shore 

 birds, except as specified below, July 15 to April 1 

 (chicken plover, black-breasted plover, red-breasted 

 sandpiper, winter yellow-legs, and Wilson's snipe, 

 are not protected at all) ; gray squirrel, hare, rabbit, 

 September 1 to March 1 : salmon, May 1 to August 1 ; 

 trout, April 1 to October 1 ; smelts, June 1 to March 

 15; landlocked salmon, lake-trout, April 1 to Sep- 

 tember 1 ; black bass, July 1 to December 1. Local 

 laws are in force regarding the Merrimac and Con- 

 necticut rivers, and Davol's, Eichmond, and City of 

 Worcester ponds, Cochituate Lake, Avery Brook, and 

 Easthead. Lands are "posted" by placing notices 

 conspicuously, warning off trespassers, penalty not to 

 exceed $20. 



Michigan, Open season: Deer (Upper Peninsula), 

 August 15 to November 15 (Lower Peninsula), Octo- 

 ber 1 to December 1 ; wild turkeys, October 1 to De- 

 cember 1 ; woodcock, August 1 to January 1 ; ruffed 

 grouse and wild ducks, September 1 to January 1 ; 

 snipe, September 1 to May 1 : quail, November 1 to 

 January 1 ; pinnated grouse, September 1 to Novem- 

 ber 1. Elk are protected until May, 1889. The open 

 season for trout is May 1 to September 1, and for gray- 

 ling, June 1 to November 1. No fish may be taken 

 from Reed, Fisk, Diamond, or Stone Lakes, or from 

 any lake in Westervelt township, from November 1 

 to May 1. Fish are also protected in inland lakes of 

 Oceana County from January 1 to April 1, and in 

 the lakes of Kalamazoo County, from March 1 to 

 July 1, and in Devil's, Bound, Whitman, and Bruce 

 Lakes, from December 1 to April 1. Killing deer in 

 the water, using swivel or punt guns, and shooting 

 wild pigeons within five miles of nestings, are for- 

 bidden. Trespass on inclosed lauds is punishable. 



Minnesota, Open season : Elk and deer, December 

 1 to December 15 : woodcock, July 4 to November 4 ; 

 prairie-chicken, white-breasted or sharp-tailed grouse, 

 August 15 to October 1 ; ruffed grouse, October 1 to 



