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GAME LAWS. 



January 1; aquatic fowls, September 1 to May 15; 

 speckled trout, April 1 to October 1. In Stearns 

 County the open season for deer is November 15 to 

 December 1 5. Fish may be taken in Stevens County 

 by hook and line only, and in Lake Ripley only from 

 March 1 to June 1 ; in Loon, Crystal, Lily, Madison, 

 and Miles Lakes, only from March 15 to June 1. 

 Game-birds may be killed only by shooting, and most 

 of the game fishes are protected against unsportsman- 

 like methods. Trespass on inclosed land or standing 

 grain is punishable. 



Mississippi. Open season, for deer, September 15 to 

 February 1 5 wild turkey, ruffed grouse, quail, Octo- 

 ber 1 to April 1 ; doves and starlings, September 15 to 

 February 1. In Tate County the open season for all 

 game is November 1 to March 1. In Jasper County 

 wild turkeys are unprotected. 



Missouri, Open season : Deer, September 1 to Janu- 

 ary 15 ; wild turKey, September 15 to March 1 ; quail 

 and grouse, pinnated and ruffed, October 15 to Feb- 

 ruary 1 : woodcock, July 1 to January 1 ; doves, 

 meadow-lark, plover, August 1 to February 1. Tres- 

 pass on inclosed land punishable. 



Montana, Open season for buffalo, moose, elk. 

 black or white-tailed deer, mountain-sheep, and 

 Eocky Mountain goat, August 10 to February 1 ; 

 grouse, prairie-chicken, pheasant, partridge, quail, 

 August 1 to March 1 ; wild geese and ducks, August 

 10 to May 15 ; quail turned loose for propagation, pro- 

 tected till March 12, 1891. Hounding deer, elk, 

 moose, or mountain-sheep is forbidden. 



Nebraska, Open season : Buffalo, elk, deer, ante- 

 lope, mountain- sheep, turkey, and quail, October 1 

 to January 1 ; grouse, September 1 to January 1 ; 

 mink and musk-rats, February 15 to April 15 ; pin- 

 nated grouse, September 1 to January 1. Hounding 

 deer is forbidden in Burt, Washington, Douglas, Sar- 

 pey, Cass, Saunders, and Dodge Counties. Trespass 

 on private land, for the purpose of hunting, or catch- 

 ing fish in any private pond not more than ten acres 

 in area, is punishable. 



Nevada, Open season, for deer, antelope, elk, 

 mountain-sheep, and goat, August 1 to September 1 ; 

 partridge, pheasant, woodcocK, quail, wild geese, 

 ducks, sand-hill crane, brant, swan, plover, curlew, 

 snipe, grouse, robin, meadow-lark, yellow-hammer, 

 bittern, September 1 to April 1 : sage-cock, hen ana 

 chickens (Humboldt, Elko, Eureka, and Lander 

 Counties excepted), August 1 to April 1 ; river, lake, 

 salmon, and brook trout, June 1 to January 1. In 

 Humboldt, Elko, Eureka, and Lander Counties, the 

 open season for sharp-tailed grouse is September 1 to 

 March 15 ; for sage- chickens, August 10 to March 15. 



New Hampshire, Open season : Beer, moose, caribou, 

 September 1 to December 1 ; ruffed grouse, partridge, 

 quail, September 1 to February 1 ; plover, yellow-leg, 

 sandpiper, woodcock, duck, rail, August 1 to Febru- 

 ary 1 ; raccoon and gray squirrel, September 1 to 

 January 1 ; mink, sable, beaver, otter, fisher, Octo- 

 ber 15 to April 1 ; landlocked salmon and trout, 

 April 30 to September 30 (during January, February, 

 and March, lake-trout may be taken with! single hook 

 and line) ; white-perch or pike-perch, July 1" to May 

 1; black bass, June 15 to April 30; muscalonge. 

 pickerel, pike, and grayling, any time except April 

 and May. The taking of'fish is prohibited in the 

 vicinity of the State hatching-house, and between 

 the upper dam of Livermore 1 alls in Compton and 

 within half a mile below the same. Private lands 

 are lawfully "posted" when a notice to that effect 

 has been displayed in two public places in the town 

 and on the land's ; penalty, |l for each bird destroyed. 



New Jersey, Open season : Deer, October 15 to De- 

 cember 1 ; quail and rabbit, November 1 to Decem- 

 ber 31 ; woodcock, July 2 to August 1, and October 

 1 to December 16 ; grass-plover, August 1 to January 

 1 ; rail, September 1 to December 1 ; reed-birds and 

 marsh-hens, August 25 to December 1 ; summer duck 

 and squirrels, September 1 to November 1 ; black 

 bass, Oswego bass, June 1 to November 1 ; European 



pheasant, partridge, and grouse are protected until 

 November, ' 1889. In Barnegat Bay and its tidal 

 tributaries north of Good-luck Point and Bond 

 House, the open season for ducks, geese, and brant 

 is October 15 to May 1. In the same waters, night- 

 shooting or shooting from staked boats is prohibited. 

 In Musquito Cove and its tributaries, ducks and 

 brant may be shot only between sunrise and sunset 

 on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, from Sep- 

 tember 1 to May 1. Shooting wild pigeons within a 

 quarter of a mile of a nesting-place is forbidden. Non- 

 residents must obtain a license from the local Game 

 Protection Society, if there be one for the county 

 where it is intended to hunt or fish for trout, black 

 bass, or salmon. A notice posted adjacent to private 

 fishing-grounds is sufficient to render trespassers lia- 

 ble to a penalty of $100, and for damages recoverable 

 by law. All insectivorous birds, except English 

 sparrows, are protected. 



New Mexico, Open season : Antelope, buffalo, deer, 

 elk, mountain-sheep, wild turkey, grouse, and quail, 



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September 1 to May 1 ; taking fish from a private 

 pond, lake, or stream used for the propagation of fish, 

 without owner's consent, is punishable. 



New York, Open season, for deer, August 15 to 

 November 1 ; fawns protected at all times. Hound- 

 ing prohibited in St. Lawrence and Delaware Coun- 

 ties ; deer protected in Suffolk and Queens Counties 

 till 1891. Wild duck and brant, open season, Septem- 

 ber 1 to May 1 (in Long Island waters, October 1 to 

 May 1) ; quail, hare, and rabbit, November 1 to 

 January 1 ; woodcock, August 1 to December 1 ; rob- 

 in, meadow-lark, October 1 to January 1. Open sea- 

 son for trout and salmon of all kinds, May 1 to Sep- 

 tember 1 (in Queens and Suffolk Counties, and m 

 Spring creek, Livingston and Monroe Counties, April 

 1 to September 1) ; black bass, Oswego bass, and 

 muscalonge, June 1 to October 1 (in Niagara river 

 above the falls, in St. Lawrence, Clyde, and Oswego 

 rivers, and in Lakes Erie, Ontario, and Conesus, Jan- 

 uary 1 to May 20). In Lake Mahopac, and Columbia 

 County, in Schroon lake and river, in Paradise Lake, 

 and Friend's Lake, black bass are open July 1 to Janu- 

 ary 1. In Lake George and Brant Lake, July 20 to 

 January 20 ; pickerel in Lake George, June 15 to Feb- 

 ruary 15 ; other fish in Lake George and vicinity, July 

 1 to April 1. In Queens and Suffolk Counties the 

 open season for ruffed grouse is November 1 to Janu- 

 ary 1 ; plover, bay-snipe, and shore-birds, July 10 to 

 January 1 ; rail and meadow-hen, September 1 to 

 January 1 ; trout and landlocked salmon, April 1 to 

 September 1. In Eockland County, woodcock, Au- 

 gust 1 to January 1 ; partridges, October 1 to January 

 1 ; quail and rabbit, November 1 to January 1 ; robin, 

 meadow-lark, starling, squirrel, September to 1 Janu- 

 ary 1. In Oneida and Herkimer Counties the open 

 season for woodcock is September 1 to January 1. In 

 the Adirondack preserve the open season for trout is 

 May 1 to September 1 ; for salmon-trout and land- 

 locked salmon, May 1 to October 1. In Chautauqua 

 County, wild goose, duck, teal, brant, coot, dipper, and 

 grebe are open September 1 to February 1. Licenses 

 are not required from non-residents except in Rich- 

 mond County. No person may kill more than three 

 deer in one season in the State of New York. Pri- 

 vate grounds are " posted " in law, where a sign- 

 board is maintained on every fifty acres of land near 

 the boundaries thereof, or upon or near the banks of 

 a stream or pond in at least two conspicuous places ; 

 or by the service of written or printed notices ; pen- 

 alties in addition to actual damage, $15 to $25. 



North Carolina, Open season ? for deer, August 15 to 

 February 15 ; partridge, quail, dove, wild turkey, 

 October 15 to April 1. In Currituck County, partridge 

 and quail, December 1 to April 1 ; wild-fowl, Novem- 

 ber 10 to March 10; New Hannover County, par- 

 tridge, quail, marsh -hen, woodcock, snipe, curlew, 

 dove, October 15 to April 1 ; trout in counties went 

 of the Blue Ridge, December 30 to October 15. In 

 Clay, Cherokee, Jackson, Graham, Swain, Macon, 



