GAME LAWS OF CALIFORNIA 



Arranged by Charles A. Togelsang 

 Chief Deputy California Fish and Game Commission 



Hunters' licenses are now required, and they are to be obtained from the 

 respective county clerks or the Fish Commission or their deputies. Licenses 

 cost for 



Citizens of California $ 1 .00 per year 



Non-resident citizens of the United States $10.00 per year 

 Non-citizens (aliens) $25.00 per year 



OPEN SEASONS. — Ducks, October 1st to February 15th; doves, July 

 15th to October 15th; valley quail, ibis, curlew, plover, rabbits, rail and all 

 shore birds, October 15th to Feb. 15th; snipe (Wilson or English), October 

 15th to April 1st; trout. May 1st to November 15th; steelhead trout. May 

 1st to September 17th and October 23rd to January 1st; salmon, October 

 23rd to September 17; lobster and crawfish, September 15th to February 

 15th; black bass, June 1st to January 1st; crab, November 1st to September 

 1st; clam, September 1st to May 1st; deer, September 1st to October 1st; 

 tree squirrel, no open season. 



WHAT IS ALWAYS UNLAWFUL 



To buy, sell, offer for sale, barter or trade, at any time, any quail, dove, 

 pheasant, grouse, sage hen, snipe, ibis, plover, rail, or any deer meat or 

 deer skins. 



To have in possession Doe or Fawn skins. 



To take or kill, at any time. Does, Fawns, Elk, Antelope, or Mountain 

 Sheep. 



To take or kill any Pheasant, Grouse, Sage Hen, Swan, or imported Quail. 



To run deer with dogs at any time, except to follow a wounded deer in 

 open season. 



To shoot half hour before sunrise, or half hour after sunset. 



To trap or hold protected game or birds of any kind without having first 

 procured written authority from the Board of Fish Commissioners. 



To take, possess, or destroy nests or eggs of any birds. 



To ship game or fish in concealed packages, or without your name and 

 address. 



To buy or sell Trout less than one pound in weight. 



To take or have in possession at any time Golden Trout, Sacramento 

 Perch, Sturgeon, or female Crabs. 



To take Red or Green Abalones less than 15 inches, or Black Abalones 

 less than 12 inches in circumference. 



To take any Abalones with diving paraphernalia of any kind. 



To take Trout, Black Bass or Steelhead, except with hook and line. 



To take Salmon, Shad, or Striped Bass with a net less than 7 1-2-inch 

 mesh, or to use a set-net. 



To fish with a boat and net without a License. 



To fish for Salmon, Shad, or Striped Bass with nets Saturday and Sunday. 



To take fish, in any manner, within 50 feet of a fishway. 



To take, buy, sell or have in possessioin Striped Bass less than 3 pounds 

 in weight. 



To take or kill Meadow Larks, Robins, or any other non-game birds, ex- 

 cept Bluejays, English Sparrows, Sharp-Shinned Hawk, Cooper's Hawk, 

 Duck Hawk, Great Horned Owl, or California Linnet. 



To shoot on enclosed or cultivated land without permission. 



To export dried Shrimp or Shrimp shells. 



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