24 GAME LAWS. 



CALIFORNIA.— Deer, aatelopes, elks and mountain aheep protected 

 until 1893. Quails, partridges, grouse of any kind, ducks and rails, Octo- 

 ber 1 to March 1. Doves, July 1 to January 1, Wild turkeys. Bob White 

 quails, pheasants and skylarks protecte<il until January 1, 1895. Blue and 

 white cranes protected. Netting and snaring of game and insectivorous 

 birds prohibited ; egge and nests protected. Trout, April 1 to November 

 1 ; taking of trout, except with hook and line, prohibited. Salmon, Octo- 

 ber 1 to August 31. Fishing between 6 p. m. Saturday and sundown of 

 succeeding Sunday, prohibited. The pollu';ion of waters with lime, saw- 

 duet, drugs or any substance deleterious to fish, and the use of explosives 

 or any poisonous substance, or nets, weirs, traps or similar devices, pro- 

 hibited. Marketing of shad weighing loss than eight pounds prohibited. 

 Permiasion of owner of premises required in most counties to hunt 

 or flsh. 



COLORADO. — Deer, elks and antelopes which have horns, July 1 to 

 December 1. Not more than five deer, five antelopes and two elks al- 

 lowed to be killed in any one year by one person, and hides of same may 

 be shipped out of the State by obtaining a tag for each from the 

 county clerk. The killing for food is limited to the immediate and nec- 

 essary use of the person killing the animal, game bird or fish. Killing 

 for market or sale prohibited. Hounding prohibited. Exportation of 

 game and fish prohibited. Mountain sheep protected until March 26, 

 1897. BufEalos and mountain goats protected until March 26, 1899. 

 Prairie chickens, grouse, quails and pheasants, September 1 to Novem- 

 ber 15. Ducks, brants, geese and swans, September 1 to April 1. Wild 

 turkeys, larks, whip-poor-wills and all other song and insectivorous 

 birds protected. Owner's consent necessary to hunt in any inclosure. 

 Night hunting, netting and trapping prohibited. Trout or any food 

 fish for immediate use. May 1 to December 1. Fishing with hook and line 

 only permitted. The use of explosives, drugs, nets, seines, weirs and the 

 pollution of streams with sawdust or other deleterious substances, pro- 

 hibited. The Slate is divided into four game districts, with paid game 

 and fish wardens. 



CONNECTICUT.— Quails, woodcocks, ruffed grouse (called partridges), 

 and gray squirrels, October 1 to January 1. Exportation of quails, wood- 

 cocks and grouse prohibited. Eggs and nests are protected. Wild ducks, 

 geese and brants, September 1 to May 1. Nests and eggs of above pro- 

 tected equally. Trapping, snaring or netting of woodcocks, quails and 

 ruffed grouse forbidden, except on a man's own grounds. Possession by 

 any person, or any express company, or carrier, during the close season 

 is forbidden. Exportation of game prohibited. Shooting or being with 

 gxm and dog without leave on the inclosed grounds of any individual or 

 corporation where notices forbidding hunting are posted is a breach of 

 lavr even in the open season. Shooting, hunting, or havli<g firearms in 



