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prohibited ; the law prohibits the taking of fish with any device other 

 than hook and line, except minnows for bait, within one-half mile 

 of any dam ; prohibits the use of spears, acids medical and chemical 

 compounds or explosives ; prohibits Ashing through the ice from 

 December 1 to March 1. Three game wardens, to be appointed by 

 ftie Governor. 



INDIANA.— Deer, October 1 to January 1; chasing or worrying at any 

 timt and trapping -prohibited. Quails and pheasants (ruflfed grouse), 

 October 15 to December 20. Wild turkeys, November 1 to February 1. 

 Pralrift chickens, September 1 to February 1. Woodcocks, July 1 to 

 January 1. Wil I diacks, September 1 to April 15. Squirrels, June 1 to 

 December 20. Wild pigeons protected from any kind of molestation 

 within ah&lf mile of nesting. Insectivorous and song birds, their nests 

 and eggs, except English sparrows, crows, hawks and other birds of prey, 

 protected. Hunting with dogs or shooting on inclosed lands without 

 written permission, forbidden. Any dog found roaming over the coun- 

 try unattended by owner or agent shall be deemed a run-about dog and 

 may be legally killed. Sale, possession and transportation in close sea- 

 son prohibited; and tha transportation beyond the State at any time is 

 forbidden. Gigging and spearing fish allowed only from July 1 to Jan- 

 uary 1. Artificially stocked waters protected for three years after planting 

 fish. Nets, seines, shooting, explosives and poisons prohibited. Hook 

 and lino fishing all )wed at any time. Road supervisors are constituted 

 officers of the law and are compelled by its provisions to enforce the 

 same. 



INDIAN TERRITORY.— The Government prohibits every person, 

 other than an Indian, from hunting or fishing. 



IOWA.— Prairie chickens, September 1 to December 1. Woodcock? 

 July 10 to January 1. Ruffed grouse or pheasants, quails and wild tur- 

 keys, October 1 to January 1. Deer and elks, September 1 to January 1. 

 Any wild duck, goose or brant, August 15 to May 1. Not more than 

 twenty-five each of grouse, woo^dcocks or quails' to be billed in any one 

 day by any one person. Beavers, minks, otters and muskrats, November 

 1 to April 1 (for the protection of private property at any time). 

 Trapping, snaring and netting of above birds forbidden. The killing of 

 pinnated grouse, woodcocks, quails or ruffed grouse, for traffic, declared 

 unlawful ; and shipping or carrying them out of the State is forbidden. 

 Not to exceed one dozen per day may be shipped to any person within 

 the State. Use of swivel gun or poison prohibited. Bass, wall-eyed pike 

 and croppies. May 15 to November 1. Salmon and trout, • Aprl 

 1 to November 1. Traps, nets, seines, trot lines, spears an 



