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deer track may be killed. Deer and elks protected on Bois Blanc Island 

 until November 1, 1899. Wild turkeys, November 1 to December V. 

 Woodcocks, August 15 to December 15. (This is the new law, but it dc«s 

 not take effect untlll October 1, 1891, therefore the old law is in fcce 

 until then, which makes the open season on woodcocks commence Sep- 

 tember 1. The same is true regarding grouse, which, under the olc'law, 

 may be legally killed from September 1 to October 1 and ander 

 the new law as stated herewith.) Lower Peninsula: Ruffed grouse 

 (partridge), pheasants, quails (Colins or Virginia partridge), Ncemberl 

 to December 15. Upper Peninsula: Ruffed grouse (partridge). October, 

 1 to January 1 . Snipes and wild geese, red-heads, bluebills, canvas-backs 

 widgeons and pintail ducks September 1 to May 1. A.11 othfr wildfowl, 

 September 1 to January 1. Prairie chickens protected to Not ember, 1894. 

 No trapping or snaring allowed. No punt or swivel £;uus nl.'owed. Nests 

 and eggs of birds protected. Possession, sale or transportation during 

 close season prohibited.. Insectivorous and songbirds protected. Expor- 

 tation of game prohibited. Bounty of three cen^s per head paid on spar- 

 rows. Usingguns within five miles of pigeon nestings and netting within 

 two miles is prohibited. Speckled trout, grayling, California trout, and 

 landlocked salmon, with hook and line only. May 1 to September 1; less 

 than six inches in length protected; also protected in streams wh^re they 

 are not native for three years after first planting; brook trout and gray- 

 lings shall not betaken for sale or sold. Black, strawberry, green or white 

 bass at any time, but by hook and line oniy:mascalonge, July 1 to March, 

 1. The use of dynamite, herculean or giant powder or. other explosives, 

 seines, pound nets, gill nets, or any species of nets, jacks or artificial 

 lights of any kind prohibited. There are local laws in several counties 

 The Governor shall appoint a game and fish warden, to serve four years, 

 and he in turn shall appoint deputy wardens— not to exceed three In each 

 county, 



I MINNESOTA —Deer and elks. November I to December I. Moose, 

 caribou and reindeer protected until April 20, 1896. Hounding pro- 

 hibited. Woodcocks, July 4 to November 1. Prairie chickens, sharp- 

 tailed ^ouse, ruffed grouse or pheasants, quails or partridges, Septem. 

 ber 1 to November 1. Geese, ducks, brants, snipe and all aquatic fowl, 

 Augtiet 20 to April 25. Minks, muskrats, otters and beavers, November 1 

 to May 1. All plumage, song and Insectivorous birds, their nests and 

 eggs, and the nests and eggs of game birds protected, excepting black- 

 birds and sparrows. Trapping, netting, snaring, night hunting and the 

 use of artificial lights, or other devices, prohibited, except that decoys 

 may be used to lure ducks, wild geese and brants. Trespass prohibited ; 

 lands must be posted. Speckled, river or brook trout, April 1 to October 

 I. Other flsh. May 1 to March 1, except where prohibited by local laws. 

 Hook and line fishing only permitted. Nets, weirs, seines, explosives, 

 drugs, the pollution of streams, and fish houses ouioe,- prohibited. Fiah- 

 ing within f onr hundred feet of any fishway prohibited- 



