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^'^aOHSiSSIPPI — I>eer. September 1 to March 1.- Wild turkeys, ruffed 

 glpuse and quails, October 1 to May 1. Turtle doves and starllnga, Sep- 

 tember T. to March 1. Catbirds, mocking-birds and thrushes protected 

 at a\I times. In Tunica County, the killing or taking of any kind of game 

 bird ^T animal, fowl or fish for profit, sale or transportation is prohibited 

 until 1897. A land-owner may kill or fish on his own land, or give per- 

 mission to others, but for immediate use only. Numerous county laws. 

 In Tate County, open season for all kinds of game, November 1 to March 

 1. Panola County, quails, October 15 to April 15. The law grants the 

 board of supervisors of any county, the right to change the State law, at 

 any time. Seines> nets, traps, explosives, drugs, etc., prohibited. 



MISSOURI.— Deer, October 1 to January 1 ; turkeys, September 15 

 to March i, Prairie chickens (pinnated grouse), August 15 to February 

 L Ruffed grouse (comihonly called pheasants) and quails (Virginia 

 partridges), October 1 to January 1. Woodcocks, July 1 to January 10. 

 Waterfowl not protected. Doves, meadow larks and plovers, 

 August 1 to February 1. All insectivorous birds, their nests 

 and eggs, and those of game birds, protected. Possession of 

 game out of season Illegal. Birds not showing shot marks to be 

 considered as illegally killed. All railway companies, express 

 companies and carriers are forbidden to carry game out of season. Non- 

 residents forbidden to trap or kill any deer, turkeys, prairie chickens, 

 quails, ruffed grouse, wild geese, brants, wild ducks, snipes, woodcocks, 

 and any furred animal. Shooting on inclosed lands without per- 

 mission, illegal. Any person may catch or kill on his own premises, for 

 his own or for his own fanjily's consumption, quails or prairie chickens, 

 irom October 15 to February 1. Fishing with hook and line at any 

 time. DrugB,'poisonB, explosives, permanent obstruction?, nets, weirs, 

 seines, traps, etc., prohibited, except that a net may be used to catch 

 minnows, and residents may take fish with a seine or set net having 

 meshes not smaller than two Inches square from May 1 to .\pril 1. 



. MONTANA.— Deer, antelopes, mountain sheep, mountain goats, elks 

 and moose, September 15 to January 15. Buffalos and quails protected 

 until 1901. Hunting for skins only, for market or for sale, and hounding 

 prohibited. No close season for bears, curlews and snipes. Otters, 

 martens and fishers, October 1 to April 1. Grouse of all kinds, sage- 

 hens, fool hens, pheasants and partridges, August 15 to November 15. 

 Ducks and geese, August 15 to May 1. Song and insectivorous birds 

 protected; their nests and eggs, and those of all game birds, protected. 

 Hook and line and spear fishing allowed at any time, but catching speck- 

 led or mountain trout for profit prohibited; the use of explosives, poison- 

 ous drugs and nets, traps, etc., prohibited. 



