GAME LAWS. 87 



Von, Herkimer, Lewis, Oneida, St. Lawrence, Saratoga, Warren, Wasliipg- 

 ton, Greene, Ulster and Sullivan. The State is divided into fifteen game 

 and fish protection districts. Protectors appointed for each district. 



NORTH CAROLINA.— A new law has been passed, regulating the open 

 season in the several counties of the State. We have not received a 

 copy of it up to the time of going to press, ^but will publish a, synopsis 

 of it in a subsequent iaaue. , - ~ 



NORTH DAKOTA.— BufEalos, elks, deer, antelopes and mountain 

 sheep, September 1 to January 1. Grouse of all kinds, September 1 to 

 January 1. Ducks, snipes, geese, brants, plovers and curlews, Septem- 

 ber 1 to May I. Not more than twenty-five of any of the game birds or 

 fowl mentioned allowed to be killed or had in possession at any one 

 time. Their nests and eggs protected. Exportation of game prohibit- 

 ed; not more than one dozen of either of said birds allowed to be shipped 

 or transported in any one day within the State by any one person, after 

 nuking affidavit that said birds have been legally killed. Shoulder guns 

 only allowed; all other devices, poisons, traps, etc., prohibited. Wasting 

 game or leaving the same lying about, prohibited. Pike, pickerel, 

 perch, bass^ mascalonge, May 1 to February 1. Fishing' with hook and 

 line only allowed; all other devices prohibited. 



OHIO.— Deer, October 15 to November 20. Quails, November 10 to 

 December 15. Squirrels, July 1 to December 15. Woodcocks, July 

 15 to November 1. Buffed grouse or pheasants and prairie-chickens, 

 September 1 to December 15. Ducks, September 1 to April 10. 

 Turkeys, October 1 to December 15. Trapping or snaring quails or 

 partridges prohibited. The use of any other gun than a shoulder gun, 

 artificial light, sink boat or battery, steam or naphtha launch, net or 

 trap, prohibited. Nests and eggs of all game birds and fowl protected. 

 Ducks shall not be hunted on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday of any week 

 between September 1 and April 10. Sunday hunting prohibited at all 

 times. Swans, insectivorous birds and their nests protected at all 

 times. Disturbing pigeon roosts or discharging any firearm at any wild 

 pigeon within one-half mile of a wild pigeon roost, prohibited. The use 

 of ferrets for catching rabbits on the premises of another, prohibited. 

 Muskrats, minks, and otters, March 1 to April 15. Brook trout, salmon, 

 land-locked salmon, or California salmon, March 14 to September 15. With 

 these exceptions there are no restrictions to fishing with hopk and line, 

 with bait or lure, except that bass under eight inches in length, and fish 

 in private or posted waters are protected. Netting and seining are 

 allowed in many waters subject to specific or local laws. Explosives, 

 poisonous drugs, spearing, shooting, trespassing, and selling or having 

 la possession any^ kind of fish in close season, prohibited. Spearing 

 supkers la allowed in all streams flowing into Lake Erie. , 



