GAME LAWS. 1 , 



February 1: Accomac, Alleghany, Amherst, Augusta, Bath, Bedford, 

 Caroline, Essex, Franklin, Grayson, Highland, Northampton, Norfolk, 

 Rockbridge, Scott, Smyth, Washington. Wythe. From November 15 to 

 February 15: Princess Anne. The counties of Amelia, Appomattox, 

 Brunswick, Cumberland, Dinwiddle, Greensville. Lunenburg, Mecklen- 

 burg, Nottoway and Sussex, have no law on the subject. Mountain 

 trout, April 1 to September 15. Bass of any kind, July 1 to May 15. 

 Hook and line fishing only allowed. Nets, traps, weirs, obstructions to 

 free passage of fish, drugs, poisons, pollution of stieams, etc., prohib- 

 ited. Local laws regulate fishing in the proximity fiff dams, junctions, 

 mill ponds, etc. 



WASHINGTON,— Deer, moose, elks, mountain sheep and mountain 

 goats, for food purposes only, August 15 to January 1. Hide and head 

 'hunting prohibited. Hounding elks or moose except during October, 

 November and December, prohibited. Hounding* deer prohibited at all 

 times. Swans and wild ducks of any kind, August 15 to April 1. Prairie 

 chickens,mouatain grouse, blue grou8e,pintail grouse.pheasants and sage,- 

 hens, August 1 to January 1. California anS Bob White quails, October 

 1 to January 15. Trappij;ig and snaring prohibited. ' Nests and eggs of 

 all game birds and fowl protected at all times. Night hunting prohibited. 

 Shooting with swivel or pivot guns, or from sink boxes, rafts, sneak boats, 

 or other devices, except from shore blinds or over decoys, prohibited. 

 Brook trout, mountain trout, bull trout and salmon trout. May 1 to 

 November 1; with hook and line only. Fishing for salmon within 

 one mile below any obstruction erected to obtain fish for propagation, 

 or use of nets, weirs, seineH, traps or other similar devices, drugs, ex- 

 plosives, etc., prohibited. Trespass prohitjited; lands and waters must 

 be posted. Fish planted in waters protected for three years after plant- 

 ing. Salmon, in Columbia River and tributaries, April 10 to August 10 

 and September 10 to March 1; protected at all times between 6 p. m. Satur- 

 day and 6 p. m. following Sunday. Gray's Harbor, Shoalwater Bay and 

 tributaries, December 15 to November 15. Puget Sound, June 1 to March 

 1. Pollution of streams prohibited, and dams must have fishways. From 

 and after January 1, 1892, foreigners and non-residents prohibited from 

 taking for sale or profit any salmon, sturgeon or other fooi fish. Fish 

 co;nml8sioner appointed, with salary of $2,OO0 and expenses. Game war- 

 den and deputies appointed by the Governor. 



WEST VIRGINIA.— Quails, November 1 to December 20. Wild tur- 

 keys, September 15 to January 1. Ruffed and pMnated grouse, Nove m- 

 ber 1 to January 1, Snipes, March 1 to July 1. Woodcocks, July 1 to 

 September 15. Wild ducks, geese and brants, October 1 to April 1, Deer, 

 September 15 to December 15. Insectivorous and song birds, their nests, 

 and eggs, and those of game birds and waterfowl, protected. Snaring, 

 netting or trapping, and the use of swivel or pivot guns, or aneak op pusli 



