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REL (Gray, Black, Bed, Fox) Sept. 1st. to Dec. 1st. RABBIT and all fur 

 bearing animals, no closed season. SKUNK is protected in counties where 

 protection hss been approved by majority of voters. It is urlawful to pursue 

 deer \vith dogs at any time. 



Birds. 



QUAIL (Virginia Partridge) Nov. 1st. to Dec. 1st. RUFFED GROUSE 

 (Pheasant) Wild Turkey Oct. 15th. to Dec. 1st. PLOVER, SAND PIPER, 

 WOOD COCK, REED BIRD, RAIL, (Ortalon) July 15th to Dec. 20th. 

 SNIPE Oct. 15th to March 1st. DUCK (except wood duck) GOOSE, 

 BRANT, Sept. 1st. to April 20th. Foreign game birds, wood duck, no open 

 season. English Sparrows, Owls, Hawks, Eagles, Crows and King Fishers, 

 may be killed at any time ; all other non-game birds are protected at all times, 



BAG LIMITS 12 quail, 6 ruffed grouse, 2 wild turkeys in a day or 96 quail 

 25 ruffed grouse, 6 wild turkeys in a season. 



Fish. 



JACK SALMON (commonly called Jack fish or white salmon) June 15th. 

 to April 15th. TROUT or landlock salmon, April 1st. to Sept. 1st. Black, 

 green, willow and rock bass, pike or pickerel, June 15th. to April 15th. In 

 Brooke, Hancock and Ohio counties, the open season on the last named fish 

 is from May 29th. to April 15th. 



UNLAWFUL. 



To hunt or fish on Sunday; to hunt or fish on enclosed or improved lands of 

 another, without written permission; to sell or buy, or transport out of the 

 State, or serve at hotel or restaurant protected birds, game or fish; to main- 

 tain a dam or other thing which obstructs the easy passage of fish up or down 

 the stream, without suitable fish-ways; to allow to enter any stream of w r ater, 

 saw-dust or other matter deletrious to fish ; to catch fish, kill birds or game 

 out of seaeon ; to use seines except in the Ohio river, when properly registered; 

 to kill or catch game fish, except with rod, hook and line, or by tr.ot line; to 

 set out forest fires; to catch fish under size, ar prescribed by law; to catch 

 by seine, net, bait,, trap or snare, or any kind of device wild turkey, ruffed 

 grouse or quail; to shoot or discharge fire arms across any public road, or with- 

 in 400 feet of any school house, or on the lands of another within 600 feet of 

 an occupied dwelling house; to hunt without lice^e, unless you are a citi2en 

 of West Virginia. To carelessly wound or kill any human being, or any live 

 stock constitutes an offense punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand 

 dollars, and a jail sentence of one year. 



FELONY. 



To use any dynamite, or other explosive mixtures for the purpose of kill- 

 ing fish. 



I earnestly ask the co-operation of every citizen of West Virginia, in help- 

 ing to enforce, the law r . Any information of violations given will be appreci- 

 ated, and the name of the informer will be kept strictly confidential. 



J. A. VlQUESNEY, 



B ding ton, W. Va. Forest, Game and Fish Warden. 



