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harvest, and the day fixed upon must be announced in the 

 official journal of the province. But any person having 

 the right of shooting over an extent of land of not less than 

 three thousand Bavarian acres lying altogether, may, on 

 application to the police authorities of the district, obtain 

 permission to shoot leverets for his own use at an earlier 

 date than that which may be fixed upon by the authorities 

 for the opening of the regular season for hare shooting. 



The regulations above described, respecting the periods 

 within which it is forbidden to kill the several kinds of 

 game or other wild animals, only apply to the open country 

 generally, and are not obligatory as regards the game kept 

 in preserves qompletely enclosed by a paling or wall, or in 

 pheasantries. They may, therefore, be considered a dead 

 letter so far as fallow deer are concerned, none of these 

 animals being found in Bavaria in a wild state in the forests 

 (as in the neighbouring province of Bohemia), or otherwise 

 than in enclosed preserves or parks, and even in the latter 

 condition they are far from numerous. 



The announcement of the opening of the shooting season 

 confers no right to disregard the general prohibition with 

 respect to walking over field crops still standing, or through 

 vineyards in which the grapes have not been gathered ; but 

 this prohibition does not apply to pastures, clover, cabbages, 

 potatoes, turnips, and mangel-wurzel. 



It is expressly forbidden to shoot or otherwise take 

 partridges so long as deep snow lies upon the ground. 



Birds and beasts of prey may be shot or caught at all 

 seasons of the year. 



It is forbidden to make use of gun-cotton in shooting 

 game, or to lay poisoned bait, or traps or nooses for the 

 purpose of snaring game, except as regards birds of passage. 



Red and fallow deer and chamois may not be shot other- 

 wise than with the bullet. 



The placing of spring-guns or man-traps is regulated by 

 the provisions of Article 149 of the Criminal Police Code, 



