﻿GAME LAWS FOR 1913. 27 



Maine (1903-1913): Open seasons. 



Deer in Aroostook, Franklin, Hancock, Oxford, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, 



and Washington Counties (see exceptions) Oct. 1-Dec. 16. 



Exceptions: 



Mount Desert Island, no open season. 



Swan Island, 4 years Oct. 1, 1914. 



Washington County— Cross and Scotch Islands July 3, 1919. 



Deer in rest of State Nov. 1-Dec. 1. 



Bull moose with at least two 3-inch prongs on horns Nov. 1-Dec. 1. , 



Cow and calf moose No open season. 



Caribou, years Oct. 15, 1917. 



Hare, rabbit Sept. 1-Apr. 1. 



Squirrel, gray Sept. 1-Nov. 1. 



Quail, Hungarian partridge, pheasant, black game, capercailzie, cock of the woods, 

 dove No open season. 



Ruffed grouse, partridge, woodcock Sept. 15-Dec, 1. 



Plover, snipe, yellowlegs Aug. l~Dec. 1. 



Rail, coot, gallinule Sept. 1-Dec. 1. 



Duck, goose, brant Sept. 1-Dec. 16. 



Maryland (1898-1912): i 



Rabbit Nov. 1-Dec. 25. 



Squirrel...?. Sept. 1-Dec. 2. 



Quail, ruffed grouse, wild turkey Nov. 1-Dec. 25. 



Dove .- Aug. 15-Dec. 25. 



Plover, snipe Aug. 15-Dec. 16. 



Woodcock Nov. 1-Dec. 25. 



Reedbird, sora (water rail or ortolan) Sept. 1-Nov. 1. 



Duck, goose, brant Nov. 1-Feb. 1. 



Coot and gallinule Sept. 1-Dec. 16. 



Yellowlegs Sept. 1-Dec. 16. 



Massachusetts (1902-1913): 



Deer (third Monday in November to the following Saturday, inclusive) Nov. 17-22, 1913. 



Moose No open season. 



Hare or rabbit Oct. 16-Mar. 1. 



Gray squirrel Oct. 12-Nov. 13. 



Quail, ruffed grouse or partridge, woodcock Oct. 12-Nov. 13. 



Dove, wild or passenger pigeon, prairie chicken, Hungarian partridge, pheasants 

 (English, golden, Mongolian), 2 killdeer or piping plover, swan No open season. 



Heath hen, 5 years Nov. 1, 1916. 



Wild turkey, 4 years Sept. 1, 1915. 



Bartramian sandpiper (upland plover) July 15, 1915. 



Plover (except upland and killdeer or piping plover), snipe Aug. 1-Dec. 16. 



Rail, gallinule, quark (mud hen) Aug. 1-Dec. 1. 



Duck (except wood duck), teal, brant SeDt. 15-Jan. 1. 



Michigan (1905-1913): 



Deer 3 (see exceptions) Nov. 10-Dec. 1 . 



Exceptions: Deer in red coat and fawn in spotted coat, and all deer in Berrien, 

 Calhoun, Genesee, Ingham, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Oakland, and St. Clair 



Counties Nov. 10, 1920. 



Bois Blanc Island Nov. 10, 1918. 



Elk, moose, caribou No open season. 



Rabbit Sept. 1-Mar. 2. 



Squirrel (black, fox, or gray), 3 years Oct. 15, 1915. 



Quail, pheasants (English, Mongolian), black game, capercailzie, hazel grouse, wild 



turkey Nov. 1, 1917. 



Ruffed grouse (partridge), spruce hen, woodcock Oct. 1-Dec. 1. 



Pinnated grouse (prairie chicken), European partridge, dove, swan No open season. 



Plover, snipe, yellowlegs, duck, goose, brant Sept. 1-Dec. 16. 



Rail, coot, gallinule Sept. 15-Dec. 1. 



1 The seasons given are the most general. For all seasons under county laws see Poster No. 28, " Open 

 seasons for game, District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia, 1913," which may be had upon application 

 to the Biological Survey, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 



« Except on private preserves under permit of commissioners on fisheries and game. 



3 Deer raised in captivity may be killed at any time for owner's consumption. 



