﻿GAME LAWS FOR 1913. 33 



Vermont i (1894-1913): Open seasons. 



Deer with horns not less than 3 inches long 2 (no open season for others) Nov. 10-Dee. 2. 



Moose, caribou No open season. 



Elk, 10 years Feb. 20, 1923. 



Hare, rabbit Sept. 15-Mar. 1. 



Gray squirrel Sept. 15-Dec. 1. 



Quail, ruffed grouse (partridge), woodcock Sept. 15-Dec. 1. 



Pheasant, European partridge, dove, upland plover, wood duck, swan No open season. 



Plover (except upland plover), English snipe, yellowlegs Sept. 1-Dec. 1. 



Duck (except wood duck), goose, brant Sept. 1-Dec. 16. 



Coot, gallinule Sept. 1-Dec. 1. 



Virginia 3 (1903-1912): 



Deer (except in Brunswick and Greenesville Counties, Oct. 1-Feb. 1) Sept. 1-Dec. 1. 



Rabbit Nov. 1-Feb. l.« 



Squirrel: 



Brunswick and Greenesville Counties Nov. 1-Feb. 1 5 



Isle of Wight and Southampton Counties (gray or fox) Sept. 1-Jan. 15 



Warren County Nov. 15- Jan. 1 



Opossum in Halifax County Oct. 15-Feb. 1 



Quail or partridge, pheasant or grouse, wild turkey (see exception) Nov. 1-Feb. 1. 



Exception: West of the Blue Ridge Nov. 1-Jan. 1 



Dove in Brunswick and Greenesville Counties Aug. 15-Jan. 15. 



Woodcock. Nov. 1-Jan. 1. 



Black-breasted and golden plover July 20-Dec.l6. 



Jacksnipe or Wilson snipe, yellowlegs Sept. 1-Dec. 16. 



Rail, coot, mud hen, gallinule July 20-Dec. 1. 



Summer or wood duck Aug. 1-Jan. 1. 



Winter waterfowl 6 (except in Brunswick and Greenesville Counties, Aug. 1- 



Jan.l) Oct. 15-Feb. 1. 



Washington? (1903-1913): 



Deer (except Okanogan County, Sept. 1-Nov. 1), sheep, goat Oct. 1-Dec. 1. 



Male moose and elk, 12 years Oct. 1, 1925. 



Antelope (males only) Sept. 15-Nov. 1 . 



Moose, caribou, spotted fawn, and females of deer, elk, antelope No open season. 



Quail, ruffed grouse, grouse, prairie chicken, pheasant, and other imported upland 



game birds (see exceptions) Oct. 1-Dec. 1. 



Exceptions: 



East of Cascades, Chinese pheasant (except in Kittitas and Yakima Coun- 

 ties, Oct. 1-16), native pheasant, prairie chicken Sept. 15-Nov. 1. 



Blue grouse Sept. 1-Dec. 1. 



Quail east of Cascades (except in Spokane County) Oct. 1, 1915. 



Western and eastern, prairie chicken, native pheasant, ruffed grouse, Hun- 

 garian partridge, bobwhite quail, scaly partridge, sage hen, in Kittitas and 



Yakima Counties Oct. 1, 1915. 



California quail in Kittitas and Yakima Counties, Chinese pheasant in Asotin 

 County, and quail, any species of partridge, sage hen, and imported game 



birds in Okanogan County Oct. 1, 1915. 



Blue grouse West of Cascades Sept. 16-Oct. 1. 



Sage grouse, sage hen, band-tailed pigeon, wood duck, and in the counties of 

 Island, King, Pierce, San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish, and Whatcom ruffed 



grouse No open season. 



Hungarian partridge Oct. 1, 1920. 



Dove (except east of Cascades, Sept. 15-Nov. 1), swan No open season. 



Blackbreasted and golden plover, jacksnipe or Wilson snipe, yellowlegs Oct. 1-Dec. 16. 8 



Duck, goose, brant Oct. 1-Jan. 16. 8 



Rail Oct. 1-Dec. l.« 



Coot and gallinule Sept.l-Dec. 1. 



1 The governor is authorized to suspend open seasons in time of drought and fix another open season 

 for deer in such event. 



2 Deer kept in private game preserves may be killed by the owners at any time. 



s Boards of supervisors may shorten the open seasons in their counties and make other restrictions not 

 repugnant to law, "and may include in such protection other game not specifically mentioned in this sec- 

 tion." Code 1904, sec. 2070a, as amended in 1906. 



4 Residents of the State may kill rabbits on their own lands at any time. 



6 Residents of State may kill squirrels on their own lands at any time. 



^Wildfowl can not be hunted on Wednesdays and Saturdays on Back Bay, Princess Anne County. 



1 On Mercer Island and shores of Lake Washington game animals and birds are protected all the year. 



s The season opens Sept. 15 in Adams, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan, Spokane, Stevens, 

 and Whitman Counties. 



