﻿GAME LAWS FOR 1913. 35 



Alberta — Continued. Open seasons. 



Partridge (except Hungarian partridge, no open season), grouse, prairie chicken, 

 ptarmigan, pheasant (except English, no open season) Oct. 1-Nov. 1. 



Plover, curlew, sandpiper, snipe, shore bird, coot, rail, crane Sept. 1-Jan. 1. 



Duck, 1 swan Aug. 23-Jan. 1. 



British Columbia 2 (1898-1913): 



Deer, goat Sept. 1-Dec. 15. 



Bull moose, bull caribou, hare Sept. 1-Jan. I. 2 



Sheep, rams only Sept. 1-Nov. 15. J 



Buffalo, elk, and young of deer and females and young of moose, caribou, and sheep. . No open season. 



Bear Sept. 1-July 15. 



Quail, grouse, ptarmigan, Knglish partridge, prairie chicken, pheasant, black game, 

 capercailzie, snipe, duck, goose, swan No open season . J 



Plover, bittern, heron, meadowlark Sept. 1-Mar. 1. 



Manitoba ( 1909-1 913) : 3 



Deer, elk or wapiti, moose,, caribou or reindeer, antelope or cabri (males) Dec. 1-Dec. 15. 



Females and young of foregoing species and bison or buffalo No open season. 



Quail, woodcock, plover (except upland plover, July 1-Jan. 1), sandpiper, snipe . . . Aug. 1-Jan. 1. 



Partridge, prairie chickenj grouse Oct. 1-Oct. 20. 



Dove No open season. 



Pheasant, 11 years Oct. 1, 1920. 



Duck Sept. 1-Dec. 1. 



New Brunswick (1909-1913): 



Deer, moose, caribou (cow and calf 4 moose and caribou, no open season) Sept. 15-Dec. 1. 



Partridge, woodcock, snipe Sept. 15-Dec. 1. 



Pheasant No open season. 



Teal, wood duck, dusky or black duck, goose, brant ." Sept. 1-Dec. 2. 



Shore or other birds on beaches, islands or lagoons bordering tidal waters of North- 

 umberland Strait, Gulf of St. Lawrence, and Bay ofChaleur Aug. 15- Jan. 1. 



Newfoundlands (1902-1913): 



Elk, moose No open season. 



Caribou (except in a special region near Grand Lake, no open season) Oct. 21-Feb. I. 6 



Ptarmigan, willow grouse or partridge, plover, curlew, snipe, or "other wild or 

 migratory birds (except wild geese)" Sept. 20- Jan. 1, 



Capercailzie, black game, 10 years Oct. 12, 1917. 



Nova Scotia (1908-1912): 



Deer, 3years Oct. 1, 1915. 



Moose, bulls only (see exception) Sept. 16-Nov. 16. 



Exception: Cape Breton Island Sept. 16, 1915 



Caribou (see exceptions) Sept. 16, 1915. 



Exceptions: Inverness and Victoria Counties, bulls only Sept. 16-Oct. 16 



Hare, rabbit Oct. 1-Mar. 1. 



Quail, sharp-tailed grouse, ptarmigan, plover, curlew, yellow legs, sandpiper, teal, 

 heron, bittern, beach birds, and waders Aug. 15-Mar. 1. 



Ruffed grouse or birch partridge Oct. 1-Nov. 1. 



Canada grouse (spruce partridge), chukar partridge, pheasant, capercailzie, black 

 game No open season. 



Woodcock, Wilson snipe, blue-winged duck, wood duck Sept. 1-Mar. 1. 



Ontario' (1907-1913): 



Deer (except in Dufferin, Grey, Simcoe, and Wellington Counties, to Nov. 1, 1914; 

 in Bruce County, Nov. 1, 1916; and except fawns, no open season) Nov. 1-Nov. 16. 8 



Elk or wapiti No open season. 



i Except white-winged scoters, north of township 50, which may be taken at any time. 



2 The lieutenant governor in councilis empowered to open seasons each year for Columbian deer, quail, 

 grouse, ptarmigan, English partridge, prairie chicken, pheasant, capercailzie, black game, snipe, duck, and 

 goose. Orders in council have been made closing the season throughout the year on deer on the Queen 

 Charlotte Islands; on white-tailed deer in the Similkameen and Okanogan districts; on moose south of 

 latitude 52° except in the Columbia district of East Kootenay; and on mountain sheep in the Yale, 

 Okanogan, and Similkameen districts. 



3 North of parallel 54° any game except pheasants may be taken at any time by settlers, farmers, sur- 

 veyors, prospectors, explorers, or Indians in actual need of food, but not for sale or barter. 



i Under 3 years of age and with horns bearing less than 3 tines 4 inches in length. 



5 Poor settlers may kill any birds, except capercailzie and black game, at any time, for immediate con- 

 sumption by themselves or their families. 



6 Additional open season Aug. 1-Oct. 1. 



7 Lieutenant governor in council may alter close seasons in region north and west of French River, Lake 

 Nipissing, and Mattawa River, and in the vicinity of Rondeau Park and close for a definite period seasons 

 for any game animal or nonmigratory game bird whose numbers have diminished. 



8 Persons who put deer on their own lands, and their licensees, may hunt such deer Oct. 1-Nov. 16. 



