﻿44 BULLETIN 22, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



SALE IN OPEN SEASON. 



In order to counteract a tendency on the part of market hunters to 

 anticipate the opening of the season, the sale of certain game is some- 

 times prohibited at the beginning of the open season, as during the 

 first two days in Illinois, the first three in Nova Scotia and Quebec, 

 and the first month in British Columbia. 



SALE PROHIBITED ALL THE YEAR. 



Forty-seven States 1 and most of the Provinces of Canada now pro- 

 hibit sale of all or certain kinds of game at all seasons. In Alabama, 

 Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, 

 Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, 

 South Carolina, Texas, Washington, West Virginia, and Wyoming, 

 the sale, and in Delaware the resale, of all protected game is pro- 

 hibited; in Michigan and Ohio, of all game except rabbits; in New 

 York and New Jersey of all game except rabbits and that raised in 

 licensed preserves and a few imported species; in Minnesota, of all 

 game except that raised in captivity; in Wisconsin, of all game except 

 rabbits, squirrels, coots, and rails; in California, of all game except 

 ducks; in Utah and Manitoba, of all big game and upland game. In 

 a few instances prohibitions against the sale of certain game are so 

 general as to afford protection over a considerable area in adjoin- 

 ing States. Thus, ruffed grouse can not be sold in any State or Prov- 

 ince along the Canadian border except Quebec. Practically every 

 State in which prairie chickens occur now prohibits their sale or 

 export. 



The following statement shows the kinds of game the sale of which 

 is prohibited throughout the year. The sale of all other game is so 

 generally prohibited during the close season as to render a detailed 

 enumeration unnecessary, but when an extension of a few days is 

 added to the open season or a special season is provided for either 

 possession or sale, attention is called to this exemption under the 

 heading "Permitted." 



Sale of game prohibited throughout the year. 



Alabama: All protected game. 



Alaska: Heads, hides, and skins of all protected game. Deer until August 15, 1914. 



Permitted: Carcasses of all game may be sold during the open season and 15 days thereafter. 

 Arizona: All protected game. 



Arkansas: All "game, wild fowl, or birds whatsoever," except deer raised in captivity, bears, rabbits, 

 opossums, raccoons, and squirrels. 2 



i Omitting Alaska, which prohibits sale only of heads, skins, and trophies and deer in southeastern 

 Alaska until Aug. 15, 1914; District of Columbia, which prohibits sale only in close season; North Caro- 

 lina, which prohibits sale in only a few counties. 



2 Squirrels killed in Ouachita and Union Counties can not be sold, and no squirrels can be sold in Craig- 

 head, Dallas, and Lafayette Counties. Wildfowl may be sold in the Chickasawba district in Mississippi 

 County. 



