BULLETIN NUMBER FIVE 187 



OPEN SEASONS IN CANADA. 



Saskatchewan— NO OPEN SEASON ! 



Manitoba from Oct. 1 to Oct. 21 % month 



Alberta " Oct. 1 to Dec. 21 2 months 



Next in order of destructiveness comes the bag limits 

 prevailing in the various states. They represent various 

 states of mind, ranging from moderation to wicked destruc- 

 tiveness. 



These, also, will be listed in the order of their deadliness 

 to the grouse. 



DAILY BAG LIMIT ON SAGE GROUSE, AND OTHER GROUSE. 



South Dakota — 25. Two good-sized flocks! 



Colorado — 20 for men, 10 for boys. Practically two 

 broods for men, one for boys. Open season begins Aug. i — 

 a double crime ! 



Idaho — 12. Beginning August 15 ! 



Nevada — 10. Daily for seven months of the year. 



Nebraska (no sage grouse) — 10. Pinnated grouse only. 



North Dakota — 10. Where the species is almost gone. 



Utah— 8. 



Wyoming — 6. Beginning on Aug. i, with little chicks ! 



Montana — 5. 



Oregon — 5. 



Washington — 3 to 5. 



California — 4. 



Now, I ask the men of the twelve states represented above 

 to look me straight in the eye and answer this question: 

 Are not your bag limits and your open seasons on grouse 

 twin crimes against the species, and against your oivn boys ? 



I assert that they are; and if they are permitted to remain 

 as they are after March 1, 1917, then the men of the West 

 will be to blame for the extermination that will follow. 



