36 WILD LIFE PROTECTION FUND 



of any wild birds, other than game birds, except eagles, for the pur- 

 poses of selling the same or the skins or any part thereof, except as 

 hereinafter provided, is hereby prohibited. 



"Game defined. — The term 'game animals' shall include deer, moose, 

 caribou, mountain sheep, mountain goats, brown bear, sea lions, and 

 walrus. The term 'game birds' shall include waterfowl commonly 

 known as ducks, geese, brant, and swans; shore birds, commonly 

 known as plover, snipe, and curlew, and the several species of grouse 

 and ptarmigan. 



"Exemptions. — Nothing in this act shall affect any law now in 

 force in Alaska relating to the fur seal, sea otter, or any fur-bearing 

 animal or prevent the killing of any game animal or bird for food or 

 clothing at any time by natives, or by miners or explorers, when in 

 need of food; but the game animals or birds so killed during close 

 season shall not be shipped or sold. 



"Sec. 2. Season. — That it shall be unlawful for any person in 

 Alaska to kill any wild game animals or birds, except during the 

 season hereinafter provided: North of latitude sixty-two degrees, 

 brown bear may be killed at any time; moose, caribou, sheep, walrus, 

 and sea lions from August first to December tenth, both inclusive; 

 south of latitude sixty-two degrees, moose, caribou, and mountain 

 sheep from August twentieth to December thirty-first, both inclusive; 

 brown bear from October first to July first, both inclusive; deer and 

 mountain goats from April first to . February first, both inclusive ; 

 grouse, ptarmigan, shore birds, and waterfowl from September first 

 to March first, both inclusive: Provided, That no caribou shall be 

 killed on the Kenai Peninsula before August twentieth, nineteen hun- 

 dred and twelve : And provided further, That the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture is hereby authorized, whenever he shall deem it necessary for 

 the preservation of game animals or birds, to make and publish rules 

 and regulations prohibiting the sale of any game in any locality 

 modifying the close seasons hereinbefore established, providing dif- 

 ferent close seasons for different parts of Alaska, placing further 

 restrictions and limitations on the killing of such animals or birds in 

 any given locality, or prohibiting killing entirely for a period not 

 exceedng two years in such locality. 



"Sec. 3. Number. — That it shall be unlawful for any person to 

 kill any female or yearling moose or for any one person to kill in any 

 one year more than the number specified of each of the following 

 animals: Two moose, one walrus or sea lion, three caribou, three 

 mountain sheep, three brown bear, or to kill or have in his possession 

 in any one day more than twenty-five grouse or ptarmigan or twenty- 

 five shore birds or waterfowl. 



"Guns and boats. — That it shall be unlawful for any person at any 

 time to hunt with dogs any of the game animals specified in this act; 

 to use a shotgun larger than number ten gauge, or any gun other 

 than that which can be fired from the shoulder; or to use steam 

 launches or any boats other than those propelled by oars or paddles 

 in the pursuit of game animals or birds. 



"Sec. 4. Sale. — That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons 

 at any time to sell or offer for sale any hides, skins, or heads of any 

 game animals or game birds in Alaska, or to sell, offer for sale, or 

 purchase, or offer to purchase, any game animals or game birds, or 



