THE BIRD STUDY BOOK 



Carolina alone passed three hundred and six different 

 game laws. As various forms of game birds or 

 animals showed indications of decreasing in numbers 

 new laws were called into existence in an attempt to 

 conserve the supply for the benefit of the people. 

 Not infrequently laws were passed offering bounties 

 or otherwise encouraging the killing of wolves, pumas, 

 and other predatory animals, or of birds regarded 

 as injurious to growing crops or to poultry raising. 

 State laws intended primarily for the protection 

 of wild life may be grouped as follows: (i) naming 

 the time of the year when various kinds of game may 

 be hunted; these hunting periods are called "open 

 seasons." (2) The prohibition of certain methods 

 formally employed in taking game, as, for example, 

 netting, trapping, and shooting at night. (3) Pro- 

 hibiting or regulating the sale of game. By destroy- 

 ing the market the incentive for much excessive 

 killing is removed. (4) Bag limit; that is, indicating 

 the number of birds or animals that may be shot in a 

 day; for example, in Louisiana one may kill twenty- 

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