282 STATE OF NEW YORK. 



Deer or Venison, When Not to be Possessed. 



§ 41. Wild deer or venison shall not be possessed or sold except from the sixteenth day of 

 August to the thirty-first day of October, both inclusive, and possession thereof from the thirty- 

 first day of October to the tenth day of November, inclusive, is forbidden, and shall be deemed 

 a violation of this section unless it be proved by the possessor or seller that such deer or venison 

 was killed within the lawful period or out of the State. Whoever shall violate or attempt to 

 violate the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and in addition 

 thereto shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars for each wild deer or part thereof had 

 in possession in violation of this section. 



Fawns Not to be Killed. 



§ 42. No fawns shall be caught or killed at any time in this State, nor any part thereof be 

 possessed at any time ; possession of a fawn or fawns shall be presumptive evidence of the viola- 

 tion of this section. Whoever shall violate or attempt to violate the provisions of this section 

 shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor and in addition thereto shall be liable to a penalty of 

 one hundred dollars for each fawn caught, killed or possessed in violation of this section. 



Traps and Artificial Lights. 



§ 43. Traps, or any device whatsoever, to trap and entice deer, including salt licks, shall 

 not be made, set or used, and deer shall not be caught, hunted or killed by the aid or use 

 thereof. No jack light or any other artificial light shall be used in hunting or killing or attempting 

 to kill any deer, except from September first to September fifteenth, both inclusive. Whoever 

 shall violate or attempt to violate the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of mis- 

 demeanor, and in addition thereto shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars for each 

 violation thereof. 



(As amd. by chap. 654 of Laws of 1896.) 



Houndings. 



§ 44. Deer shall not be hunted, pursued or killed with any dog or bitch in this state at any 

 time except from the first to the fifteenth day of October, both inclusive. Dogs of the breed 

 commonly used for hunting deer shall not be permitted by the owner or person harboring the 

 same to run at large, except between such dates, in the forest where deer inhabit. Deer shall not 

 be hunted with dogs in the counties of Saint Lawrence, Delaware, Greene, Ulster or Sullivan, 

 except in the towns of Highland, Cumberland, Tusten, Cochocton and Bethel, in the county of 

 Sullivan, deer may be hunted, pursued or killed with dogs, from the first to the fifteenth day of 

 October, both inclusive. The provisions of this section as to the close season shall not apply to 

 Long Island. If any dog or bitch of the breed used for hunting deer shall be found hunting, 

 pursuing or killing any deer or running at large in the forests of this state where deer inhabit, 

 except between the first and fifteenth days of October, both inclusive, it shall be deemed prima 



