GAME BIRDS PROTECTED FOR A TERM OF YEARS. 



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siUTOiind its shipment. The States in which big-game hunting is 

 still i^ermitted, the open seasons, and limitations as to numbers, are 

 shown in the following table : 



Open seasons for big game {except deer). 

 [For open seasons for deer, see pp. 31-32.] 



state. 



Arizona . 

 Colorado. 



Idaho 



Maine 



Minnesota 

 Montana . . 



Nebraska 



Nevada 



New Hampshir( 



New Mexico . . . 



Oregon 



Pennsylvania.. 

 South Dakota. - 

 Washington . . . 



Wyoming 



Species. 



Antelope (male) 



Elk with horns 



Antelope with horns 



Antelope, sheep, goat 



Elk 



Moose 



Moose, caribou (both antlered) ... 



Elk, moose 



Antelope, goat 



Elk, antelope 



Elk, caribou, antelope, sheep, goat 

 Moose, caribou 



Antelope, sheep (both with horns). 



Moose, sheep 



Elk-... , 



Elk, antelope, buffalo, sheep 



Elk, moose, caribou, antelope, 

 sheep, goat. 



Elk - - , 



Antelope 



Sheep, goat 



Open season. 



Aug.l-Dec.l5... 

 Oct.25-Nov.6-.. 

 Aug. 15-Nov. 6 . . 



Sept. 1-Jan.l 



Sept.l-Dec.l... 

 Oct.15-Dec.l-... 



Nov.5-10 



Sept. 15-Nov. 15 . 

 Sept.l-Jan.l — 



Nov. l-.Jan. 1 



Sept. 1-Jan. 1 



Sept.l5-Dec.l.. 



rOct.l-Jan.l 



iSept.l-Dec.l ... 

 July 15-Nov. 1 . . 



Nov.l-Dec.l 



0ct.l5-Jan. 1 



Sept.l-Nov.l... 



Sept.l-Dec.l ... 

 Sept.l-Dec.l -.. 

 Sept.l-Dec.l .. 



Length 

 of sea- 

 son, in 

 days. 



Number 



that may 



be killed 



in one 



year. 



136 

 12 



83 



123 

 91 

 47 

 5 

 61 



132 

 61 



133 

 77 

 92 

 91 



109 

 30 

 78 

 61 



91 

 91 

 91 



Altogether. 



2 Of each. 



At one time. 



GAME BIRDS PROTECTED FOR A TERM OF YEARS. 



Two conditions are generally recognized as justifying the complete 

 withdrawal of open seasons for several years: (1) When game has 

 been killed off to such an extent that a period of recuperation is 

 necessary to save it from extermination; and (2) when game is intro- 

 duced into a new locality and time is required for it to become estab- 

 lished amid new surroundings. The periods of absolute protection 

 usually vary from two to ten years, and are renewed when necessary. 

 The only protection of the kind accorded native game birds is as fol- 

 lows: Washington and Wisconsin protect quail until 1901; Arizona 

 protects bobwhite and prairie chickens until 1902; Oregon protects 

 wild turkeys until 1904; North Dakota protects quail and wild swans 

 until 1905 ; indefinite protection is accorded quail, partridge, and ptar- 

 migan in Colorado ; pheasants in Kansas ; pinnated grouse in Massa- 

 chusetts; quail in Montana; grouse in Oklahoma; quail in Oregon 

 (east of the Cascades); pinnated grouse and introduced game birds 

 in Utah; and wild swans in Wj^oming. Several counties in Maryland 

 and Tennessee also extend iDrotection, either for a term or indefinitely, 

 to various birds, such as quail, grouse, pheasants, wild turkey, wood- 

 cock, and snipe. 



In Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, 

 Nebraska, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, and 

 Wisconsin doves are given the same protection at all seasons as that 

 accorded nongame birds. 

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