18 LAWS EEGULATING TRANSPOBTATIOK AND SALE OF GAME. 



Close seasons. 



(See also table at end of bulletin.) 

 [The close seasons include the first date, bi^t not the last. To find the open seasons, read the dates 

 backward, i No close season is prescribed by State laws for any game not mentioned in the list. 

 Seasons which apply only to special counties are given in the middle column. ] 



States. 



Kinds of game. 



Alabama . 



Arkansas 



California- -. 



(1897.) 



Colorado . . . 



(1899.) 



Connecticut 



Delaware- . 



(1895.) 



^l 



District of 

 lumbia. 

 (1899.) 



Florida 



Co- 



?.) 



Georgia . 



Idaho 



(1899.) 



Deer 



Squirrel (black, gray, or fox).. 



Quail, partridge, grouse, prairie chicken, pheasant, 



wild turkey, woodcock. 



Dove.- -- 



(59 counties excepted from operation of State law, 

 but numerous county laws in force.) 



Pheasant (Chinese, English, Mongolian), 5 years- 



Arizona Male deer, male antelope - 



(1897.) Female deer, fawn, female antelope, elk, mountain 



sheep, mountain goat. 



Quail, grouse, wild turkey, snipe, rail 



Bobwhite, prairie chicken, pheasant, 5 years 



Dove - - 



Duck, goose, brant- ... 



Deer. 



Quail or Virginia partridge 



Pinnated grouse, prairie chicken 



Wild turkey 



Dove 



Male deer 



Female deer, fawn, elk, antelope, mountain sheep 



Valley quail, bobwhite, partridge, rail, wild duck 



Mountain quail, grouse 



Dove 



Deer and antelope with horns 



Elk with horns - 



Bison or buffalo, mountain sheep 



Quail, pheasant, partridge, ptarmigan-.. 



Grouse, prairie chicken, sage chicken, wild turkey 



Dove, wild pigeon 



Snipe, curlew, crane, duck, goose, brant, swan, water- 

 fowl (see exception). 



Exception: Altitudes above 7,000 feet 



Deer, 10 years - 



Gray squirrel 



Rabbit 



Quail, ruffed grouse, woodcock 



Pheasant (Chinese or Mongolian) 



Sora or rail (see exceptions) -.. 



Exceptions: New Haven, Fairfield, Litchfield counties 



Duck, goose, brant 



Rabbit - 



Quail, partridge, pheasant 



Reedbird, ortolan or rail 



Wild duck (except summer or wood duck), wild 



goose, brant, swan. 



Deer meat (sale or possession prohibited) 



Rabbit (except English rabbit), squirrel -- 



Quail or partridge 



Ruffed grouse or pheasant (except English or other 



foreign pheasants raised in inclosures), wild turkey. 



Prairie chicken or pinnated grouse "... 



Woodcock 



Snipe, plover, wild duck, goose, brant 



Reed bird, marsh blackbird, water rail or ortolan 



Deer - 



Quail or partridge, wild turkey --.. 



Wild duck 



Deer.- 



Quail, partridge, pheasant, wild turkey 



Dove - .-- 



Deer, antelope, mountain sheep, mountain goat 



Elk - - - 



Moose, caribou, 5 years .- 



Quail - 



Partridge, grouse, prairie chicken, sage hen or fool 



hen, pheasant. 



Mongolian pheasants, 3 years -- 



Wild duck, goose, swan 



Illinois Deer, 5 years- 



(1899.) Squirrel (gi'ay, red, fox, or black) 



Quail .- -.1 



Ruffed grouse, pheasant or partridge, prairie chicken, 



pinnated grouse. 



1 Except in the case of double dates, as in close seasons for woodcock in Maryland, New Jersey, 

 and Pennsylvania, and for ducks in Ohio and Utah. 



2 This seems to be the intent of the law, but the line has evidently been transposed in printing. 

 See Bull. No. 13, Biol. Survey, p. 56. 



3 Also Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays during the remainder of the year. 



Close seasons. 



Jan. 1-Sept. 1. 

 Feb. 2-July 1. 

 Mar.2-Nov.l5. 



Mar. 1-Aug. I.2 



Until Feb. 8, 1904. 

 Dec. 15-Aug. 1. 

 At all times. 



Mar. 1-Oct. 15. 

 Until Mar. 16, 1902. 

 Mar. 1-June 1. 

 Apr. 1-Oct. 1. 

 Feb. 1-Aug. 1. 

 Mar. 1-Oct. 1. 

 Feb. 1-Sept. 1. 

 May 1-Sept. 1. 

 At all times. 

 Oct. 15-July 15. 

 At all times. 

 Mar. 1-Oct. 1. 

 Feb. L5-Sept. 1. 

 Feb. 15-July 15. 

 Nov. 6- Aug. 15. 

 Nov.6-Oct.25. 

 At all times. 

 A t all times. 

 Nov. 1-Aug. 15. 

 Oct. 1-July 15. 

 Apr. 16-Sept. 1. 



Apr. 16-Sept. 15. 

 Until Oct. 1,1903. 

 Dec. 1-Oct. 1. 

 Dec. 15-Oct. 15. 

 Dec. 1-Oct. 1. 

 Until 1905. 

 Jan. 1-Sept. 1. 

 Jan. 1-Aug. 20. 

 May 1-Sept. I. 

 Jan.l-Nov.l5. 

 Jan. 1-Nov. 15. 

 Feb. 1-Sept. 1. 

 Apr. 15-Oct. 1. 



Jan. 1-Sept. 1. 

 Feb. 1-Nov. 1. 

 Feb.l-Nov.l. 

 Dec. 26-Nov. 1. 



Feb. 1-Sept. 1. 

 Jan. 15-July 15. 

 May 1-Sept. 1. 

 Feb. 1-Aug. 20.3 

 Feb. 1-Oct. 1. 

 Mar. 1-Nov. 1. 

 Apr. 1-Oct. 1. 

 Jan. 1-Sept. 1. 

 Mar. 15-Nov. 1. 

 Mar. 15-Aug. 15. 

 Jan. 1-Sept. 1. 

 Dec. 1-Sept. 1. 

 Until 1904. 

 Dec. 1-Nov. 1. 

 Dec. 1-Aug, 15. 



Until 1902. 

 Mar. 1-Aug. 15. 

 Until Apr, 13, 1904. 

 Dec. 15-Sept. 1. 

 Dec. 20-Nov. 1. 

 Oct. 1-Aug. 31. 



