DIVERSITY IN SEASONS. 



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thirty States, but no protection is afforded these or other shore birds in 

 the South, except in Oklahoma and a few counties of Tennessee. 

 South Dakota, Colorado, Wyoming, and Nevada protect curlew; North 

 and South Dakota, Colorado, Nevada, and Washington protect cranes, 

 but only six States — New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, 

 New York, Illinois, and Wyoming — ijrotect shore birds in general. In 

 these six States the close seasons are short, var3dng from two months 

 and a half in Massachusetts to six months in Rhode Island ; the open 

 seasons begin from July 15 to September 1, and as a rule continue 

 until the first of the following April or May. No game is more in 

 need of protection than shore birds, and unless close seasons are more 

 generall}^ observed, the effect of unrestricted slaughter will soon be 

 apparent. 



DUCKS. 



Comparison of the diagrams showing open seasons for ducks and 

 quail brings out the great disparity in the protection afforded these 

 two kinds of birds. Notwithstanding their abundance in many local- 

 ities, waterfowl are in great need of protection, but receive compar- 

 atively little, and in nine States apparently none at all at the present 

 time. With few exceptions the open seasons begin the 1st of Sep- 

 tember and extend to the 1st of April or May — a period of seven or 

 eight months, or nearly three times as long as the average quail season 

 in the North. In New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Kentucky, North 

 Dakota, Idaho, and Washington the seasons open as early as August, 

 but, on the other hand, in Vermont, Rhode Island, Minnesota, Wis- 

 consin, and North Dakota they close before the end of the year, and 

 thus do away with spring shooting. The shortest open season (53 

 days) is that of Ohio. (See PL VI.) 



CZo.se and open seasons for deer, quail, ivoodcock, and ducks in 1900. 

 NORTHERN STATES. 



state. 



Maine 



New Hamp- 

 shire. 



Vermont 



Massachu- 

 setts. 

 Rhode Island 



Connecticut - 



New York... 

 New Jersey. 



Pennsylva 



nia. 

 Delaware . 

 Maryland i . 



. Close seasons. 



Deer. 



Dec. 15-Oct. 1 

 Dec.l-Sept.15i 



Nov. 1-Oct. 32 

 .Until Nov. 1, 



1903. 

 Until Feb. 1, 



1905. 

 Until Oct. 1, 



1903. 

 Nov.lG-Sept.l 

 Until Mar. 24, 



1902. 

 Dec. 1-Nov. 1 



Quail. 



Dec. 1-Oct. 

 Dec.l5-Sept. 



Jan. 1-Sept. 

 Dec. 1-Oct. 



Dec. 16-Oct. 



Dec. l-Oct. 



Dec. 16-Nov. 

 Jan. 1-Nov. 



Dec. 16-Oct. 15 



Jan. 1-Nov. 

 Dec. 25-Nov 



Jan. 1-Aug. 1 

 See special county regulations, 



Woodcock. 



Dec. 1-Sept. 15 

 Dec.l5-Sept.l5 



Jan. 1-Sept. 1 

 Dec. 1-Oct. 1 



Dec. 16-Oct. 15 



Dec. 1-Oct. 1 



Dec.l6-Sept.l6 

 Dec.ll-Oct. 12 



Dec.16-0ct.152 



1 Dec.252-Nov.l 

 pp. 19-21. 



Ducks. 



Open seasons in 

 days. 



May 1-Sept. 1 

 Feb. 1-Aug. 1 



Jan. 1-Sept. 1 

 May20-Sept. 1 



Jan. 1-Aug. 15 



May 1-Sept. 1 



Apr. 30-Sept. 1 

 May 2-Sept.l 



May 1-Sept. 1 



Apr. 15-Oct. 1 

 Apr. 10-Nov. 1 



2 Except month of July. 







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75 



61 



r-r. 



77 



91 



91 



10 



122 



122 







61 



61 







62 



62 







61 



61 



76 



45 



91 







61 



102 



30 



62 



93 



365 



47 



365 



153 



54 



85 



242 



184 



122 

 261 



138 

 242 



241 



243 



242 



196 

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