34 LAWS EEGULATING TEAT^SPORTATION AND SALE OF GAME. 



LIMITS OF GAME BAGS. 



Besides giving opportunit}^ for recuperation by game animals and 

 birds bj^ establishing closed seasons for part of the year or for a term 

 of years, twentj'-one States have attempted to prevent the wanton 

 destruction by limiting the amount of game which may be killed in a 

 day or season. These States comprise the northern tier, from Maine to 

 Washington, and Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Florida, Iowa, South 

 Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Oregon. The 

 restrictions have been placed mainly on big game and upland game 

 birds, but in a few cases they have been extended to woodcock, rail, 

 and wild fowl. In Colorado and North Dakota practicalh^ all the game 

 of the State is limited, while in Iowa, Oregon, and South Dakota the 

 limit applies to game birds, but not to big game. Michigan, Utah, 

 and Wisconsin limit only the number of deer, five being allowed each 

 hunter in Michigan, two in Utah, and two in Wisconsin. The highest 

 limit for big game is in Montana, where six deer, antelope, or moun- 

 tain goats may be killed in a season. The maximum for any species 

 of game bird in a day is 75 rail in Connecticut, but the usual limit is 

 25 or 50. 



Limits of a similar character and for the same object are also placed 

 by several States on the number of birds which ma}^ be shipped at one 

 time or in one season, usually corresponding to the number that may 

 be killed, but seldom, in any event, exceeding 50 at a time. Florida 

 prescribes the limit not only for each person, but also for each party, 

 in order to prevent evasion of the law by several persons hunting 

 together. Thus, four Avild turkeys may be killed in a day b}^ one per- 

 son, but not more than six by a part}^ The following table, which 

 is compiled from ' Game Laws in Brief, ' shows the details of these 



restrictions: 



Limits of game hags. 



state. 



m 



Coforado 



Connecticut 

 Florida 



Idaho -. 



Iowa . 



Maine. 



Game. 



Deer, antelope 



Elk 



Duck... - 



Other birds 



Ruffed grouse 



Rail 



Deer 



Quail.. 



Wild tu rkey 



Deer, antelope, mountain sheep, 



mountain goat. 



Elk. 



Quail, ruffed grouse, pinnated 



grouse, pheasant, woodcock. 



Deer 



Moose 



Quail, ruffed grouse, woodcock, 



wood duck, dusky duct, teal, 



gray duck. 



Number. 



2 in 1 season. 



1 in 1 season. 



50 in 1 day; 100 in possession atone 



time. 

 25 in 1 day; 50 in possession at one 



time. 

 5 in 1 day; 36 in 1 year. 

 75 in Iday. 



5 in I year — until Jan. 1, 1905. 

 25 by 1 person, 50 by 1 party, in 1 day. 

 4 by 1 person, 6 by 1 party, in 1 day. 

 4 in 1 season. 



2 in 1 season. 



25 in 1 day or in possession at one 

 time; 12 may be shipped (not for 

 sale or profit) within the State 

 in 1 day; 25 game birds or animals 

 may be exported under 1 nonresi- 

 dent license. 



3 in 1 season. 

 1 in 1 season. 



15 of each in 1 daj" 15 of any 1 kind 

 may be transported at one time as 

 the property of 1 person. 



