CLOSE SEASONS. 



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County, Md., the District of Columbia, North Carolina, Alabama, 

 Florida, Ohio, Indiana, and the Indian Territory, and in Manitoba, 

 Ontario, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland. Mondays also constitute 

 a close season for ducks in Ohio; Mondays, Wednesda3^s, and Fridays 

 for wild fowl in Carteret County, N. C. , and Wednesdays and Satur- 

 days for wild fowl in Currituck County, N. C. Similar exceptions 

 are made for wild fowl in Anne Arundel, Cecil, Dorchester, and 

 Harford counties, Md., and in Connecticut for wild fowl at certain 

 points on the Housatonic River and Long- Island Sound, 



These special exceptions and the county laws of Alabama and Missis- 

 sippi, of which no recent compilation is available, are not given in the fol- 

 lowing table; but otherwise the table may be regarded as a practically 

 complete resume of the regulations now in force. It is based primarily 

 on the summary contained in 'Game Laws in Brief,' and has been 

 corrected to August 1, 1901. The section relating to Maryland county 

 laws has been taken from the abstract prepared by the Maryland Game 

 and Fish Protective Association. That for North Carolina is based on 

 the synopsis of the game laws published by the secretary of the State 

 Board of Agriculture,^ supplemented by the Public Laws of 1901. 

 That relating to Tennessee county laws has been compiled directly 

 from the code of 1896 and the session laws of 1897 and 1899. Finally, 

 the section for Virginia has been compiled from the codes of 1887 and 

 supplement of 1900, and the session laws of 1888-1900. 



The difficulty of securing absolute accuracy in a table of this kind 

 is very great, and the absence in the laws of many States of express 

 [legislation as to the inclusion or exclusion of the dates beginning and 

 ending the seasons makes exactness almost an impossibility. 



Close seasons. 



[The close seasons include the first date, but not the last. To find the open seasons reverse the 

 dates. 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. See also tables at 

 end of bulletin.] 



States. 



Kinds of game. 



Close seasons. 





Deer 



Jan.l-Sept. ]. 



(1899.) 



Squirrel (black, gray, or fox) 



Feb. 2- July 1. 



Quail, partridge, grouse, prairie chicken, pheasant, wild tur- 

 key, woodcock. 



Mar.2-Nov.l5. 



Mar. 1-Aug. 1.2 

 Until Feb. 8, 1904. 





Pheasant (Chinese, English, Mongolian), 5 years 



Arizona 



(59 counties excepted from operation of State law, but 

 numerous county laws in force.) 

 Male deer , 



Dec. 15-Nov. 15. 



(1901.) 



Female deer, fawn, elk, mountain sheep, mountain goat 



Antelope 



At all times. 

 Until Jan. 1, 190G, 





Quail, bobwhite, grouse, pheasant, snipe, rail, duck, goose, 



brant. 

 Wild turkey 



Mar. 1-Oct. 15. 

 Dec. 15-Nov. 15. 



Arkansas 



Deer . . 



Mar. 1-Sept. 1. 

 Mar.l-Oct.l. 





Quail or Virginia partridge 





Pinnated grouse, prairie chicken 



Dec. 1-Oct. 31. 





Wild turkey 



May 1-Sept. 1. 

 At all times. 





Dove 



iBull. N, C. State Board Agriculture for Oct., 1900. 



2 This seems to be the intent of the law, but two lines have evidently been transposed in printing. 

 fSee Bull. No. 12, Biol. Survey, p. 56. 



