< CLOSE SEASONS. 

 Close seasons — Continued. 



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Provinces. 



Kinds of game. 



Close seasons. 



» 



Unorganized 

 Territories 

 (Keewatin, 

 etc.) .2 

 (1894.) 

 Nova Scotia . . . 

 (1896.) 



Ontario 3... 

 (1900.) 



Quebec 3.. 

 (1899. 



b 



Deer, ellc or wapiti, caribou, mountain sheep, mountain goat. 



Musk ox 



Grouse, pheasant, partridge, prairie chicken 



Duck, goose, swan 



Red deer, elk 



Moose, caribou (except in Cape Breton, until Sept. 15, 1905) . . . 

 Rabbit, hare (except jack rabbit and Newfoundland hare, 



which are protected at all times) . 

 Spruce partridge, sharp-tailed grouse, ptarmigan, blackcock, 

 capercailzie, ' chukor ' partridge, pheasant. 



Canada and ruffed grouse (partridge) 



Woodcock, snipe, teal, blue-winged duck, wood duck 



Deer ( young protected at all times) 



Moose, caribou, or reindeer 



Elk or wapiti , 



Hare,f' squirrel (black or gray) 



Quail 



Grouse, woodcock, plover, snipe, rail, other 'shore' birds or 

 'waders.' 



Wild turkey 



Prairie fowl, English and Mongolian pheasants 



Dove 



Goose, swan 



Ducks and ' other waterfowl ' (except geese and swans) 



Game and game birds not otherwise provided for 



Zone 1.'' Deer, moose (see exceptions) 



Exceptions: In Ottawa and Pontiac counties Dec. 1-Oct. 1 



Cow moose and fawns 



Caribou (fawns protected at all times) 



Hare 



Bear 



Birch, or swamp partridge 



White partridge or ptarmigan 



Plover, woodcock, snipe, curlew, tatler, sandpiper 



Bufflehead or pied duck 



Widgeon, teal, wild duck (except sheldrake — except east 

 and north of counties of Bellechasse and Montmorency, 

 June 1-Aug. 1). 

 Zone 2. Close seasons sam.e as in Zone 1, except as follows: 



Caribou 



Hare 



Birch or swamp partridge , 



White partridge or ptarmigan 



Apr. 1-Dec. l.i 

 Mar. 20-Oct. 15. 

 .Jan. 1-Sept. 1. 

 Jan. 15-Sept. 1. 



Until 1904. 

 Jan. 1-Sept. 15. 

 Feb.l-Oct.l. 



At all times. 



Until Oct. 1,1901. 

 Mar. 1-Sept. 1. 

 Nov.lG-Nov.l.-' 

 Until Nov. 1, 1903. 

 At all times. 

 Dec. 16-Sept. 15. 

 Dec. 16-Oct. 15. 

 Dec. 16-Sept. 15 



Until Oct. 15, 1905. 

 Until Sept. 15, 1905. 

 At all times.6 

 May 1-Sept. 15. 

 Dec. 16-Sept. 1. 

 Dec. 16-Sept. 15. 

 Jan. 1-Sept. 1. 



At all times. 

 Feb. 1-Sept. 1. 

 Feb. 1-Nov. 1. 

 July 1-Aug. 20. 

 Dec. 15-Sept. 1. 

 Feb.l-Nov.l. 

 Feb. 1-Sept. 1. 

 Apr. 15-Sept. 1. 

 Mar. 1-Sept. 15. 



Mar. 1-Sept. 1. 

 Mar. 1-Oct. 15; 

 Feb. 1-Sept. 15. 

 Mar. 1-Nov. 15. 



1 Except July 15-Oct. 1. 



2 Indians, inhabitants, and travelers, explorers, and surveyors in need of food exempt. 



3 For sale seasons, see p. 56. 



* Persons who put or breed deer on their own lands, and their licensees, may hunt such deer Oct. 1- 

 Nov. 16. 

 5 Cottontail rabbits (wood hares) may be killed during close season by other means than shooting. 



6 Under Act for Protection of Insectivorous Birds, Rev. Stats. 1897, chap. 289, sec. 3. 



7 Zone No. 1 comprises the whole Province, except that part of the counties of Chicoutimi and 

 Saguenay east and north of the river Saguenay. Zone No. 2 comprises the part of said counties east 

 and north of the Saguenay. 



GAME PROTECTED FOR A TERM OF YEARS. 



The right of the State to prohibit absolutely the killing of game has 

 been upheld by the Supreme Court of the United States,^ and is now 

 generally recognized. Two conditions are considered necessar}^ to 

 justify the complete withdrawal of open seasons for several years — (1) 

 when game has been killed oJff to such an extent that a period of recu- 

 peration is required to save it from extermination, and (2) when game 

 is introduced into a new locality and time is needed for it to become 

 established amid new surroundings. The first condition is chiefly 

 exemplified in the case of big game; the second in the case of intro- 

 duced game birds. 



Geer v. Connecticut, 161 U. S. 529. 



