GAME PROTECTED FOR A TERM OF YEARS. 



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Big Game protected for a term of years — 



-Continued. 



States. 



Deer. 



Elk. 



Moose. 



Caribou. 



Antelope. 



Mountain 



sheep. 1 



South Dakota 











To Jan. 1, 



1911. 

 To Jan. 1, 



1911. 

 Indefinitely. 





North Dakota 





Indefinitely. 



Indefinitely. 



Indefinitely. 

 To Sept. 1, 

 1902. 



Indefinitely. 

 Indefinitely. 



Indefinitely. 

 Indefinitely. 



Montana . 











Colorado . ... 







Indefinitely. 



Texas 











To May 27, 



1902. 

 Indefinitely. 

 To Mar. 19, 



1906. 

 To Jan. 1, 



1906. 

 Indefinitely. 

 To Mar. 28, 



1903. 

 Indefinitely. 



Oklahoma 



Indefinitely. 













To Mar. 19, 

 1906. 



To Mar. 19, 



1906. 

 Indefinitely 









To Mar. 19, 



Arizona 







1906. 

 Indefinitely. 



Indefinitely. 

 Indefinitely. 



Indefinitely. 







Indefinitely. 







Nevada 



To Mar. 28, 

 1903. 



Indefinitely. 





Indefinitely. 



Utah 



Indefinitely. 





Idaho 







To 1904 



To 1904 







To Sept. 15, 



1904. 

 To Oct. ], 



1906. 

 Indefinitely. 



To 1904 









Assiniboia (SE. 



part) .2 

 Ontario 



To' Oct. 1, 

 1906. 



To Oct. 1. 



1906. 

 To Nov. 1, 



1903. 



To Oct. 1, 



1906. 

 To Nov. 1, 



1903. 



To Oct, 1, 

 1906. 



To Oct. 1, 

 1906. 



Nova Scotia 



To 1904 





Newfoundland. . . 



To Jan. 1, 

 1906. 



To Jan. 1, 

 1906. 



















1 Mountain goats are protected indefinitely in New Mexico, Arizona, and Nevada. 



2 South of township 23 and east of range 24 west of the second meridian. In other words, approxi- 

 mately that part of Assiniboia east of Pasqua Junction and south of the Qu'Appelle River. 



Besides these restrictions, both does and fawns are very generally 

 protected, and in Nebraska and Vermont deer without horns are pro- 

 tected at all times. In 7 States and 2 Canadian Provinces the open 

 season for deer has been reduced to 30 days or less ; in Arizona, Penn- 

 sylvania, and Quebec (Pontiac and Ottawa counties) to 30; Michigan 

 23, North Dakota 21, Minnesota and Wisconsin 20, Ontario 15, and 

 Vermont 10, while the open season for elk in Colorado is reduced 

 to 12, for moose and caribou in Minnesota to 5, and for deer on Long 

 Island to only 4 days. 



In view of the extent of the protection accorded big game, it is 

 interesting to note where hunting is still permitted. In Canada big 

 game is more abundant than in the United States, and except in Onta- 

 rio and part of Assiniboia most of the species can be killed wherever 

 they occur. Aside from deer, which are now protected in 11 States, 

 big game may be killed in this country in only 12 States and Territo- 

 ries. The number which may be killed is limited and export is pro- 

 hibited in practically all the States where such game occurs. West 

 of the Mississippi elk can be killed only in South Dakota, Montana, 

 Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho, and Washington; moose in Minnesota, 

 Oregon, and Alaska; caribou in Minnesota and Alaska; antelope in 

 Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho, and Washington; mountain 

 sheep in South Dakota, Wyoming, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, and 

 Alaska; and mountain goats in Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Washing- 



