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In addition to these restrictions there are numerous others which 

 are too local to find a place in the table. Colorado and Nebraska pro- 

 hibit the use of steel or hard-pointed bullets. North Carolina prohib- 

 its the use of decoys for wild fowl m Currituck Sound from March 31 

 to November 10; Ontario requires that they shall be placed more than 

 75 feet from shore or natural cover, and Quebec prohibits leaving 

 them at night near a cache, boat, or bank. Three States — Washing- 

 ton, Maryland, and North Carolina — specifically prohibit disturbing 

 wild fowl on their bedding or feeding grounds. North Carolina has 

 numerous other provisions relating to the hunting of wild fowl in 

 Currituck County, such as leanng landing or anchorage or putting 

 out decoys before sunrise, boating on Currituck Sound on Sunday to 

 locate wild fowl for a future day, remaining near citizens who are 

 shooting, with the purpose of interfering with their sport, and skiff- 

 ing and ring-shooting boobies and ruddy ducks during the period from 

 November 10 to February 15. New York, Connecticut, and Manitoba 

 make it unlawful to place any traps where birds may be caught and 

 provide that traps may be destroyed by anyone. Michigan and Mani- 

 toba prohibit the use of baited hooks in taking game, and Michigan 

 also proscribes the use of any pit, pitfall, deadfall, scaffold, cage, or 

 any similar device in hunting. Connecticut, Michigan, and Missouri 

 find it necessary to provide against the use of explosives in the taking 

 of certain game, wild turkeys and geese being specified in the Missouri 

 law and gray squirrels and rabbits in the Connecticut law. Connec- 

 ticut also forbids the use of fire, sulphur, and brimstone by squirrel 

 or rabbit hunters. In Alabama, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Onta- 

 rio (in the Indian Peninsula) it is unlawful to kill big game while it 

 is in the water, and in Wisconsin also while it is on the ice. North 

 Dakota, Washington, Wisconsin, and Manitoba prohibit spring-guns. 



Shooting from a highway is prohibited b}^ five States — Colorado, 

 Iowa (quail), Nebraska, New York, and West Virginia. New York 

 also prohibits shooting from the lands of any railway or lands purchased 

 or condemned for the Croton aqueduct in Westchester County; and 

 West Virginia has a prohibition against shooting on another's land, 

 near occupied dwellings. Nonresidents hunting in Maine, South 

 Dakota, and Wyoming must be accompanied by guides, and in the last 

 two States it is required that these guides be deputy game wardens. 

 In the use of guides a distinction is generally made between residents 

 and nonresidents, the employment of the latter being often possible 

 only on payment of a license fee; while in Newfoundland it is specific- 

 ally prohibited. Ontario prohibits shooting for hire or hiring any 

 one to shoot, but declares that this is not intended to interfere with 

 the bona fide employment of a guide. Restrictions intended to prevent 

 the waste of game that has been legitimately killed are imposed by a 

 few States. Coloi ido prohibits using game for bait, Colorado and 



