AMERICAN GAME PROTECTION. 



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because game measures are occasionally embodied in laws relating to 

 other subjects and because in case of certain measures there is room 

 for difference of opinion as to whether they should or should not be 

 considered game laws. The numbers are conservative, however, and 

 the totals show less, rather than more, than the actual number of 

 laws passed. 



SUMMARY OF GAME PROTECTION BY STATES. 



In the following table the dates of adoption of 10 of the more 

 important features of the game law are shown for each State, from 

 the earliest dates to 1910. Figures in black-face type indicate the 

 first enactment of the kind. 



Summary of game protection by States. 





First 



game 

 law. 



Deer. 



Spring 

 shoot- 

 ing pro- 

 hibited 

 (water- 

 fowl). 



Non- 

 game 

 birds 

 (model 

 law). 



Bag 



limits. 



Export. 



Sale 



pro- 

 hibited 

 (all pro- 

 tected 

 game). 



Besi- 

 dent 



State 

 war- 

 dens. 



State. 



(Does 

 pro- 

 tected). 



Hound- 

 ing pro- 

 hibited. 





1822 

 1900 

 1887 

 1875 

 1852 

 1867 

 1677 

 1721 

 1878 

 1828 

 1790 

 1864 

 1853 

 1857 

 1857 

 1861 

 1861 

 1857 

 1830 

 1730 

 1694 

 1859 

 1858 

 1803 

 1851 

 1870 

 1860 

 1861 

 1741 

 1722 

 1880 

 1705 

 l',38 

 1875 

 1857 

 1890 

 1872 

 1721 



1907 

 1902 

 1897 







1907 

 1902 



"1897"" 



1905 

 1903 

 1901 

 1901 

 1901 

 1901 

 1903 



"1899" 

 1891 

 1907 



1907 

 1902 

 1901 



"i9oi" 



1891 

 1899 



1907 

 1900 

 1893 



1895 

 1891 

 1677 

 1891 



1907 



"1963" 

 1903 



1907 

 1908 



1907 





1902 



1902 

 1887 







1887 









1883 

 1899 

 1893 



1901 

 1891 



1901 

 ""1907*" 



1907 

 1903 

 1907' 



1878 





1891 





1895 





18V9 

























1895 

 1903 

 1899 

 1903 

 1901 

 1878 

 • 1905 



"i9o4" 



1883 

 1910 

 1910 

 1895 

 1891 

 1906 

 1905 

 1897 

 1901 

 1901 

 1899 

 1903 

 1903 

 1886 

 1907 

 1887 

 1902 

 1909 

 1898 

 1897 



"i9io" 



1887 

 1905 

 1903 

 1901 

 1896 



"i879" 

 1899 

 1897 

 1890 



1893 

 1899 

 1899 

 1879 

 1879 

 1878 

 1876 

 1904 

 1904 

 1899 

















1899 

 "1897" 



1911 

 1903 

 1903 

 1903 

 1909 

 1905 



1911 





"iS99~~ 



"i898" 

 1908 



"i904" 



1883 



1903 



1899 





1899 





1879 





1899 





1897 









1905 





U872 





1902 

 1904 

 1901 









1908 



1908 





1883 



1901 



1880 









1896 



Massachusetts 



1898 



"1906" 

 1905 



"i9oi" 



1901 



"i909" 

 1903 



1902 

 1887 

 1889 



11870 



U859 



1899 



1886 

 1905 

 1903 

 1904 

 1905 



1886 

 1881 

 1871 

 1906 

 1877 

 1885 

 1897 

 1899 

 1885 

 1901 

 1895 

 1900 

 1877 

 1887 

 1894 

 1899 

 1905 

 1881 

 1900 

 1900 

 1887 

 1897 

 1897 

 1896 

 1884 

 1903 

 1897 

 1891 

 1887 



"igoi" 



1901 

 1906 

 1905 

 1897 

 1907 

 1901 



" '1897" ' 

 1911 



1908 

 1895 

 1899 



1886 

 1887 





1887 













1905 

 1905 

 1901 



1895 





1887 



1905 



1895 





1901 





U903 

 1895 

 1909 



1903 



1885 

 1908 



"i9oi" 



1901 





New Hampshire 



1909 

 1909 

 1909 

 1908 



1878 



1894 





1903 





1788 



1903 



1886 



1903 

 1909 

 1902 

 1909 

 1903 

 1889 

 1900 

 1905 

 1907 

 1903 

 1903 



"i892" 

 1903 

 1903 

 1907 

 1901 

 1901 



1888 





1903 



North Dakota 





1891 



1899 

 11900 



"1905" 



U883 



11846 



"i908" 

 1903 



1895 



"'1969" 

 1905 



1895 

 1886 





1895 



"1907" 



1900 

 U910 



"i(K)5" 

 1903 



U896 

 1865 



■1738 



"l909" 



1909 

 1899 

 1878 



1899 





1893 



Pennsylvania 



1895 





1909 



1899 





1755 

 1875 

 1870 

 1860 

 1872 

 1779 

 1699 

 1805 

 1868 

 1851 

 1809 



1905 



South Dakota 



1901 





"i897" 



1901 

 1901 

 1909 

 1907 

 1908 



1909 

 1903 









1907 



Utah.. 



1890 

 1896 



1897 

 1890 



1897 





1892 









1890 

 1868 

 1876 



1S99 



1897 



U875 



1887 



"l909" 

 1903 



1901 



11909 



1897 



1899 



1890 



West Virginia 



1897 

 1891 

 1895 









1 Bepealed. 



