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CHRONOLOGY AND INDEX. 



DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROTECTION OF GAME BY SPECIES. 



The progress in extending protection to the more important kinds 

 of game is shown in the following table: 



Development of the protection of game by species. 



Species. 



First close season. 



First close term. 



First bag limit. 



Protection in 1910. 



Antelope 



California (12 coun- 

 ties), 1852. 

 California, 1854. 



California, 1883 



Colorado (10 years), 



1887. 

 New Hampshire,1878 

 Massachusetts, 1718.. 

 Michigan, 1879 



Long Island (5 



years), 1869. 

 Colorado (10 years), 



1887. 

 Colorado (10 years), 



1885. 



Wyoming, 1890 



South Dakota, 1901.. 



17 States, no open 

 season. 







Throughout range. 





Massachusetts, 1693.. 

 California (12 coun- 

 ties), 1852. 

 California, 1854. 



... do 



Elk 



Wyoming, 1890 



Maine, 1883 



Throughout range. 

 Do. 





Mountain goat . . . 

 Mountain sheep.. 



Nevada, 1861 



do 



New Jersey, 1820 



Pennsylvania (5 



counties), 1841. 

 New Jersey, 1850 — 



Rhode Island, 1846.. 



Oregon, 1882 



Wisconsin, 1851 



New York, 1708 



Pennsylvania, 1859. . 



Delaware, 1859 



New York, 170S 



Massachusetts, 1818 . 



New York, 1708 



New York, 1791 



Connecticut and 

 New Jersey, 1850. 



Washington, 1897... 



Wyoming, 1890 



Wisconsin, 1903 



Ohio and Vermont, 



1902. 

 Minnesota, 1897 



Dakota, 1887 



Oregon (1 countv), 

 1901. 



Do. 



12 States. 





Nebraska, 1905 



New Jersey, 1850 



Louisiana (wood 

 duck, 5 years), 

 1904. 



Oregon, 1882 



New Jersey (5 years), 

 1866. 



Texas (Galveston Is- 

 land), 1860. 



Minnesota, 1861 



trict of Columbia. 









open season. 



Introd. pheasant. 



41 States. 

 Throughout range. 

 48 States. 





do 



Rail .. 



Connecticut, 1899 . . . 





Ruffed grouse 



New Jersey (3 years), 

 1869. 



Throughout range. 



do 



Wild turkey 



New Jersey, 1874 



Oregon (5 years), 1901 



Connecticut and 



New Jersey, 1850. 



Florida, 1895 



26 States. 

 30 States. 



Nongame 









law). 



Restrictions on the capture of game by prohibiting certain 

 destructive methods, limiting the amount that may be killed, 

 restricting hunting to special days, or extending special protection 

 to females of certain species have been adopted from time to time 

 as necessity for such action became apparent. An interesting illus- 

 tration is the legislation to prevent hunting deer by firelight. Ap- 

 parently the first law of this kind was passed in Maryland in 1730, 

 and similar statutes were enacted by each of the coast States from 

 Maryland to Mississippi, ending with Florida in 1828. The dates 

 of the adoption of these laws are shown in the following table : 



Maryland 1730 



South Carolina 1769 



North Carolina 1777 



Georgia 1790 



Year. 



Virginia 1792 



Mississippi 1803 



Alabama 1822 



Florida 1828 



