56 RAISING DEER IN THE UNITED STATES. 



or selling or shipping or any railroad from receiving for transporta- 

 tion any deer or fawn when such deer or fawn is raised in captivity 

 for domestic purposes and is accompanied by an affidavit from the 

 raiser to this state of facts." (Acts of 1907, No. 43.) 



Colorado. — No one may maintain a private fish or game preserve 

 for profit without taking out a license to do so. Owners of licensed 

 private preserves are permitted to sell and ship deer or other quadru- 

 peds, if the carcasses or live animals are accompanied by proper 

 invoice and a permit from the state game and fish commissioner. A 

 fee is charged for the license and for each animal shipped by permit. 

 (Laws of 1899, ch. 98.) 



Florida. — An act passed in 1909 protects private preserves from 

 trespass. Such preserves are limited to 640 acres, and must be care- 

 fully posted. The game in them may not be killed for three years, 

 and thereafter only in compliance with the general hunting laws of 

 the State. (Ch. 5940.) 



Illinois. — " Provided, that any person who breeds and raises deer 

 for market, where the same has been bred and raised within an 

 inclosure, may kill and sell the same from October 1 to February 1." 

 (Laws of 1909, p. 236.) 



Indiana. — The section against killing and possession of game has 

 this clause : " Provided, that the provisions of this section shall not 

 apply to any person or persons owning or having under his domain 

 or control any deer, buck, doe, or fawn bred or raised in any deer 

 park." This would permit sale of venison, but probably not its 

 export, (Laws of 1907, ch. 219.) 



Iowa. — The statutes declare it unlawful for any person other than 

 the owner or person authorized by the owner to kill, maim, trap, or 

 in any way injure or capture any deer, elk, or goat, except when dis- 

 trained as provided by law. As Iowa has no wild deer except the 

 few that have escaped from a private herd, the sale of venison from 

 private preserves is not prohibited. 



Kentucky. — The state law especially protects game in parks from 

 poaching and trespass. (Stats., sec. 1250.) 



Maine. — The game and fish commissioners are authorized by law to 

 grant permits to capture moose, caribou, deer, and birds for park 

 purposes within the State. This does not permit the sale of such 

 game. (Eev. Stat. 1903, ch. 32, sec. 40.) 



Massachusetts. — The owner may at any time kill or sell his own 

 tame deer kept on his own grounds. (Acts of 1907, ch. 307.) 



Michigan. — An act passed in 1909 makes it unlawful to capture or 

 destroy deer kept within or that have escaped from any private 

 inclosure. (No. 167.) 



Minnesota. — Persons who desire to domesticate deer, moose, elk, 

 or caribou may secure a permit to do so from the state board of game 



