THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 143 
SYNOPSIS OF OREGON FISH AND 
GAME LAWS 
Following is a synopsis of the fish and game laws of the State of 
Oregon for 1917-1918: 
RATES FOR HUNTERS’ AND ANGLERS’ LICENSES 
Dn RENEE 8 LACCRSO a, ..55.Ju. sestewids id. ed. Doe eins $ 1.50 per year 
Non-Resident Hunter’s Licemse..................0005. 10.00 per year 
Resident or Non-Resident Angler’s License............ 1.50 per year 
Combination Hunter’s and Angler’s License............ 3.00 per year 
Hunters’ and anglers’ licenses may be secured from any county 
clerk by applying in person, or by application signed by two free 
holders on regular blank which may be obtained from county clerk, or 
from any of the regularly appointed representatives of the Fish and 
Game Commission. 
Civil War veterans may obtain licenses free from the county 
clerks only, upon proof of service. No license is required to angle 
in salt water for non-game fish, nor is a license necessary for women 
to angle. She is required to have a hunting license. Pioneers of Oregon 
who arrived here before 1860 may obtain license free. 
It is unlawful for aliens to hunt and angle without first having 
obtained a $25 gun license and both hunters’ and anglers’ licenses. 
Women who hunt for and kill deer must have license to obtain 
tags. 
FEDERAL LAW, WHICH SUPERSEDES STATE LAW, 
No shooting of migratory game birds between sunset and sunrise. 
There is a closed season until September 1, 1918, on the follow- 
ing migratory game birds: Wild or band-tailed pigeons, little brown, 
sandhill and whooping cranes, swans, curlews, wood ducks, and all 
shore birds except the black-breasted and golden plover, Wilson or 
jack snipe, woodcock and the greater and lesser yellowlegs. 
OPEN HUNTING SEASON—ALL DATES INCLUSIVE 
District No. 1. 
Comprising all counties west of the Cascade Mountains. 
Buck deer with horns—August 15 to October 15. 
Silver gray squirrels—September 1 to October 31. 
Ducks and geese—October 1 to January 15. 
Rails and coots—October 1 to January 15, 
Shore birds, black breasted and golden plover, Wilson or jack snipe, 
woodcock and greater and lesser yellowlegs—October 1 to De- 
cember 15. (Federal law.) 
Male Chinese pheasants and grouse—October 1 to October 31. Jackson 
‘County—October 1 to October 10. No open season in Coos, 
Curry and Josephine counties. 
Quail—Open season in Coos, Curry, Jackson and Josephines Counties— 
October 1 to October 31. Closed at all times in other counties. 
Doves—September 1 to October 31. 
