
THE GAME FIELD 
ceptions, such as restrictions prohibiting sale of 
game outside the State or for export, and ex- 
emptions allowing sale for a few days in the 
close season. The difficulty of tabulating such 
regulations is increased by the fact that in addi- 
tion to the special sale laws, close seasons and 
provisions regarding possession must be taken 
into consideration. In consulting the following 
summary, therefore, it will be necessary to bear 

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chusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Missouri, 
Arkansas, Kansas, Nebraska or Wisconsin. 
Practically every State in which prairie chickens 
occur now prohibits their sale or export. Hence 
exposure of these birds for sale in any State 
where they do not occur, as in any city east of 
Indianapolis, is strong indication of violation of 
law. 
Sale in Close Season.—In general, the sale of 
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Fic. 3—States and Provinces which prohibit export of game. Ruled areas indicate States which prohibit ex- 
port of any game; dotted areas, States which prohibit export of certain kinds of game. Inclosed 
names indicate special exceptions permitting nonresident hunters to take out a limited 
amount of game. The letter a indicates prohibition of export for sale only 
in mind three different classes of restrictions: 
“Sale prohibited all the year,” “Sale in close 
season” and “‘Sale in open season.” 
Sale Prohibited All the Year.—Forty-two 
States and Territories and most of the Prov- 
inces of Canada now prohibit the sale of all or 
certain kinds of game at all seasons. In Arizona, 
Arkansas, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Michigan, 
Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, New Mex- 
ico and Texas the sale, and in Nevada the 
resale of all game protected by the State 
law is prohibited; in South Dakota, of all 
big game; in Wisconsin,‘ of all game ex- 
cept rabbits and squirrels; in California, 
Utah, Washington and Manitoba, of all big 
game and upland game. In a few instances 
prohibitions against the sale of certain game are 
so general as to afford protection over a consid- 
erable area in adjoining States. Thus, ruffed 
grouse cannot be sold in any State or Province 
along the Canadian border except Vermont, 
New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Bruns- 
wick and Quebec, nor in the States of Massa- 
game is prohibited during the close season, but 
a brief additional open period is sometimes pro- 
vided in order to permit dealers to close out 
stock on hand at the end of the hunting season. 
In Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, New 
York, Tennessee and British Columbia the sale 
season includes the open season and the follow- 
ing five days for all or certain kinds of game. 
An extension of four days for sale is added to 
the open season in Nova Scotia; ten days in 
New Brunswick and Newfoundland; fifteen 
days in Alaska, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and 
Quebec; twenty days in Ontario; thirty days 
(for imported ruffed grouse) in Pennsylvania; 
sixty days in Yukon and three months (for 
goose and brant) in New Brunswick. 
Sale in Open Season.—In order to counteract 
a tendency on the part of market hunters to 
anticipate the opening of the season, the sale of 
certain game is sometimes prohibited at the 
beginning of the open season, as, for example, 
during the first two days in Illinois, the first 
three in Nova Scotia and the first month in 
