THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 103 



acres on which state institutions are located, which are still 

 within the state game refuge. 



During the past two years, one-half of all the fines imposed 

 for violation of game laws was paid into the state treasury and 

 deposited to the credit of the Game Protection Fund; the other 

 half went to the general fund of the county in which the arrest 

 was made. The new law which takes effect May 22 provides 

 that all fines collected for violation of the game laws shall be 

 placed in the general fund of the county in which the arrest is 

 made. The statute also provides that each county shall be given 

 five per cent of all moneys collected from the sale of hunting and 

 angling licenses. These changes in the laws will mean that the 

 various counties of the state will receive from ten to twelve 

 thousand additional funds during the present year, which was 

 formerly a part of the Game Protection Fund. 



The following changes have been made in the game laws 

 in regard to seasons and bag limits: 



The deer season in both Districts No. 1 and 2 was shortened 

 fifteen days. Instead of opening August 1, it opens August 15 

 and closes on October 31, as before. The limit is three bucks. 

 It is illegal to shoot any deer without horns. 



The season on Silver Gray Squirrels in District No. 1 was 

 changed. It opens one month earlier, beginning September 1 

 instead of October 1, and closes the same as before, October 31. 

 The bag limit is five in one day, or five in any seven consecutive 

 days. 



While there were several changes in the laws concerning 

 ducks and geese, yet the Federal Law, which supercedes the state 

 law, is still in effect, making the season uniform throughout 

 Oregon, Washington and Idaho — October 1 to January 15. The 

 federal law does not have anything to do with the sale of game. 

 The new law opens the sale of geese which are killed in Wasco. 

 Sherman, Gilliam, Harney, Crook and Umatilla Counties during 

 the open season, which is October 1 to January 15. The bag 

 limit is thirty in any seven consecutive days. 



The season on Chinese Pheasants and Grouse in District No. 

 1 remains the same — October 1 to October 31. During the past 

 two vears it has been unlawful to kill female Chinese Pheasants. 



