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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[July 81, 1890. 



OPEN GAME SEASONS. 



THE following dates designate the beginning and end 

 of the seasons during which the game named may 

 lawfully be taken. A compilation of the full text of the 

 game and fish law of North America is in course of 

 preparation in this office, and its publication will soon be 

 announced : „ 



Arizona. 



Elk, deer, antelope, mountain sheep, mouutaiu goat, ibex, 

 Oct. 1 to Feb. 1. Partridge, wild turkey, wildfowl, rail, 

 plover, Sept. 1 to March 1. 



Arkansas. 



Deer, Aug. 1 to Feb. 1. Wild turkey, Sept. 1 to May 1 . 

 Pinnated grouse, prairie chicken, Sept. 1 to Feb. 1, Quail, 

 Virginia partridge, Oct. 1 to March 1. Veil County.— 

 Partridges or quail, Sept. 15 to March 15. Wild turkey, Aug. 

 15 to April 15. Deer, Aug. 1 to Feb. 1. 



British Columbia. 



Deer, elk, reindeer, caribou, mountain goat, mountain 

 sheep, hare, Aug. 15 to Dec. 20. Grouse, partridge, prairie 

 fowl, quail, robin, meadow lark, Sept. 1 to Feb. 1. Wild 

 ducks, Sept. 1 to March 1. Cock pheasants, Oct. 1 to Feb. 1. 

 Cow elk and hen pheasants protected at all times. Cock 

 pheasants and quail on Mainland protected to 1894. 



California. 



Quail, partridge, grouse, rail, Sept. 10 to March 1. Doves, 

 June 1 to Jan. 1. Male antelope, deer, mountain sbeep, 

 Julyl to Dec. 15. WildfowL Sept. 15 to March 15. Wild 

 turkey, prairie chicken, Bob White, quail, pheasant, grouse, 

 skylark, protected to 1895, [Ttaei-e are special county laws. J 



Colorado. 



Partride, pheasant, prairie chicken, prairie heu, grouse, 

 Oct. 1 to Nov. 15. (Bison, buffalo, mountain sheep, ibex. 

 Rocky Mountain goat, no open season.) Deer and elk with 

 horns may be killed for lood only, July 1 to Dec. 1. 



Connecticut. 



Woodcock, quail, ruffed grouse, partridge, gray squirrel, 

 Oct. 1 to Jan. 1. Sora, rail, Sept. 1 to Jan. 1 [according to 

 law of 1886, but General Statutes, 1S88, give it Aug. 20 to 

 Jan. 1 for New Haven, Litchfield and Fairfield counties]. 

 Wildfowl, Sept. 1 to April 80. 



Delaware. 



Partridge, grouse, quail, woodcock, rabbit, hare, in New 

 Castle county, NoA r . 15 to Jan. 1; in Kent and Sussex counties, 

 Nov. 15 to Feb. 1. Rail, ortolan, reed bird, Sept. 1 to Feb. 1. 

 Wild goose, swan, brant, wild duck, Oct . 1 to April 15. 

 [Summer or wood duck unprotected at all seasons.] 



District of Columbia. * 



Quail, or partridge, Nov. 1 to Feb. 1. Ruffed grouse, or 

 pheasant, Aug. 1 to Feb. 1. Woodcock, July 1 to Feb. 1. 

 Pinnated grorise, or prairie chickens, Sept. 1 to Feb. 1. 

 Snipe, plover, Sept. 1 to May 1. Wildfowl, Sept. 1 to April 

 1. Rail, ortolan, reed bird, rice bird, Sept. 1 to Feb. 1. 

 Venison, Aug. 15 to Jan. 1. 



Florida. 



Florida has no game law with respect to seasons. 

 Idaho. 



Buffalo, elk, deer, antelope, mountain sheep, Sept. 1 to Jan. 

 %. Quail, Oct. 1 to Dec. 15. (Mongolian pheasant, no open 

 season.) Pheasant, grouse, prairie chicken, July 15 to Feb. 

 1. Wildfowl, Aug. 1 to April 15. 



Illinois. 



Deer, wild, turkey, Sept. 1 to Jan. 15. Pinnated grouse, 



Indiana. 



Deer, Oct. lto Jan. 1. Quail, pheasant, Oct. 15 to Dec. 20. 

 Wild turkey, Nov. 1 to Feb. 1. Prairie chicken. Sept. 1 to 

 Feb. 1. Woodcock, July 1 to. Jan. 1. Wild duck, Sept. 1 to 

 April 15, Sqiiirrel , June 1 to Sept. 20. 



Iowa. 



Pinnated grouse, prairie chicken, Aug. 15 to Dec. 1. Wood- 

 cock, July 10 to Jan. 1. Ruffed grouse, pheasant, wild tur- 

 key, quail, Oct. 1 to Jan. 1. Wildfowl, Aug. 15 to May 1. 

 Deer, elk, Sept. 1 to Jan. 1, Beaver, mink, otter, muskrat, 

 Nov. 1 to April 1. 



Kansas. 



Prairie chicken, pinnated grouse, Sept. 1 to Jan. 1. Quail, 

 Nov. 1 to Jan. 1. 



Louisiana. 



Deer, Oct. 1 to March 1. Wild turkey, Oct. 1 to April 15. 

 Quail, partridge, pheasant, Oct. 1 to April 1. [Many par- 

 ishes have special seasous.] 



Maine. 



Moose, deer, caribou, Oct. lto Jan. 1. Mink, beaver, sable, 

 otter, fisher, muskrat, Oct. 1 to Mayl. Woodduek, dusky 

 duck, black duck, teal, gray duck, Sept. 1 to April 1. Ruffed 

 grouse, partridge, woodcock, Sept. 1 to Dec. 1. Quail, Oct. 1 

 to Dec. 1. Plover, Aug. 1 to May J. 



Manitoba. 



Moose, deer, cabri, antelope, elk, wapiti, reindeer, caribou, 

 Oct. 1 to Dec. 1. Grouse, prairie chicken, pheasant, par- 

 tridge, Sept. 1 to Dec. 1. Woodcock, plover, snipe, sand- 

 pipers, Aug. 1 to Jan. 1. Wild ducks, swan, geese, Sept. 1 

 to May 1. Otter, fisher, pekan, beaver, muskrat, sable, Oct. 

 1 to May 15. Marten, Nov. to April 15. 



Maryland. 



The Maryland law is so complicated that we shall present 

 the seasons for the several counties in tabular form in a 

 later issue. 



Massachusetts. 



Woodcock, ruffed grouse, quail, Sept. 15 to Dec. 15. Wild 

 ducks, Sept. 1 to April 15. Plover, snipe, shore birds, rail, 

 July 15 to May 1. Wild pigeon, tern, gull, Oct. 1 to May 1. 

 Gray squirrel, hare, rabbit, Sept. 1 to March 1. [Deer pro- 

 tected at all times.] 



Michigan. 



Deer, Nov. 1 to Dec. 1 (but in Upper Peninsula Sept. 25 to 

 Nov. 15). Wild turkey, Oct. 1 to Nov. 30. Woodcock, par- 

 tridge, ruffed grouse, Sept. 1 to Jan. 1. Wildfowl, snipe, 

 Sept. 1 to Jan. 1 (jack snipe, red-headed, bluebill, canvas- 

 back, widgeon, pintail ducks and wild geese to May 1). 

 (Colin, quail, Virginia partridge, pinnated grouse, prairie 

 chicken, protected to 1894.) 



Minnesota. 



Woodcock, J uly 4 to Nov. 1. Prairie chicken, pinnated 

 grouse, sharp-tailed grouse, white-breasted grouse, Aug. 15 

 to Dec. 1. Ruffed grouse, pheasant, Sept. 1 to Dec. 1 . [Quail 

 protected to 1893.] Wildfowl, Aug. 20 to Jan. 10. Elk, 

 moose, deer, Nov. 1 to Dec. 1. 



Mississippi. 



Deer, dove, starling, Sept. 1 to March 1. Wild turkey, 



quail, partridge, Oct. 1 to May 1. Vazoo County.— Doves, 

 Aug. 1 to March 1. Deer, Sept. 15 to March 1. Wild tur- 

 key, Oct. 1 to May 1. Quail, partridge, Oct. 15 to April 15. 

 [Other counties have special seasons.] 



Missouri. 



Coon, mink, otter, beaver, muskrat, Nov. 1 to April 1. 

 Deer, Oct, 1 to Feb. 1. Wild turkey, Sept. 15 to March 1. 

 Pinnated grouse, prairie chicken, Aug. 15 to Feb. 1. Ruffed 

 grouse, pheasant, partridge, quail, Virginia partridge, Oct. 

 1 to Jan. 1. Woodcock, July 1 to Jan. 10, Turtle dove, 

 meadow lark, plover, Aug. 1 to Feb. 1. 



Montana. 



[Bison, buffalo, moose, elk, beaver, quail protected at all 

 times.] Deer, mountain sheep, mountain goat, antelope, 

 Sept. 15 to Jan. 1. Wildfowl, Aug. 10 to May 15. Prairie 

 chicken, grouse, pheasant, fool hen, sage heu, Aug. 15 to 

 Nov. 15, 



New Brunswick. 



Moose, deer, caribou, Aug. 31 to Jan. 15. Mink, otter, 

 sable, fisher, beaver, Sept. 1 to May 1. Partridge, Sept. 20 

 to Dec. 1, Woodcock, Sept. 1 to Dec. 1. Snipe, Sept. 15 to 

 March 1. 



Newfoundland. 



Caribou, Oct. 1 to Feb. 15. Ptarmigan, willow grouse, 

 partridge, grouse, Sept. 15 to Jan. 15. (Black game, caper- 

 cailzie, protected at all times. Moose, elk, protected at all 

 times.) Rabbit, hare, Sept. 1 to March 1. Otter, beaver, 

 Oct. 1 to April 1. 



New Hampshire. 



Plover, yellowlegs, sandpipers, ducks, rails, Aug. 1 to 

 Feb. 1. Woodcock, ruffed grouse, quail, Sept. 1 to Jan. 1. 

 Deer, moose, caribou, Sept. 1 to Jan. 1. Mink, beaver, otter, 

 sable, fisher, Oct. 15 to April 1. Raccoon, coon, gray squir- 

 rel, Sept. 1 to Jan. 1. Hare, rabbit, muskrat, Sept. 1 to 

 April 1 



New Jersey. 



Deer, month of November. Quail, partridge, ruffed 

 grouse, pheasant, rabbit, Nov. 1 to Dec. 15. Gray squirrel 

 in Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, 

 Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union and Warren counties, 

 Nov. 1 to Dec. 15; elsewhere, Nov. 15 to Dec. 25. Wildfowl, 

 Oct. 15 to May 1. [English hares aud European partridges 

 protected.] Woodcock, month of July and Oct. 1 to Dec.;i5. 



New York. 



Deer, Aug. 15 to Nov. 1: use of dogs permitted Sept. 1 to 

 Oct. 20 (but on Long Island only first 10 days of October; 

 and never in St. Lawrence and Delaware counties). Hare 

 and rabbit, Nov. 1 to Feb. 1. Black and gray squirrel, Aug. 

 1 to Feb. 1; in Cortland county, Sept. 1 to Jan. 1. Bay 

 snipe, sandpiper, shore birds and plover, on Long Island, 

 July 10 to Jan. 1; no law elsewhere. Ruffed grouse and 

 partridge, Sept. 1 to Jan. 1; in Queens aud Suffolk counties, 

 Nov. 1 to Jan. 1. Quail, Nov. 1 to Jan 1. Rail and meadow 

 hen, on Long Island. Sept. 1 to Jan. 1. Robin, on Long 

 Island only, Nov. 1 to Jan. 1. Wild ducks, geese and brant, 

 Sept. 1 to May 1; on Long Island Sound, Oct. 1 to May 1; in 

 Chautauqua county, Sept, 1 to Feb. 1. Woodcock, Sept. 1 to 

 Jan 1. Columbia County —Woodcock, rail, ruffed grouse 

 September, October and November; quail in November 

 only. Duchess County.— Squirrel season opens Sept. 1. 

 Rockland County— Squirrels, Sept. 1 to Jan. 1. Westches- 

 ter County forbids taking partridge, grouse, quail, snipe, 

 woodcock or grey squirrel in November. 



North Dakota. 



Buffalo, elk, deer, mountain sheep, prairie chicken, pin- 

 nated grouse, sharp-tailed grouse, ruffed grouse, Sept. 1 to 

 Jan. 1. Wildfowl, snipe, plover, curlew, Sept. 1 to May 15. 



Nova Scotia. 



Moose, caribou, Sept. 15 to Jan. 31. Beaver, Nov. 1 to 

 April 1. Hare, rabbit, Oct. 1 to March 1. Grouse, partridge, 

 Sept. 15 to Jan. 1. Woodcock, snipe, teal, Aug. 20 to March 

 1. Blue-winged duck, Aug. 1 to April 1. 



Ohio. 



Muskrat, mink, otter, March 1 to April 15. Quail, Nov. 

 10 to Dec. 15. Gray, fox and black squirrel, July 1 to Dec. 

 15. Woodcock, July 15 to Nov. 1. Ruff ed grouse, pheasant, 

 prairie chicken, Sept. 1 to Dec. 15. Wild duck, Sept. 1 to 

 April 10, butnoducks maybe killed on Sunday, Monday and 

 Tuesdays. Wild turkey, Oct. 1 to Dec. 15. Deer, Oct. 15 to 

 Nov. 20. Rabbits unprotected as to season. 



Ontario. 



[Caribou, moose, elk, no open season.] Deer, Oct. 15 to 

 Nov. 20. Grouse, pheasants, prairie;fowl, partridge, Sept. 1 

 to Jan. 1. Geese, swans, Sept. 1 to May 1. Wild ducks, 

 snipe, rail, golden plover, Sept, 1 to Jan. 1. Woodcock, 

 Aug. 15 to Jan. 1. Quail, wild turkey, Oct. 15 to Dec. 15. 

 Hares, Sept. 1 to March 15. Beaver, mink, muskrat, sable, 

 martin, otter,, fisher, Nov. 1 to May 1. 



Pennsylvania. 



Deer, Oct. lto Dec. 15. Gray, black or fox squirrel, Sept. 

 1 to Jan. 1. Hare, rabbit, Nov. 1 to Jan. 1. Wild duck and 

 goose, Sept. 1 to May 1. Wild turkey, Oct. 15 to Jan. 1. 

 Upland or grass plover. July 15 to Jan. 1. Woodcock, July 

 i to Jan. 1. Quail, Virginia partridge, Nov. 1 to Dec. 15, 

 Ruffed grouse, pheasant, Oct. 1 to Jan. 1. Rail, reed bird, 

 Sept. 1 to Nov. 30. 



Quebec. 



Deer, Oct. 1 to Jan. 1. Moose, caribou, Sept. 1 to Feb. 1. 

 Beaver, mink, otter, martin, pekan, Nov. 1 to April 1. Hare, 

 Nov. 1 to Feb. 1. Woodcock, snipe, partridge, Sept. I to 

 Feb. 1. Wild ducks, Sept. 1 to May 1. 



Rhode Island. 



Grouse or heath hen, Nov. 1 to Jan. 1. Woodcock, Sept. 

 1 to Jan 1. Ruffed grouse, partridge, Sept, 1 to Jan. 1. 

 Quail, Oct. 1 to Jan. 1. Bartram's tattler, upland plover, 

 Rhode Island or grass plover, Aug. 1 to April 1. Dusky or 

 black duck, Sept. 1 to March 1. Woodduek, summer duck, 

 Sept. 1 to March 1. Blue, or green-winged teal, Sept. 1 to 

 March 1. 



Tennessee. 



Deer, Aug. 1 to Jan. 1. Quail, partridge, Nov. 1 to March 

 1. [Many counties are exempt.] 



Texas. 



Deer, Aug. 1 to Jan. 20. Wild turkey, Sept. 1 to May 15. 

 Pinnated grouse, prairie chicken, Aug. 1 to March 1. Quail, 

 partridge, Oct. 1 to April 1. In many counties an open sea- 

 son on all game runs through the year. 



Utah. 



Elk, deer, buffalo, bison, antelope, mountain sheep, Sept. 

 1 to Dec. 1. Quail, partridge, pheasant, prairie chicken, 

 sage hen, grouse, Aug. 15 to March 15. (California quail 

 protected.) Wild goose, wild duck, snipe, Sept. 1 to April 1. 



Vermont. 



(Deer protected to Nov. 1, 1890, and will probably be pro- 

 tected beyond that date by next Legislature.) Mink, beaver, 

 otter, fisher, Nov. 1 to April 1. Quail, woodcock or ruffed 

 grouse, partridge, Sept, I to Feb. 1. Woodcock, Aug. 15 to 

 Feb. 1. Wild goose, wild duck, Sept. 1 to May 1, 



Wisconsin. 



Woodcock, Aug. 1 to Dec. 15. Quail, partridge, pheasant,- 

 ruffed grouse, prairie chicken, grouse of every variety, snipe, 

 plover, wild duck, goose, brant, squirrel, Aug. 1 to Dec. 15. 

 Deer, Oct. 15 to Dec. 1. 



Wyoming. 



Partridge, pheasant, prairie chicken or grouse, Aug, 15 to' 

 Nov. 1. Sage hen, July 15 to Sept. 15. Wild ducks, Aug. 1 

 to May 1. Deer, elk, moose, mountain sheep, mountain 

 goat, antelope may be killed by bona fide residents only audi 

 for food. [Bison, buffalo and beaver protected at all times.] 



Ohio Quail Supply.— Columbus, O— I have not known 

 quail so plentif ul in Ohio since the days of my boyhood. 

 I have means of hearing from nearly every part of the 

 State, and from every locality comes the same report. 

 The particular cause for this abundance was the past: 

 phenomenally warm winter. Another pregnant reason 

 is that the farmers, especially in the vicinity of the cities,' 

 have very generally united in the formation of game pro- 

 tective societies, and prohibit the intrusion of ''game! 

 hogs" upon their premises. For many years past they 

 have been overrun with gunners from the cities, quite: 

 generally members of so-called game protective societies^, 

 and always with trained dogs, who, upon striking a covey 

 of quail, would follow them until the last one was killed. 

 In this way entire regions in the vicinity of cities have 

 been entirely cleaned out by these unprincipled hogs. 

 The farmers have put a stop to this, and an abundance 

 of breeders are left over, with the result here reported. 

 On the glorious Fourth, some friends on angling bent fl 

 took me out a few miles for a ride. As usual on such 

 occasions, I wiped the cosmoline out of my old, reliable,- 

 muzzleloading, telescope-sighted rifle, and with a view 

 to the burning of some gunpowder, a practice which 1 

 have indulged in on the ''Fourth" ever since I was large 

 enough, I went duly prepared. Before we wore fairly 

 out of the city we were greeted with the old familial 

 whistle of "Bob White," and there was scarcely a minute 

 during the day that we did not hear it on every side. 

 Every few minutes we also saw villainous little privateer: 

 hawks after the quail. During the day I got two shots 

 at these little rascals; one at more than 150 and the other 

 at more than 200yds. distant, killing in each case. Ho'w! 

 is that for a man of 64 years, almost without practice? 

 think at the present time that these hawks are the princif 

 pal enemies of quail in this State. — M. P, P. 



Game in the New State. — Kent, King county, Wi 

 ington. — Several parties have explored the Olym^ 

 Mountains west of here this summer, hitherto an un 

 known country. Many new places of interest have beer, 

 opened up, and game in large quantities is reportedjl 

 Good quantities of elk, deer, and black bear have beeijjl 

 run across. Five small coons were shot on the 6th neaift 

 Des Moines; a large black bear was also stirred up at that i 1 

 place. A hunter brought into Kent a few days ago a» 

 bear with coat partly shed, upper coat brown and loweiA 

 half black. The black bears are fond of salmon berries J 

 and can be generally found where they grow. Two wildi 

 cats are reported west of Kent. A young man was badlyl 

 shot by pulling his gun out of the wagon by the muzzlew 

 on Green River. They were just going to pitch campij 

 While this is not a sportsman's paradise, a good hunteifli 

 and fisherman can have lots of enjoyment. Five blac^l 

 bear were routed out by a party of surveyors on Lafoll 

 Washington, near Seattle, a city of 40,000 population ]h 

 Any sportsman or naturalist will be answered who wrileeft 

 for information concerning the Puget Sound country.— C 

 N. L. H. J 



Whatcom, July 15,— Black bears are captured hersli 

 nearly every day by berry pickers or by those who have 

 pigs running at large. — J. V. C. 



Adirondack Deer.— Ellenburgh Center, N. Y.— I im 

 close you some printed matter relating to deer hounding, 

 I mailed copies to every Senator and Member of Assenv 

 bly during the last session of our Legislature. It is a 

 thing to be profoundly regretted that our Legislature 

 can not stop playing the game of politics long enough 

 consider a subject that has no politics in it. I am in' 

 debted to Mr. J. B. Harrison of Franklin Falls, N. H., 

 Chas. Fenton of No. 4, C. H. Smith of Petries Corners',. 

 Lewis Co., John D. Collins of Utica and H. A. Pride oi 

 Holland Patent for words of cheer in our efforts to get S 

 better law to protect deer. I would like to suggest to thd 

 members of tbe Codification Committee that they take iiJ 

 the Adirondack mountains during the season beginning 

 Sept. 1 and ending Nov. 1,-Wa, H. Gordon. 



The Magalloway River District.— Reports are cui^ 

 rent in Boston, and probably other cities, that sportsmen 

 will not be allowed to hunt and fish on the upper Magal 

 loway River, Maine, above a point known as "The Nar 

 rows;" that the whole country above that place is coiv 

 trolled by a club, formed the past winter, with head* 

 quarters at Parmachnee Lake. It may be interesting tc; 

 some of the old visitors to the region about the Magallo- 

 way River to know that the river, and brooks and lakeaa 

 well, are as free as ever to any who wish to fish in themv 

 and there are plenty of public lots upon which they can 

 camp without any fear of molestation from any club oi 

 anything of the kind in existence.— Se wes. 



The Catskill Deer Park.— Ron dout, N.Y., July 2L 

 State Forest Commissioner Townsend Cox, during his re- 

 cent visit to the deer park in the Ulster Catskills, made a 

 personal inspection of the high wire fence surrounding 

 the inclosure. This will furnish browsing for at least 151 

 deer. There are twenty-one deer, old and young, in the 

 park. A doe is so careful in hiding its young that it is 

 almost impossible to find them. It is reported that there 

 are three wild deer in the woods near the park, and an 

 effort will be made to capture them. — Neio York Times. 



Pennsylvania Game.— Towanda, Pa.— Reports givei 

 me by farmers in this neighborhood allow me to say thai 

 quail will be plentier than for years. One reported fini" 

 ing three nests and all in time hatched out safely. Groi 

 also doing nicely; coveys large and growing fast. Wol. 

 cock occasionally seen in the swales and swamps back i 

 the hills, and a bag of eight was made from one srnaL 

 swamp by two sportsmen on July 4, first day of the season 

 in this State. Said the birds were full grown and plump, 

 — M. F. D, 



