28 BULLETIN 22, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Minnesota (1905-1909): Open seasons. 
Deer, male moose Nov. 10-Nov. 30. 
Elk, female moose, caribou, fawn No open season. 
Quail, partridge, ruffed grouse (pheasant) Oct. 1-Dec. 1. 
Sharp-tailed or -white-breasted grouse, prairie chicken (pinnated grouse), turtle dove, 
golden plover, Wilson or jack snipe, woodcock Sept. 7-Nov. 7. 
Pheasants (Chinese, English, Mongolian) No open season. 
Duck, goose, brant Sept. 7-Dec. 1. 
Rail, coot, gallinule Sept. 1-Dec. 1c 
Mississippi* (1906-1910): 
Deer (female deer and spotted fawn, no open season), bear Nov. 15-Mar . 1 . 
Quail or partridge Nov. 1-Mar. 1. 
Wild turkey (hens, no open season) Jan. 1-May 1. 
Dove July 1-Mar. 1 . 
Plover, tatler, chorook, grosbec, Jacksnipe or Wilson snipe, and yellowlegs Sept. 1-Dec. 16. 
Coot (poule d'eau), rail (mud hen), gallinule Sept. 1-Dec. 1. 
Duck, goose, brant Sept. 1-Jan. 16. 
Cedar bird Sept. 1-Mar. 1. 
Missouri (1909-1913): 
Deer, males only (no open season for does or fawns under 1 year of age) Nov. 1-Jan. 1. 
Squirrel (gray, black, fox) July 1-Dec. 1. 
Quail (bobwhite, partridge) Dec. 1-Jan. 1. 
Wild turkey Nov. 1— Jan. 1. 
Dove Sept. 1-Jan. 1 . 
Ruffed grouse (pheasant), prairie chicken (pinnated grouse), Mongolian, Chinese, 
and English pheasants, woodcock, and other game birds No open season. 
Plover, yellowlegs Sept. 1-Dec. 16. 
Snipe Sept. 15-Dec. 1 6. 
Rail, coot, gallinule Sept. 1-Dec. 1. 
Duck, goose, brant Sept.l5-Jan. 16. 
Montana (1905-1913): 
Deer, sheep, goat Oct. 1-Dec. 1. 
Elk (see exceptions) Oct. 1, 1918. 
Exceptions: In counties of Sweetgrass, Park, Gallatin, Madison, Teton, Flat- 
head, and those portions of Powell and Missoula Counties drained by South 
Fork of Flathead and Swan Rivers, respectively, Beaverhead Count y east of 
Oregon Short Line Railroad between Willis and Armstead, and Beaver- 
head County south of Pittsburg and Gilmore Railroad Oct. 1-Dec. 1. 
Moose, caribou, fawns, female sheep, and lambs, antelope, bison or buffalo No open season. 
Quail, Chinese pheasant, Hungarian pheasant, dove No open season. 
Pheasant, partridge, prairie chicken, sage hen, fool hen, grouse Oct. 1-Nov. 1. 
Duck, goose, brant Sept. 1-Dec. 16. 
Black-breasted and golden plover, jacksnipe or Wilson snipe, and yellow- 
legs Sept. 1-Dec. 16. 
Rail, coot, gallinule Sept. 1-Dec. 1. 
Nebraska (1901-1911): 
Deer, elk, antelope No open season. 
Squirrel (gray, red, fox, timber) Oct. 1-Dec. 1. 
Quail Nov. 1-Nov. 16. 
Dove, plover (except killdeer) July.l5-Sept. 1. 
Prairie chicken, sage chicken, grouse Sept. 1-Dec. 1. 
Partridge, pheasant, ptarmigan, English partridge, Belgian partridge, English 
pheasant, Chinese pheasant, Mongolian pheasant, English black cock, other im- 
ported game birds, wild pigeon, wild turkey, curlew, white crane, swan No open season. 
Yellowlegs, jacksnipe, Wilson snipe, duck, goose, brant Sept. 1-Dec. 16. 
Rail, coot, and gallinule Sept. 1-Dec. 1. 
Nevada 2 (1909-1913): 
Deer (males only) Oct. 15-Nov. 16. 
Antelope, female deer, spotted fawn No open season. 
Mountain sheep and goat Jan. 1, 1920. 
Mountain quail Oct. 1-Jan. 2. 
Valley quail Oct. 15- Jan. 16. 
Grouse Oct. 1-Dec 16. 
1 Local regulations of boards of supervisors also in force. 
2 County commissioners may change dates of close seasons (without altering length) and may open 
seasons for shorebirds and waterfowl Sept. 1. 
