24 BULLETIN 22, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
California (1901-1913): » Open seasons. 
Male deer in second, fourth, and fifth districts July 1-Sept. 1. 
In first, third, and seventh districts Aug. 15-Nov. 1. 
In sixth district Aug. 15-Sept. 15. 
Female deer, fawn, elk, antelope, sheep No open season. 
Cottontail rabbit, bush rabbit July 31-Feb. 1. 
Tree squirrel (except in Mendocino County, unprotected) Sept. 1-Jan. 1. 
Valley quail (except sixth district, Oct. 15-Nov. 15) Oct. 15-Feb. 15. 
Mountain quail, grouse, sage hen Sept. 1-Dec. 1. 
Pheasant, bobwhite quail, imported quail or partridge, wild turkey, swan No open season. 
Dove July 15-Oct. 1. 
In second and fifth districts Aug. 1-Oct. 15. 
In fourth and sixth districts and Inyo County of the seventh district Sept. 1-Nov. 1. 
Black-breasted and golden plover, Wilson or jacksnipe Nov. 15-Dec. 16. 
Rail, band tailed pigeon (Regulations Nos. 4 and 8) Sept. 1, 1918. 
Duck Oct. 15-Jan. 16. 
Black brant (opens Oct. 1 in first district) Nov. 1-Jan. 16. 
Colorado (1899-1913): 
Deer with horns Oct. 1, 1918. 
Elk, 15 years Nov. 1, 1924. 
Antelope, 13 years; sheep with horns, 15 years Sept. 25, 1924. 
Deer, antelope, sheep, without horns No open season. 
Partridge, ptarmigan, wild turkey, wild pigeon No open season. 
Quail (bobwhite, crested), 13 years Oct. 1, 1924. 
Pheasant, black game, capercailzie Sept. 1, 1924. 
Prairie chicken, mountain and willow grouse Aug. 15-Oct. 11. 
Sage chicken Sept. 1-Apr. 21. 
Dove Aug. 15-Sept. 1. 
Plover, snipe Sept. 1-Dec. 16. 
Yellowlegs Aug. 1-Dec. 16. 
Curlew (under Regulation No. 4) Sept. 1, 1918. 
Rails, coots, gallinules Sept. 1-Dec. 1. 
Duck, goose, brant Sept. 1-Dec. 16. 
Connecticut (1901-1913): 
Deer, 6 years June 1, 1917. 
Hare, rabbit Oct. 8-Jan. I. 2 
Gray squirrel Oct. 8-Nov. 24. 
Quail, ruffed grouse, pheasant (Chinese, English, Mongolian), woodcock Oct. 8-Nov. 24. 
Hungarian partridge „ Nov. 1-24, 1913. 
Dove No open season. 
Black-breasted and golden plover, Wilson or English snipe, yellowlegs, duck 
(except wood duck, Sept. 1, 1919), goose, trant Sept. 1-Dec. 16. 
Rail Sept. 12-Dec. 1. 
Mud-hen, gallinule Sept. 1-Dec. 1. 
Delaware (1893-1913): 
Rabbit, hare, squirrel (fox, black, gray) Nov. 15- Jan. 1. 
Quail, partridge, woodcock Nov. 15- Jan. 1. 
Hungarian partridge, pheasant, swan No open season. 
Dove (except in Newcastle County, no open season) Aug. 1-Jan. 1. 
Reedbird, ortolan, or rail Sept. 1-Nov. 1. 
Duck (except wood duck, Sept. 1-Nov. 1 ), goose, brant Oct. 1-Jan. 1 6. 
Black-breasted and golden plover, jacksnipe or Wilson snipe, yellowlegs — Sept.l-Dec.16. 
i Seasons fixed by ordinances of boards of county supervisors are omitted. The following seven fish 
and game districts have been established in California: First district: Northern counties, including Siskiyou, 
Modoc, Lassen, Shasta, Trinity, Tehama. Second district: Coast counties north of Suisun Bay and west 
of the Sacramento River, including Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Glenn, Colusa, Lake, Sonoma, 
Napa, Yolo, Solano, Marin. Third district: Counties of the eastern Sacramento Valley and central Sierra, 
including Plumas, Butte, Sierra, Yuba, Sutter, Nevada, Placer, El Dorado, Sacramento, Amador, Cala- 
veras, San Joaquin, Tuolumne, Mariposa. Fourth district: San Joaquin Valley counties, including 
Madera, Tulare, and east of the San Joaquin River in Stanislaus, Merced, Fresno, Kings, Kern. Fifth 
district: Counties west of the Coast Range from Suisun Bay to Santa Barbara, including Contra Costa, 
Alameda, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Benito, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, 
Santa Barbara, and west of San Joaquin River in Stanislaus, Merced, Fresno, Kings, and Kern counties. 
Sixth district: Southern California, including counties of Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, 
Imperial, Riverside, and San Bernardino. Seventh district: Central counties east of the Sierra, including 
Alpine, Mono, and Inyo. 
2 Between Nov. 24 and Jan. 1 hunting is permitted with dog and ferret only. 
