4 BULLETIN 22, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
BIG GAME. 
Several important changes have been made in provisions protecting 
big game. Colorado and North Dakota prohibited all killing of deer 
for a term of years and Saskatchewan has provided a close season 
throughout the year for all big game south of latitude 52°. Laws 
protecting does at all seasons were enacted in Florida, Nevada, and 
Wyoming, but South Dakota repealed a statute of this kind enacted in 
1911. The deer seasons were shortened from two weeks to two months 
in Utah, Wyoming, and Quebec. New Hampshire lengthened the 
season two weeks in Coos County, Vermont ten days, and Mas- 
sachusetts opened the season in the few closed counties, thus per- 
mitting shooting throughout the State. Montana provided that the 
limit of three deer a season can include only one doe. In 1911 Mich- 
igan made an experiment of an open season of 45 days on deer but 
limited the life of an individual hunting license to 25 days from 
date of issuance. After a trial of two years the season has been 
restored to the last three weeks in November to correspond with the 
deer season in Minnesota and Wisconsin. 
Wyoming and Montana, heretofore affording the principal hunting 
for elk and sheep, have recently limited the hunting area to a few 
counties in each State, where the seasons have generally been 
shortened. Wyoming has adopted the innovation of allowing the 
killing of female elk only under ordinary resident licenses and 
requiring licensees to obtain a special $15 license to kill a bull or an 
additional cow. Montana also prohibited the killing of ewes and 
lambs. Other States in which elk or sheep were protected for a 
term of years or by a perpetual close season are Nevada, Oregon, 
Utah, and Washington. 
OPEN SEASONS. 
The most important changes in seasons are due to the passage of 
the Federal law protecting migratory birds. Under the regulations 
as proposed by the Department of Agriculture (see pp. 20-21), spring 
shooting is entirely eliminated and the open seasons materially 
shortened in several States. 
The general trend of State legislation in the matter of seasons 
seems to have been toward further restriction of hunting and greater 
uniformity. This fact is illustrated by the enactment of the general 
game law in Florida, which repealed all local game laws and made 
the seasons uniform throughout the State, and the passage of a 
measure in Wisconsin adopting the same opening date for upland 
game as is in force in Minnesota and North Dakota. A few important 
species were removed from the game list or were given protection for 
