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FOREST AND STREAM 
September, 192.0 
they were too near for the long bellow, 
and I drew them on with short grunts. 
All this time it was growing steadily 
darker; the forest all round was inky 
black. The swamp was a grey expanse 
With whirling vapors, eddying up towards 
the early stars. Now and then either 
bull would seem, by the sounds of his 
march, to be losing his direction and my 
croakings would take longer to draw him 
back, but still they came, crashing 
'through the forest and snorting. I was 
facing south; every nerve a’tingle! At 
last, to my left, a dark form glided out 
Into the fog from the forest edge: how 
far off I could not guess nor indeed did 
it matter. I could feel my carbine in 
my hands but it was much too dark to 
aim. So pointing at a venture towards 
the gliding shadow I pressed the trig- 
ger. A vivid flash! An echoing report! 
The shadow vanished in the mist and 
the reeds swallowed him up. That was 
all I saw of moose No. 1. 
And then a surprising thing hap- 
pened. I imagined that I had made noise 
'enough, with a sufficient display of fire- 
works, to frighten off any self-respect- 
ing moose within miles, but the echoes 
of my fusillade had hardly died away 
when I realized that moose No. 2 was 
still coming strong. 
There was a crash and a splash be- 
hind me, and another dark form moved 
out into the flat. I could just discern 
him as he stood for a second, and then 
moved towards the spot where my host 
was stationed; but quickly changing his 
mind, he turned and moved with many 
splashes and much swishing of reeds to- 
wards me. As he passed between me 
and the spruce trees I fired. He glided 
on and I fired again. He stopped this 
time so I fired again and he rolled over 
on his back, struggled up on his fore- 
legs, and rolled over and lay quiet. 
I left my standing place between the 
junipers, and tried to reach him, but 
it was too dark, and the swamp too deep, 
so I abandoned the attempt for the time 
being and waded and scrambled up the 
valley to the dryer ground where my 
host was stationed. He had followed the 
developments of my adventure with in- 
terest and had heard something of the 
initial stages, but of the end he knew 
nothing, being too far off. He did not 
even know what I had been shooting at, 
and was amazed when I told him that I 
had shot at two separate moose. He 
told me that I had made a magnificent 
pyrotechnic display with the flashes of 
my rifle against the darkness and he 
imagined that it was all in honor of 
moose No. 1. He was amazed when I 
told him of what had happened. 
It was, in my experience, a unique per- 
formance. I have called two moose to- 
gether on other occasions, and have shot 
at one of them, but never before have I 
called two moose together and shot at 
them both. 
But our experiences of that memora- 
ble October evening were not yet con- 
cluded. Before going back to the camp 
my host gave a final call and immediate- 
ly there came an answering crash in the 
birch thicket to the north of us. We 
waited breathlessly and soon another 
black shadow glided out on to the flat, 
and moved towards us. This shadow, 
presently resolved itself into two forms, 
one behind the other. To make sure of 
their sex my friend turned a little elec- 
tric torch on them when they were quite 
close, and two pretty cows stood before 
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OPEN SEASONS FOR GAME IN 1920 
A SYNOPSIS OF THE LAWS REGULATING THE TAKING OF GAME 
TABULATED IN HANDY FORM FOR THE BENEFIT OF SPORTSMEN 
[Compiled by Georoe A. Lawyer, Chief U. S. Game Warden, and Frank L Earnshaw, Assistant, Interstate Commerce in Game ] 
THE OPEN SEASONS. HERE t SHOWN ARR INCLUSIVE OF BOTH DATES. When the season is closed for a fixed period the date terminating) the closed season is given. 
The seasons in certain counties of North Carolina may be had on application to the Secretary, Audubon Society, Raleigh, N. C. Local exceptions in Idaho, Tennessee* Virginia, and Washington will be 
published in “Game Laws for 1920.” 6 
The term rabbit includes “hare”; quail, the bird known as “partridge” in the South- grouse includes Canada grouse, sharp-tailed grouse, ruffed grouse (known as “partridge” in the North and “pheasant” 
in the South), and all other members of the family except prairie chickens, ptarmigan, and sage hens; introduced pheasant is restricted to the Old World pheasants. * 
PERSONS ARE ADVISED to secure from State game commissioners full text of game laws in States where hunting is contemplated, as provisions of mmor importance are omitted from *v»in poster. 
“Game Laws for 1020,” and a directory of game officials may be had free on application to the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, D. 0. e 
** Under the regulations for the protection of migratory birds the season is closed on band-tailed pigeons, swans, wood ducks, eider ducks, auks, auklets, bitterns, cranes, fulmars, gannet, 
grebes, guillemots, (mils, herons, jaegers, loons, murres, petrels, puffins, shearwaters, terns, and all shorebirds (except woodcock, Wilson snipe or jacksnipe, black-bellied and golden plovers’ 
and yellowlegs) in the United States and Canada. Owing to damage to rice crops xn the South the Secretary of Agriculture has ordered that bobolinks, commonly known as reedbirds or rice 
birds, mav be killed by shooting, between half an hour before sunrise and sunset of any day from September 1 to October 30, inclusive, in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland 
and the District of Columbia, and from August 16 to November 15, inclusive, in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Reedbirds so killed sliall not be sold, shipped 
(or sale, or wantonly wasted or destroyed, but may be used for food by the persons killing them or transported to hospitals and charitable institutions for use as food. 
o ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS AND EXCEPTIONS 
Alaska. — Moose (male), caribou, sheep, north Lat. 62°, Aug. 1-Dec. 10. 
Caribou on Kenai Peninsula, and sheep on Kenai Pe nins ula east of Long. 
150°, 1921. Killing of females and young of mountain sheep and deer, 
and mountain goat kids and fawns of caribou south of Arctic Circle, pro^ 
hibited. Goat, in southeastern Alaska, east of Long. 141°, and on Kenai 
Peninsula, Sept. 1-Oct. 31. Large brown bear, south Lat. 62°, Oct. 1- 
Juiy 1; north, unprotected. Deer on Duke, Gravina, Kodiak, Kruzof, 
Long, San Juan, Suemez, Zarembo, Hawkins, Hinchinbrook,' and Mon- 
tague Islands, 192L 
Arizona. — Bobwkite quail, no open season; mourning dove, Sept. 1-Dec. 15; 
t ohxic-wings, July 15-Dec. 3L 
Arkansas. — Gobblers, additional open season, Mar. 1-May 1. 
California. — Deer (male, except cpike buck), in Districts 2 and 3, Aug. 1— 
Sept. 14; in District 4, Aug. 15-^Sept. 15; in Districts 1, 1$, 4$, 23, 24, 25, 
ana 26, Aug. 15-Oct. 14. Mountain , valley, and desert quail, in Districts 
4 and 4$, Oct. 16-Dec. 31. Mountain quail, in Districts 1, 23, 24, 25, and 
26, Sept. 1-Nov. 30. Bobwhite quail, in State, no open season. Sage hen, 
in District 4, no open season. For counties in each game district Bee 
' ‘Game Laws, 1920.” 
Connecticut. — Deer owner of agricultural lands, member of family, or em- 
ployee, may kill with shotgun on own lands deer destroying fruit trees 
or growing crops, but such killing must be reported to commissioners 
within 12 noure. Coot ( mud hen), gallinules, Oct. 1-Dec. 31. 
Delaware. — Dove, Newcastle County, no open season. 
District of Columbia. — Hunting permitted only on marshes of Eastern 
Branch, north of Anacostia badge, and on Virginia shore of Potomac. 
Florida. — Squirrels in Escambia County, Oct. 15-Mar. 1; in Holmes and 
Walton Counties, Oct. 20-Mar. 1. English pheasant in Escambia County, 
no open season. Hunting prohibited on Pine Island. 
Georgia. — Fox squirrel, unprotected. 
Idaho. — Du , mountain goat, in Adams, Blaine, Boise, Bonneville, Butte, 
Caribou, Clark, Custer, Elmore, Franklin, Gooding, Idaho, Jefferson, 
Lemhi, Lincoln, Madison, Power, Teton, Valley, ana Washington Coun- 
ties, Sept. 16-Nov. 30; in game preserves and rest of State, no open season. 
Elk, in Bingham, Bonneville, Fremont, and Teton Counties, Sept. 16- 
Nov. 30; in Clearwater and Idaho Counties, Oct. 1-Nov. 15; in rest of 
State, no open season. (See “Game Laws, 1920, ” for local laws on upland 
game birds.) 
Indiana- — Coot, gallinules, Sept. 16-Dec. 20. 
Kansas .—Fox squirrel, Sept. 1-Dec. 31; other squirrels, no open season. 
I^mlwiftTigL. — Deer south of Vernon, Rapides, Avoyelles, and Concordia 
Parishes and Mississippi State line, Oct. 1-Jan. 20 (deer season fixed by 
commission). Turkey gobblers, Nov. 15-Mar. 15. 
Maine. — Deer, Nov. 1-Nov. 30, and ruffed grouse^partridgc, woodcock, Oct. 1- 
Oct. 31, in Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, 
Sagadahoc, Waldo, and York Counties. Commission may make local 
"egulations on deer. (See also “Game Laws, 1920. ") 
— ^fersacbus e t ta . —Hare or white rabbit, in Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket, 
and Norfolk Counties, 1923; European hares, in Berkshire County, unpro- 
tected. Quail, in Dukes, Essex, Hampden, Middlesex, and Nantucket, 
July 1, 1922. Pheasants, division of fisheries and game may open season. 
Mchigan. — Deer In Antrim, Arenac, Bay, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Clare, 
Crawford, Emmet, Gladwin, Grand Traverse, Huron, Kalkaska, Lake, 
Manistee, Mason, Midland, Missaukee, Newaygo, Oceana, Ogemaw. 
Osceola, Oscoda, Otsego, Roscommon, Sanilac, Tuscola, and Wexford 
Counties, 1923. Rabbit, north of Township 20 North, Oct. 1-Mar. 1; 
south of Township 21 North, Nov. 1-Mar. 1. Ruffed grouse, in Upper 
Peninsula. Oct, 1-Oct 31; in Lower Peninsula, Nov. 1-Nov. 30. 
Minnesota. — Ruffed grouse, Oct. 15-Nov. 30; white-breasted or sharp-tailed 
grouse , Sept. 16, 1922. Plovers, no open season. 
Montana. — Deer, in Custer, Dawson, Richland, Rosebud, and Yellowstone 
Counties, Oct. 1, 1922; deer, grouse, prairie chicken . sage hen, in Roosevelt, 
Sheridan, and Valley Counties, 1921. Elk, in Carbon, Madison, Park, 
Stillwater, Sweet Grass, and parts of Beaverhead and Gallatin Counties, 
Oct. 15-Dec. 24; in Fergus, Mineral, Wheatland, Ravalli, and parts of 
Granite, Lewis and Clark, and Powell Counties, Oct. 15-Oct. 24: and in 
Flathead, Lincoln, Teton, and parts of Granite and Missoula Counties, 
Oct. 15-Nov. 30; in rest of State, no open season. Coot and gallinules, 
Sept. 16-Dec. 31. 
Nebraska. — Plovers, no open season. 
Nevada. — Valley quail and pheasant, seasons fixed by county commissioners, 
who may also close or shorten dove season. 
New Hampshire. — Deer, in Coos County, Oct. 15-Dec. 15; in Carroll (except 
town of Moultonborough) and Grafton, Nov. 1-Dec. 15; in rest of State, 
Nov. 15-Dec. 15. 
New York. — Commission may shorten open season on game. Deer (male), 
in Adirondack^ Oct. 15-Nov. 15; id Delaware, Orange, Rensselaer, 
Sullivan, and Ulster Counties, Nov. 1-Nov. 15; on own land in Dutchess 
County, Nov. 1-Nov. 15. Shotgun only may bo used in Dutchess and 
Rensselaer Counties. 
Long Island. — Varying hare, Oct. 1-Mar. 1. Cottontail rabbit, Oct. 1-31 
and Jan. 1-Mar. 1. 
North Carolina. — For local laws, apply to Secretary, Audubon Society, 
Raleigh, N. C. Migratory birds, county season date controls when it 
opens the season later or closes it earlier than the Federal Regulations. 
North Dakota. — While-breasted and sharp-tailed grouse. Sept. 16-Oct. 16; 
ruffed grouse, in Bottineau, Cavalier, Pembina, ana Roulette Counties 
only, Get. 1-Gct. 10. _ Coot, gallinules, Sept. 16-Dec. 31. 
Oklahoma. — Beat in Blaine, Caddo, Comancne, Kiowa, and Major Counties, 
no open season; rest of State, unprotected. 
Oregon. — East of Cascades: Deer (male), in Union and Wallowa Counties, 
Sept. 10-Nov. 10. Quail, in Klamath County, Oct. 1-Oct. 10. Prairie 
chicken, in Sherman and Wasco Counties, Oct. 1-Oct. 15. Chinese 
pheasant, in Baker, Grant, Malheur, Umatilla, and Union Counties, 
Oct. 3-Oct. 10, and in Hood River and Wasco Counties, Oct. 25-Nov. 1. 
Sage hen, in District, July 15-Aug. 31. Grouse, in Union and Wallowa 
Counties, Aug. 1-Nov. 10. 
West of Cascades: Quail, in Coos, Curry, Jackson, and Josephine Counties 
only, Oct. 1-Oct. 31. Grouse, in Jackson County, Oct. 1-Oct. 10; sooty 
or olue grouse, in Douglas County, Sept. 1-Sept. 30. Chinese pheasant 
(male), in Jackson County. Oct. 1-Oct. 10; in Cooe, Curry, and Josephine 
Counties, no open season; balance of District, Oct. 1-Oct. 31. Waterfowl, 
coot, Wilson mine, black-bellied and golden plovers, yellowlegs, Oct. 1- 
Dec. 31, and rails, Sept. 16-Nov. 30, in Clatsop, Columbia, .Multnomah, 
and Tillamook Counties. 
Pennsylvania. — Coot, gallinules, Sept. 16-Nov. 30. 
Tennessee. — Deer, in Bledsoe, Cumberland, Grundy, Marion, Sequatchie, 
and Van Buren Counties, Nov. 1-Dec. 10; in rest of State, unprotected. 
Gobblers, also Apr. 1-25. (See “Game Laws, 1920, ” for local seasons.) 
Utah. — Deer, nonresident not permitted to hunt deer. Waterfowl , in Kane, 
San Juan, and Washington Counties, Oct. 1-Jan. 15. 
Virginia. — Deer, in Amelia and Nottoway, Nov. 1-Dec. 31; in Chesterfield, 
Mecklenburg, Prince George, and Suny Counties, Oct. 1-Jan. 1; in Bath 
and High la n d, Nov. 1, 1921; in Alleghany, Bland, Botetourt, Craig, 
Fr anklin , Giles, Montgomery, Patrick, Pulaski, Rockbridge, Rocking- 
ham, Russell, and Wythe, 1921. Elk, protected in national forest areas. 
Quail, grouscj wild turkey, west of Blue Ridge, Nov. 1-Dec. 31. (For other 
local exceptions, see “Gamp Lawa, 1920.") 
Washington.— For local seasons and exceptions, see “Game Laws, 1920. M 
West Virginia. — Coot, gallinules. Sept. 16-Dec. 31.. 
Langlade, Shawano, Oconto, and all counties north thereof (except 
Marathon), Nov. 21-Nov. 30; in Marathon and rest of State, no open 
season. Squirrels , in Dodge, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, 
Washington, and Waukesha, no open season. Ducks, coot, gallinules . 
Sept. 16-Dec. 10; geese and brant, Sept. 16-Dec. 20. 
Wyoming^— Elk, in Lincoln, Park, and Fremont (except between Roaring 
Fork Creek and Big Sandy River on west slope of Wind River Mountains 
in Bridger National Forest, and north of Big Wind River and south of 
Sweetwater River, no open season), Oct. 1-Nov. 30; in rest of State, no 
open season. Sheep (mature male), in Lincoln, Park, and Fremont 
Counties only, Oct. 15-Nov. 15. 
British Columbia.— Open seasons on big game and upland game fixed 
annually by Order-in-Council, which may be obtained from Secretary 
Game Conservation Board, Vancouver, B. C. Waterfowl, rails, Wilson 
snipe, black-breasted and golden plovers, yellowlegs, in Northern and 
Eastern Districts, Sept. 4-Dec. 19, and in Western District, north of 
51st parallel, Sept. lF-Dec. 26; goose, brant. Western District, south 51st 
S araflel, Nov. 13-Feb.28. Other migratory gamebirds, south of 61st parallel 
'ct. 16-Jan. 31. * 
Northern District includes Atlin Electoral District, and north of main 
line of Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and east s ummi t Cascades. 
Eastern District, east summit Cascades and south Grand Trunk Pacific 
Railway. 
Western District, west summit Cascades and south Atlin Electoral 
District. 
New Brunswick. — Deer, on Grand Manan and Campobello Islands, no open 
season. r 
Northwest Territories. — Additional season on caribou and sheep, Aug. I- 
Oct. 1. Female caribou, mountain sheep,, or mountain goat with young 
at foot, and their young at foot, no open season. Governor General in 
Council may, by regulation, alter seasons. 
Nova Scotia .— Big game, on Cape Breton Island, no open season. Caribou 
(male), in Inverness and Victoria Counties only. Rabbit, on Cape Breton 
Island, Dec. 1-Feb. 28. 
Ontario.— Deer, south of Canadian Government Railway, Nov. 5-Nov. 20- 
north of railway, Oct. 1-Nov. 30. Moose, reindeer caribou (males), south 
of Canadian Pacific Railroad, from Mattawa to Port Arthur, Get. 5-Nov 20- 
north of railroad, Oct. 1-Nov. 30. Hares, also Dec. 23-Jan. 2. * ’ 
Quebec. — Deer, bull moose, in Pontiac and Temiscaming, Sept. 19-Dec. 3L 
Saskatchewan. — Deer, moose (males only), caribou, north of Township 34 
Nov. 15-Dec. 14; south of Township 35, no open season. 
Newfoundland. — Caribou, also Aug. 1-Sept. 30. Geese, unprotected. 
Lower California .— (Northern District): Seasons subject to modification' by 
Governor. * 
