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FOREST AND STREAM 
September, 1921 
Boca Grande is within thirty minutes 
by motor launch of the best tarpon 
fishing ground in this country. After 
the early fishing the next choice period 
for taking tarpon is from the 11th to 
the 27th of July. As there are but 
two houses at Boca Grande where 
strangers can find shelter at that time 
of the year (Palmetto Inn and Mrs. 
John Jacks), it behooves those who in- 
tend to fish for tarpon in Boca Grande 
Pass during the summer to be very cer- 
tain that proper arrangements for food 
and rooms have been made before 
starting for this little village, on the 
edge of the great Florida wilderness. 
Joseph W. Stray, New York. 
BIRDS AND FRUIT GROWERS 
To the Editor of Forest and Stream : 
N UMEROUS complaints have been 
heard within the last few weeks 
about the destruction of ripening fruit 
by the birds; complaints, in fact, so ve- 
hement yet so sincere withal, that they 
must be given thoughtful considera- 
tion. It is not enough for the bird lover 
politely to depreciate this state of af- 
fairs, and pass blithely on to a rhap- 
sody as to the beauty of these feathered 
friends; the world, sad to say, is in- 
clined to be practical, and to talk of 
“esthetic value” to a man whose cherry 
trees or berry bushes have been stripped 
of fruit, has the soothing effect upon 
him that a red rag is said to have on a 
misanthropic bull. The very adjective 
is infuriating. “Esthetic value, the 
devil!” the long-suffering farmer would 
be apt to explode: “What’s that got to 
do with my cherries and raspberries? 
What practical good do I ever get from 
the birds?” And who shall say that his 
questions would not be justified? 
The fact that birds do injure the fruit 
can certainly not be refuted. Not all of 
them do, to be sure; but a very respect- 
able number of them — including pro- 
tected species such as the robin and cat- 
bird — are born with a taste for the good 
things of the earth, the forbidden fruit 
as well as the unforbidden, and will 
occasionally gratify their tastes, very 
much in the manner as do their human 
critics. When spring comes around, 
therefore, with its big red cherries, and 
offers a change of diet that must be 
welcome to palates so long accustomed 
to flies and caterpillars, it must not be 
regarded as wholly unnatural that even 
the most conscientious bird will yield 
to temptation and tackle those cherries 
with the same abandon and indifference 
to fate that characterized certain other 
fruit lovers in their reported expedition 
to the apple tree. Now in an ordinary 
year, when fruit is plentiful, nobody 
pays much attention to these depreda- 
tions; there is enough for birds and men 
alike. It happens this year, however, 
that on account of the disastrous frosts 
in April and May, there is very little 
fruit throughout this part of the coun- 
try, and the damage done to this little 
by the birds becomes in our eyes pro- 
portionately great. What at other 
times would seem petty larceny at pres- 
ent assumes the aspect of a million dol- 
lar robbery. The indignant fruit grow- 
er will do well, then, to remember that 
the birds are entitled by reason of their 
very nature and by reason, too, of 
rather unusual circumstances now ex- 
isting, to a measure of indulgence for 
their crimes. 
Nor should he allow himself to for- 
get the fact that, after all, the dam- 
age done to his fruit by the birds is 
utterly negligible compared to the dam- 
age that would result, if there were no 
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OPEN SEASONS FOR GAME IN 1921 
A SYNOPSIS OF THE LAWS REGULATING THE TAKING OF GAME 
TABULATED IN HANDY FORM FOR THE BENEFIT OF SPORTSMEN 
[Compiled by George A. Lawyer, Chief V. S. Game Warden, and Frank L. Earnshaw, AetUtani, Interstate Comment in Game] 
THE OPEN SEASONS HERE SHOWN ARE 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. O. Local exceptions In Idaho, Tennessee, and Virginia will be published In 
"Game Laws for 1921.” 
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 minor importance are omitted from this poster. 
"Game Laws for 1921,” and a directory of game protection officials may be had free on application to the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, D. C 
. * Laws of 1921 not received. t Local exceptions. J Certain species. <? Males only. 
** Under the regulations for the protection of migratory birds the season is closed on band-tailed pigeon, swan, wood duck, eider duck, auk, auklet, bittern, crane, fulmar, gannet, grebe, 
guillemot, gull, beron, jaeger, loon, murre, petrel, puffin, ahearwater t tern, and all ehorebirds (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 in the South the Secretary of Agriculture has ordered that bobolinks, commonly known as reedbirds or rice biros, may 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 (protected at all times by State law of 1921), 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 shall 
not be sold, shipped for 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. 
« ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS AND EXCEPTIONS 
^laaka. — Caribou- on Kenai Peninsula, and sheep on K gnai Peninsula east of I 
Long. 150°, 1923 Killing of females and young- of jRountain sheep and 
deer, and mountain goat kids and caribou fawns south of Arctic Circle, pro- 
hibited Gogl east of Cook Inlet ana Sustfna River (except Kenai 
Peninsula east of Long. 150°, Mar. 1, 1923) and in southeastern Alaska, 
east of Lons. 141°, Aug. 20-Oct. 31. Large brown hear south Lat. 62°, 
Oct. 1-July 1,. north, unprotected. Deer on Duke, Gravina, Kodiak, 
Kruzof, Long. San Juan, Suemez, Zarembo Hawkins, Hinchinbrook , and 
Montague Islands, 1923. 
Arizona. — Bobwhite quail, no open season. Mourning dove, Sept. 1-Dec. 15; 
white-wings, July 15-Dec. 31 
Arkansas — Gobbler, additional open season Mar. 1-May T 
California. — Deer (male, except spike buck/, in Districts'?, 2J, and 3, Aug. 
l-'Sept. 14; in District 4, Sept. 16-Oct. 15; in Districts 1, 1J, 4$, 23, 24, 
25, and 20, Sept. 1-Oct. 15. Mountain and valley quail, in District 1$, 
Oct 15-Dec. 15. Bobwhite quail, in State, no open season. Sage hen, in 
District 4, no open season. For counties in each game district see "Game 
Laws, 1921. ” 
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 kilting must be reported to commissioners 
within 12noure Coot ( mud hen), gallinule, Oct. 1-Dec. 31. 
Delaware. — Dove, Newcastle County, no open season. 
District of Columbia.— Hunting permitted only on marshes of Eastern 
Branch, north of Anaco6tia bridge, and on Virginia shore of Potomac. 
Florida. — Squirrel, in Escambia County, Oct. 15-Mar. 1; in Holmee and 
Walton Counties, Oct, 20-Mar. 1. English pheasant, in Escambia County, 
nft open season Hunting prohibited on Pine Island. 
Georgia. — Fox squirrel, unprotected. 
Idaho. — Deer, mountain goat, in Adams, Boise, Bonneville, Butte, Camas, 
Clark, Elmore, Gooding, Jefferson, Lincoln, Madison, Power, and Teton 
Coontiea, Oct. 1-Nov. 30; deer, in Benewah, Blaine, Bopner, Boundary, 
Clearwater. Custer. Idaho, Kootenai, Latah, Lemhi, Lewis, Nez Perce, 
Shoshone, and Valley Countiee, Oct. 1-Nov. 15; in Bear Lake, Frdnklin, 
and Oneida Counties, Oct. 15-Nov. 1; elk, in Bingham, Bonneville, 
(Sark Fremont, and Teton Countiee, Nov 15-Nov. 30; elk, mountain 
goat, in Clearwater and Idaho Counties, Oct. 1-Nov 15; deer, elk. moun- 
tain goat, no open season, except as above. (See “Game Laws, 1921, ” for 
local laws on upland game biros.) 
Indiana. — Coot, gallinule, Sept. l&^Dec. 20. 
Kansas. —Fox eqedrrd, Sept. 1-Dec. 31; other squirrels, no open season. 
Louisiana. — Deer, in Beauregard, Allen, Rapides, La Salle, Winn, Jackson, 
Lincoln. Union, and in all parishes north and west thereof, Sept. 16-Dec. 
:|I; in res* of state, Oct. 1-Jan. 15 (Deer season fixed by commission.) 
Turkey Gobbler Nov 15-Apr.L. 
Maine. — Dttr, in Hancock and Washington Counties, Oct. 15-Dec. 14 (deer 
busting limited to residents, Dec. 1-14)- in Androscoggin, Curabertand, 
Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, mupdakoe. Waldo, and York Countiee, Nov. 
i-ilw. SO* in rest of 8 tat©. Oct, 1-Nov 30 (See also “Game Lairs, 
IMI") 
Mafisecbu****.— Sere or wUtt nMrit, in Dukes and Nantucket Counties, 
H-Feh. I& European ban, in Berkshire County, unprotected. 
Quail, in Bakes, Bampdea, Middlesex, and Nantucket, July i, 
£922. Phem soot. Division M Fishemes and Game fixes open season. 
Michigan. — Director of Conservation may shorten or close season or other- 
wise restrict the taking of any species of game. Snnwshoe or sack rabbit, 
Oct. 1-Mar. l.'| 
Minnesota. — Ruffed grouse, Oct. 15, 1922; whiU-brcastediOT sharp-tailed grouse, 
Sept. 16-Oct. 1. Plover, no open season. 
Montana. — Deer, in Carter, Custer, Dawson, Gallatin, Garfield, McCone, 
Phillips, Powder River, ‘Richland, Roosevelt, Rosebud, Stillwater, 
Teton, Valley, Yellowstone, and part of Fergus County, Oct. 1, 1924. 
Eli, in Flathead, Glacier, Madison, Park, Pondera, Sweet Grass, Teton, 
and pasta of Gallatin, Lewis and Clark (except north of North Fork, 
Dearborn River, Nov. 6-15), Missoula, ana Powell Counties, Oct. 15- 
Nov. 15: in rest of State, no open season. Grouse, prairie chicken, in 
Flatheaa, Lincoln, Missoula, and Sanders Counties, Oct. 1-Oct. 15; in 
rest of State, no open season. 
Nevada. — Deer, antelope, 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-Nov. 30; in Carroll County, 
Nov. 16-Dec. 15; in Grafton County, Nov. 1-Dec. 15; in rest of State, 
Dec. 1-Dec. 31. 
New York. — Commission may shorten open season on game. % Deer (male), 
in Adirondacks, Oct. 15-Nov. 15; in Columbia, Delaware, Greene, Orange, 
Rensselaer, Sullivan, and Ulster Counties, Nov. 1-Nov. 15; on own laid 
in Dutchess County, Nov. 1-Nov. 15 Shotgun only may be used in 
Dutchess and Rensselaer Counties. 
Long Island. — Varying hare, Oct. 1-Mar. 1; cottontail rabbit, Nov 1- 
Dec. 31. 
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. — White-breastsd and sharp-tailed grouse, Sept. 16-Oct. 16; 
ruffed grmise, in Bottineau, Cavalier, Pembina, and Roulette Counties 
only, Oct. 1-Oct. 10. Coot, gallinule. Sept. 16-Dec. 31. 
Oklahoma. — Bear in Blaine, Caddo, Comanche, Kiowa, and Major Countiee, 
ao open season; cast of State, unprotected. 
Oregon. — Hast of Cascades: Deer (male), in Union and Wallowa Counties, 
Sept. 10-Nov. 10. Quail (except bobwhite), in Klamath County, Oct. 
1-Oct. 10. Prairie chicken, in Gherman, Union, and Wasco Counties, 
Oct. 1-Oct 16. Chinese pheasant, in Baker,. Grant, Malheur, Umatilla. 
Union, and Wallowa Counties, Oct. 2-Oct. 9, and in Hood River and 
Wasco Counties, Nov. 1-Nov. 10. Sage hen, Au" l-Aug.,31. Grouse, in 
Union and Wallowa Countiee, SepL 1-Nov. 10. 
West of Cascades: Bobwhite quail, Oct. 15-Oct. 31; other quail, in Cooe, 
Curry, Jackson, and Josephine Countiee only, Oet. 1-Oct. 31. Soois, or 
blue «rou«, ha Douglas, Jackson, and Josephine Comities, Sept. 1-Sept. 
30. Cbmsee pheasant in, -Coos, Curry, aad Josephine Counties, no opt* 
season; balance of district, Oct. 15-Oct. 31. 
Pennsylvania. — Coot, gallinuU, Sept. 10-Nov. 30. 
Tennessee. — Deer, in Bledsoe, Cumberland, Grundy, Marion, Seqnatcbi®, 
and Yen Baren Counties, Nov. 1-Dec. 10; in Cheatham and Diel.aon 
Counties, no open season- ia rest of State, maprotocted. Gabbler, ale© 
Apr. 1-25. (See “Gome Laws, 1921,” lor local seasons.) 
Utah. — Derr, nonresident not permitted t© hunt deer. WatsrfswLw Kane, 
Saa Juan, and Washington Comrtiea, Oct. 1-Jan. 16; duck, in Pish Lake 
I Game Preserve, Oct. 1-Nov. 30. 
Virginia.— Deer, in Chesterfield, Mecklenburg, Prince George, and Surry 
Counties, Oct. 1-Jan. 1. Elk, protected in national forest areas. Quail, 
grouse, unld turkey, west of Blue Ridge, Nov. 1-Dec. 31. Goose, brant, 
Nov. 1-Jan. 31; waterfowl, on Back Bay, Princess Anne County, Nov. 
1-Jan. 31. (For other local exceptions, ee© "Game Laws, 1921. ”) 
Waahington. — We8t of Cascades; does in Clallam, Skagit, Snohomish, and 
Whatcom Counties, no open eeasoD. 
WestJVirginia. — Coot, '^gallinule, Sept. 16-Dec. 31. 
Wisconsin. — Deer (male), in Pierce, Barron, Eau Claire, Clark, Wood, Lincoln,* 
Langlade, Shawano, Oconto, and all counties north thereof (except 
Marathon), Nov. 21-Nov. 30; in Marathon and reet of State, no open 
season. Squirrel, in Dodge, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, 
Washington, and Waukesha, no open season. Duck, coot, gallinule, 
Sept. 16-Dec. 10; goose 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), Sept. 15-Nov. 15; in rest of State, no 
open season. Sheep (mature male with noma not lees than one-half curl), 
in Lincoln, Park, and Fremont Counties only, Sept. 15-Nov. 15. Bull 
moose and 6uci antelope may be hunted under special permit, Sept. 15- 
Oct. 31, in areas designated by commission. 
Alberta. — All big game must have horns at least 4 inches long. 
British Columbia. — Open seasons on big game and upland game fixed 
annually by Order-in-Counci! , which may be obtained from Secretary, 
Game Conservation Board, Vancouver,- B. C. Waterfowl, rail, Wilson 
snips, black-breasted and golden plovers, yellowlegs, in Northern and 
Eastern Districts, Sept. 3-Dec. 18, and in Western District, north of 
51st parallel, Sept. 10-Dec. 25; goose, brant. Western District, south 51st 
parallel, Nov. 12-Feb.27 Other migratory game birds, south of 51st parallel, 
Oct. 15-Jan. 30. Northern District includes Atiin Electoral District, and 
north of main line of Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and east summit 
Cascades. Easts m District, east summit Cascades and south Grand Trunk 
Pacific Railway. Western District, west summit Cascades and south A tiin 
Electoral District. 
New Brunswick. — Dtcr, on Grand Maaan, Campobello, and Deer IslaadB, no 
opeo season. Partridge, season may be opened by order ia council 
Northwest Territories.— Additional season on caribou and shssp, Aug. 1- 
Oct. 1. Female caribou, mountain sheep, or mountain goat with young 
at foot, and thsir young at foot, ao opea season. Governor Gennal in 
Council may, by regulation, alter etoaoca. 
Nora Scott*.— Big game, on Oepe Breton Islaad, no open eeaaoa. Caribou 
a i ale), in Inverness and Victoria Counties only Rabbit, mn Capa Breton 
land, Deo. 1-Peb. 28. 
Ontario. — Moose, reindeer, caribtu (males), deer, north of French and 
Matte wa Rivera, Oct. 25- Ncrv. 80 ; sooth, Nerv. 6-ffov. 20. Bares, alse 
Dec. 23-Jaa. 9. 
Qaefceo.— Full moose, ia Pontiac aad Tamiscoaiag, Sept. 15-Dec. 31. 
nnelrntmia n ti ■ .—Deer, moose (Beaks smly), emribou, noth at Township 84. 
Nov. 15-Dee. 14; eauth ef Tewnsttj 3ft, no egpen season. 
Newfemtdlsmd.— Cadent, aim A»g. 1-Sept. 39. Goose*, uapreteeted. 
