CLOSE SEASONS. 
Close seasons^ — Continued. 
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Provinces. 
Kinds of game. 
Close seasons. 
Unorganized 
Territories 
(Keewatin . 
etc.). 2 
(1894.) 
Nova Scotia . . . 
(1896.) 
Deer, elk or wapiti, caribou, mountain sheep, mountain goat. 
Musk ox 
Grouse, pheasant, partridge, prairie chicken 
Duck, goose, swan 
Red deer, elk 
Moose, caribou (except in Cape Breton, until Sept. 15. 1905) 
Rabbit, hare (except jack rabbit and Newfoundland hare, 
which are protected at all times). 
Spruce piirtridge. sharp-tailed grouse, ptarmigan, blackcock, 
capercailzie, 'chukor' partridge, pheasant. 
Canada and ruffed grouse (partridgei 
Woodcock, snipe, teal, blue- winged duck, wood duck 
Ontario^ Deer (young protected at all times) 
(1900. ) Moose, caribou, or reindeer 
Elk or wapiti 
Hare.^ squirrel (black or grav) 
Quail 
Grouse, woodcock, plover, .snipe, rail, other "shore' birds or 
'waders.' 
Wild turkey 
I Prairie fowl, English and Mongolian pheasants 
' Dove 
Goose, swan 
Ducks and ' other waterfowl ' (except gee.»je and swans) 
I Game and game birds not otherwise provided for 
Quebec 3 Zone 1.' Deer, moose (see exceptions ) 
Exceptions: In Ottawa and Pontiac counties Dec. 1-Oct. 1 
Cow moose and fawns 
Caribou (fawns protected at all times) 
Hare 
Bear 
Birch, or swamp partridge 
White partridge or ptarmigan 
Plover, woodcock, snipe, curlew, tatler, sandpiper 
Bufflehead or pied duck 
Widgeon, teal, wild duck (except sheldrake — except east 
and north of counties of Bellechasse and Montmorency, 
June 1-Aug. 1). 
Zone 2. Close seasons same as in Zone 1, except as follows: 
Caribou 
Hare 
Birch or swamp partridge 
White partridge or ptarmigan 
Apr.l-Dec.l.i 
Mar. 20-Oct. 15. 
Jan. 1-Sept. 1. 
Jan. 15-Sept. 1. 
Until 1904. 
Jan. 1-Sept. 15. 
Feb.l-Oct.l. 
At all times. 
Until Oct. 1,1901. 
Mar. 1-Sept. 1. 
Nov. lt>-Nov.l.-« 
Until Nov. 1, 1903. 
At all times. 
Dec.l6-Sept.l5. 
Dec. 16-Oct. 15. 
Dec. 16-Sept. 15 
Until Oct. 15, 1905. 
Until Sept. 15, 1905. 
At all times.^ 
May 1-Sept. 15. 
Dec. 16-Sept. 1. 
Dec. 16-Sept. 15. 
Jan. 1-Sept. 1. 
At all times. 
Feb. 1-Sept. 1. 
Feb. 1-Nov. 1. 
July 1-Aug. 20. 
Dec. 15-Sept. 1. 
Feb. 1-Nov. 1. 
Feb. 1-Sept. 1. 
Apr. 15-Sept. 1. 
Mar. 1-Sept. 15. 
Mar. 1-Sept. 1. 
Mar. 1-Oct. 15. 
Feb. 1-Sept. 15. 
Mar. 1-Nov. 15. 
1 Except July 15-Oct. 1. 
2 Indians, inhabitants, and travelers, explorers, and surveyors in need of food exempt. 
3 For .sale seasons, see p. 56. 
* Persons who put or breed deer on their own lands, and their licensees, mav hunt such deer Oct. 1- 
Nov. 16. 
» Cottontail rabbits (wood hares) mav be killed during close sea^son bv other means than shooting. 
6 Under Act for Protection of Insectivorous Birds, Rev. Stats. 1897. chap. 289, .«ec. 3. 
" Zone No. 1 comprises the whole Province, except that part of the counties of Chicoutimi and 
Saguenay east and north of the river Saguenay. Zone No. 2 comprises the part of .said counties east 
and north of the Saguenay. 
GAME PROTECTED FOR A TERM OF YEARS. 
The right of the State to prohibit absolutely tlie killing- of game has 
been upheld by the Supreme Court of the United States/ and is now 
generally recognized. Two conditions are considered necessary to 
justify the complete withdrawal of open seasons for several years — (1) 
when game has been killed off to such an extent that a period of recu- 
peration is required to save it from extermination, and (2) when game 
is introduced into a new locality and time is needed for it to become 
established amid new surroundings. The first condition is chiefly 
exemplified in the case of big game; the second in the case of intro- 
duced game birds. 
' Geer v. Cofinecticut, 161 U. S. 529. 
