PROHIBITED METHODS OF HUNTING. 43 
In addition to these restrictions there are numerous others which 
are too local to find a place in the table. Colorado and Nebraska pro- 
hibit the use of steel or hard-pointed bullets. North Carolina prohib- 
its the use of decoys for wild fowl in Currituck Sound from March 31 
to November 10; Ontario requires that they shall be placed more than 
75 feet from shore or natural cover, and Quebec prohibits leaving 
them at night near a cache, boat, or bank. Three States — Washing- 
ton, Maryland, and North Carolina — specifically prohibit disturbing 
wild fowl on their bedding or feeding grounds. North Carolina has 
numerous other provisions relating to the hunting of wild fowl in 
Currituck County, such as leaving landing or anchorage or putting 
out decoys before sunrise, boating on Currituck Sound on Sundav to 
locate wild fowl for a future da}', remaining near citizens who are 
shooting, with the purpose of interfering with their sport, and skiff- 
ing and ring-shooting boobies and ruddy ducks during the period from 
November 10 to Februar}' 15. New York, Connecticut, and Manitoba 
make it unlawful to place an}^ traps where birds may be caught and 
provide that traps may be destroyed by anyone. Michigan and Mani- 
toba prohibit the use of baited hooks in taking game, and Michigan 
also proscribes the use of an}^ pit, pitfall, deadfall, scaffold, cage, or 
any similar device in hunting. Connecticut, Michigan, and Missouri 
find it necessary to provide against the use of explosives in the taking 
of certain game, wild turkeys and geese being specified in the Missouri 
law and gray squirrels and rabbits in the Connecticut law. Connec- 
ticut also forbids the use of fire, sulphur, and brimstone by squirrel 
or rabbit hunters. In Alabama, Penns^^lvania, Wisconsin, and Onta- 
rio (in the Indian Peninsula) it is unlawful to kill big game while it 
is in the water, and in Wisconsin also while it is on the ice. North 
Dakota, Washington, Wisconsin, and Manitoba prohibit spring-guns. 
Shooting from a highwa}^ is prohibited b}" five States — Colorado, 
Iowa (quail), Nebraska, New York, and West Virginia. New York 
also prohibits shooting from the lands of any railway or lands purchased 
or condemned for the Croton aqueduct in Westchester County; and 
W^est Virginia has a prohibition against shooting on another's land, 
near occupied dwellings. Nonresidents hunting in Maine, South 
Dakota, and Wyoming must be accompanied b}^ guides, and in the last 
two States it is required that these guides be deputy game wardens. 
In the use of guides a distinction is generally made between residents 
and nonresidents, the emploj^ment of the latter being often possible 
only on payment of a license fee; while in Newfoundland it is specific- 
ally prohibited. Ontario prohibits shooting for hire or hiring any 
one to shoot, but declares that this is not intended to interfere with 
the bona fide employment of a guide. Restrictions intended to prevent 
the waste of game that has been legitimately killed are imposed by a 
few States. Colo: ido prohibits using game for bait, Colorado and 
