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ties. The game to be found in the State are 
such species as ruffed grouse, quail, woodcock, 
pheasants, snipe, deer, brown bear and a large 
variety of fur-bearing animals. 
dew Jersey. 
BV ERNEST NAPIER, PRESIDENT BOARD OF FISH AND 
GAME COMMISSIONERS. 
Game conditions are better than last year. 
Quail, deer, partridge, English pheasant, rabbits, 
woodcock, ducks and geese being found in this 
State. Quail, deer, rabbits, ducks and geese are 
most abundant. Sussex, Morris, Ocean, Atlantic, 
Cape May, Warren and Passaic are counties in 
which shooting is best. 
North Carolina. 
BV J. W. CHESHIRE, SECRETARY AUDUBON SOCIETY 
OF NORTH CAROLINA. 
Game conditions in this State are about the 
same as last year, or they may be some little 
better. We have deer, bob white, ducks, geese 
and brant in abundance, and bears in some 
localities in the eastern part of the State. The 
shooting of wildfowl is best in Albemarle, Curri¬ 
tuck and Albemarle Sounds and neighboring 
waters. The quail shooting is excellent in al¬ 
most all localities in the eastern and Piedmont 
sections of the State. The secretary of the 
Audubon Society of North Carolina, Raleigh, 
N. C., will be glad to comply with requests for 
the synopsis of the game laws of the State, and 
to answer any questions relative to the game 
conditions, etc., in any of the counties still under 
the jurisdiction of the Audubon Society. 
North Dakota. 
BY CHAS. BREWER, SECRETARY NORTH DAKOTA GAME 
AND FISH BOARD OF CONTROL. 
Game conditions are better to-day than last 
year. The board has done considerable educa¬ 
tional work to arouse the interest of the sports¬ 
men and the bird lovers. We are endeavoring 
to appeal to their higher ideals and seeking their 
co-operation in the enforcement of the laws. 
The press of the State has co-operated splendidly 
in assisting us in the way of publicity of im¬ 
portant matters, and in giving wide circulation 
to convictions for offenses. As a result the vio¬ 
lations have been less frequent, convictions more 
so, sale of licenses has increased from 10 to 25 
per cent, in the different counties. Conditions 
generally are more satisfactory. The Legislature 
has abolished spring shooting. Prairie chickens, 
grouse, ducks and geese are found here. The 
season is closed on deer till 1916 and on antelope 
till 1920. Prairie chickens are most abundant. 
Counties in the central section of the State af¬ 
ford best shooting. 
Ohio. 
BY GEN. JOHN C. SPEAKS, CHIEF WARDEN. 
Game conditions are better than last year. 
Quail, ruffed grouse, Carolina doves, waterfowl, 
squirrels and rabbits are found in this State. 
Quail and squirrel are most abundant this year. 
Quail, ruffed grouse, all pheasants and Carolina 
doves are protected until 1915. 
Oregon. 
BY J. F. HUGHES, SECRETARY FISH AND GAME 
COMMISSION. 
Game conditions are better than they have 
been for years. Propagation and protection has 
shown more definite results during 1912 and 
1913 than at any previous time. In game birds 
nearly every kind is found either in one part 
or another of the State. Of game animals deer, 
antelope and bear are the most plentiful. The 
most abundant game bird is the China pheasant, 
the deer being most abundant among game ani¬ 
mals. The best shooting for pheasants is in the 
valley counties of Linn, Lane, Marion, Polk and 
Yamhill. Deer are probably more plentiful in 
Douglas, Josephine, Jackson, Klamath, Curry and 
Benton counties. 
Oklahoma. 
BY JOHN B. DOOLIN, GAME AND FISH WARDEN. 
Game conditions are better than last year. 
Deer, antelope and waterfowl are found in this 
State. Quail are most abundant. Best section 
for shooting is found in the northwest, south¬ 
west, northeast and southeast. 
Pennsylvania. 
BY JOHN M. PHILLIPS, GAME COMMISSIONER. 
Game conditions in Pennsylvania are im¬ 
proving every year. This year we have a won¬ 
derful crop of ruffed grouee, especially on the 
State forest lands surrounding our State game 
preserves. We stocked several of these pre¬ 
serves with wild turkeys, deer and elk, which 
are all increasing rapidly. Rabbits are so plen¬ 
tiful as to be almost a pest. Black bear are 
quite numerous, especially in our central moun¬ 
tainous counties. Quail, owing to the protec¬ 
tion given them by the farmers, are also plenti¬ 
ful, while squirrels are also reported to be very 
abundant. In fact, in forty years’ experience 
I have never known game to be as plentiful as 
it is to-day in Pennsylvania, or our farmers and 
sportsmen to take so much interest in its in¬ 
crease, which speaks well for the future. 
Rhode Island. 
BY DR. EDWIN R. LEWIS, COMMISSIONER OF BIRDS. 
Ruffed grouse, quail, woodcock, ’coon, fox, 
squirrel and shore birds are most abundant in 
the order named. Washington county offers best 
shooting. 
BY C. E. PEIRCE. 
Game conditions are slightly better than last 
year. Ruffed grouse, quail, woodcock, shore 
birds, waterfowl, squirrels, rabbits and deer, also 
foxes are found in this State. Quail are most 
abundant. Shooting is best in Washington and 
Kenty counties. 
South Carolina. 
BY A. A. RICHARDSON, CHIEF GAME WARDEN. 
Game conditions are better than last year. 
Deer, bear, fox, squirrels, rabbits, wildcat, opos¬ 
sum, ’coon, quail, doves, ducks, geese, turkey, 
woodcock, ricebirds and blackbirds are most 
abundant. The lower part of the State offers 
best shooting. 
Tennessee. 
BY VV. D. HOWSER, STATE WARDEN. 
Game conditions are much better than last 
year. Game found are deer, squirrels, rabbits, 
wild turkeys, grouse, prairie chickens, pheasants, 
sage hens, partridges, quail, swans, geese, brant, 
ducks, coots, mudhens, plovers, snipe, woodcock, 
sandpipers, tattlers, willets, curlews, godwits, 
avocets, marsh blackbirds, doves, meadowlarks 
and robins. Some bears, wildcats and pan¬ 
thers. In many parts of the State we have 
quite a lot of gray fox and red fox. Quail, 
ducks, squirrels and rabbits are most abundant. 
The best shooting is on Reelfoot Lake in West 
Tennessee. 
Texas. 
BY JEFF. D. COX, CHIEF DEPUTY COMMISSIONER. 
Game conditions are better than last year. 
Southeast, south and southwest parts of the 
State offer best shooting, while deer, geese, 
ducks and plover are most abundant. 
Utah. 
BY FRED W. CHAMBERS. FISH AND GAME 
COMMISSIONER. 
Game conditions are better than last year. 
Deer, elk, antelope, mountain sheep, ducks, geese, 
snipe of various species, quail, grouse, mourning 
doves, pheasants and partridges are found in this 
State. Sage, blue grouse, ducks, snipe, quail, 
mourning doves and deer are most abundant. 
In practically all counties of the State we have 
a good supply of deer, mourning doves, sage and 
blue grouse. Ducks are numerous in Salt Lake, 
Davis, Weber, Box Elder and Cache counties, 
while a good many counties in the southern part 
of the State get many in their flight southward. 
There are no nesting grounds in these southern 
counties, hence the number is not so great as 
in the counties named where millions are hatched 
every year. What is true in reference to ducks 
is also true of snipe. 
We have an abundance of quail in Wash¬ 
ington, Iron, Salt Lake, Davis, Cache, Garfield 
and Kane counties, and a good many pheasants 
in Salt Lake, Weber and Utah counties. 
Vermont. 
BY JOHN W. TITCOMB, FISH AND GAME 
COMMISSIONER. 
Game conditions are better than last year. 
Ruffed grouse, woodcock and deer are found in 
this State, grouse and deer being most abundant. 
Shooting is good in all sections. 
West Virginia. * 
BY J. A. VIQUESNEY, FOREST, GAME AND FISH 
WARDEN. 
Game conditions are better than last year. 
Wild turkeys, grouse, quail, woodcock, snipe, 
deer, squirrels, bear and rabbits are found in 
this State. Squirrels, grouse and quail are most 
abundant. Shooting is best in Randolph, Web¬ 
ster, Broxton, Pocahontas, Greenbrier. Pendleton 
and Tucker counties. 
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