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FOREST AND STREAM 
lawfully taken by any resident of this State in any State wherein the season for 
taking shall be earlier or later than herein stated, such resident may ship to 
himself, only, an this State and have in possession therein during the season 
allowed by the law of such State for the taking thereof any such game so law¬ 
fully taken in such State, and for five days thereafter. 
Deer and Moose.—No person shall kill or have in possession any elk, moose, 
caribou, deer or fawn, or any part thereof, including the hides and horns, except 
as hereinafter provided. Provided, that deer may be killed between November 
10th and November 30th, and may be had in possession by any person killing same 
during the same time, but no person shall kill or have in possession during said 
time more than two deer, or parts thereof; and provided further, that any person 
who is lawfully in possession of any deer, may ship in the manner provided for 
by this chapter, but not otherwise; and provided, further, that male antlered moose 
may be killed between November 10th and November 30th, and may be had in 
possession by any person during the time aforesaid, but no person shall kill or 
have in possession during said time more than one male moose, or part thereof; 
and provided, further, that when any deer or such male moose are lawfully in 
the ^possession of any person, such person may continue in the possession of the 
same for five days after the time herein limited for killing said animals; and 
provided, further, that no cow or female moose can be killed or had in possession 
at any time. 
Resident Bird License.—'Every resident of this State over 21 years of age is 
prohibited from killing any game bird unless he shall have first procured a license 
therefor from the county auditor of the county in which he resides, provided, how¬ 
ever, that this shall not apply to any resident of the State hunting within his 
own county. Said auditor shall issue to such person a license under his seal, upon 
blanks to be furnished by the game and fish commission and upon payment of 
the license fee of $1, which license shall expire on the 15th day of December fol¬ 
lowing its issuance. Any resident who has procared such license may ship by 
common carrier in the manner herein provided and not otherwise to any point 
in the county in which he resides fifty game birds in three shipments of not to 
exceed seventeen birds each, so lawfully shot or had in possession. Provided, that 
nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent any resident of this State 
from personally carrying with him, as baggage, on any train or conveyance, any 
game birds or fish which may be legally in his possession. 
Resident Animal License.—Every resident of this State over 21 years of age is 
prohibited from killing any game animals unless he shall have first 
procured a license therefor from the county auditor of the county in which he 
resides. Fee $1. Said game animals may be shipped by said licensee to himself 
to his place of residence by common carrier. 
Non-Resident License—Shipment of Game.—Every person not a resident of this 
State is prohibited from killing any game bird or game animal unless he shall 
have first procured a license therefor from the game and fish commission. Said 
commission shall issue to any non-resident, a license to hunt game animals, upon 
the payment of a license fee of $25, and to hunt game birds upon the payment 
of a license fee of $10, which license shall expire on the 31st day of December 
following its issuance. Any non-resident who has procured such license may kill 
one male antlered moose and one deer, and also ship such deer so killed by him 
to his said place of residence outside the State. Any non-resident who has pro¬ 
cured a license to hunt game birds, may ship to his place of residence outside this 
State twenty-five game birds. Any person who has not resided in this State for 
one year just previous to the time of applying for a hunting license shall be 
considered a non-resident. 
Retaining Game.—Any person who is a resident of this State and legally in 
possession of any of the game birds or game animals [may obtain permit from the 
commission to retain them in the close season.] 
Mink, Muskrat and Beaver.—No person shall kill any beaver at any time or any 
mink, muskrat between the 15th day of April and the 1st day of 
December following, and no person shall molest, injure or destroy any muskrat 
house at any time. 
Harmless Birds.—No person shall kill any wild bird other than a game bird. 
The following only shall be considered game birds: The anatidae, commonly known 
as swan, geese, brant, river and sea ducks; the limicolae, commonly known as 
plover, snipe and woodcock; the gallinae, commonly known as grouse, prairie 
chickens, pheasants, partridges and quail; provided that blackbirds, crows, English 
sparrows, sharp-shinned hawks, Cooper hawks and great-horned owls may be killed 
and had in possession at any time. 
Bag Limit.—No person shall wantonly waste or destroy any of the birds, animals 
or fish of the 'kinds mentioned in this chapter. The killing of more than fifteen 
birds by any one person in any one day, or the catching, taking or killing of more 
than twenty-five fish by any one person in any one day, shall be deemed a wanton 
waste. 
Non-Resident Trapping.—Non-resident trappers are required to procure license 
from commissioner; fee $10. 
ILLINOIS. 
Seasons—It is unlawful to kill any bobwhite quail from the 10th day of Decem¬ 
ber to the 10th day of November (both inclusive) of each succeeding year, nor 
more than twelve by any one person in one day; or any pinnated grouse (prairie 
chicken) from the 25th day of November of any year to the 10th day of November 
(both inclusive) of the next succeeding year, nor more than three by one person 
in one day; or any -ruffed grouse (partridge), Mexican blue quail, California moun¬ 
tain quail, California valley quail, Hungarian partridge, capercailzie, heath grouse, 
(black grouse), or woodcock for the period up to and including July 1, 1920; or 
any gray, red fox or black squirrel from the 15th day of November to the ist day 
of July of each succeeding year; or any of the order of limicolae or shore birds, 
commonly known as jacksn.ipe, Wilson’s snipe, sand snipe, or any kind of snipe, 
or any golden plover, upland plover, or any kind of plover, from the ist of May 
to the 1st day of September (both inclusive) of any year, or any mourning dove 
from November ist of any year to August 15th of the succeeding year, nor more 
than fifteen by one person in one day. It shall be unlawful to kill any wild 
.goose, duck brant, coot (mud -hen), rail or other water fowl >at any time from the 
15th day of April to the ist day of September (both inclusive) of each year. It 
shall be unlawful to kill, any wild goose, duck, brant, coot, rail or other water 
fowl between sunset of any day and sunrise of the next day. 
Wildfowling Methods, Limit—It shall be unlawful to kill any wild goose, brant, 
duck, coot, rail or other water fowl from any fixed or artificial ambush beyond 
the lines of natural covering of reeds, canes, willows, flags, crooked brush, wild 
Tice, or other vegetation above the .water of any lake, river, bay or inlet or 
other water course wholly within the State, or with the aid of any device com¬ 
monly called sneak 'boat, sink box or other device for the purpose of concealment 
in the open waters of this State. And it .shall be unlawful to kill any wild goose, 
duck, brant, coot, rail or other water fowl with a swivel gun or rifle, or from 
any sail boat, gasoline or electric launch or steamboat at any time in any part 
of the water of any lake, river, bay or inlet or other water oourse wholly within 
this State; provided, that it shall be unlawful to kill more than fifteen ducks, ten 
geese, ten brant, twenty coots, twenty rails, or other water fowl, by one person 
in one day. [Forbidden to feed or bait any birds, or water fowl, for the purpose 
of shooting them.] 
Possession, Transportation, Export.—It shall be unlawful to buy, sell or have 
in possession any of the animals, wild fowl or birds mentioned above at any time 
when the killing shall be unlawful. And it shall further be unlawful for any 
person to transport any of the aforesaid quail, pinnated grouse or prairie chickens, 
ruffed grouse or partridge, squirrel, duck, goose, brant, shore bird, Hungarian par¬ 
tridge, capercailzie, heath grouse or wild turkey 'that shall have been killed within 
the limits of this State; or to transport the same to any place where it is to be 
sold or offered for sale, or to any .place outside of this State for any purpose 
except such person have a license from this State so to do. 
Non-Game Birds.—Any person who shall kill or have in .possession any wild 
bird, or part of bird, other than a game bird, English sparrow, crow, blackbird, 
chicken hawk or other hawks, blue jay, shall be subject to a fine. Provided that 
nothing In this section shall be construed to prevent the owner or occupant of 
lands from destroying any such birds or animals when deemed necessary by him 
for the protection of fruits and property. For the purpose of this act the follow¬ 
ing only, shall be considered game birds: The anatidae, commonly known as swan, 
geese, brant, river and sea ducks; the ballidae [rallidae], commonly known as rail, 
and the gallinules and limicolae, commonly known as shore birds, plover, surf 
birds, snipe, woodcock and pipers, tatlers and curlews; the calinane [gallinae], 
commonly known as wild turkey, grouse, prairie chicken, pheasant, partridge, 
quail and mourning dove. 
Deer, Wild Turkey, Pheasant, Sand Grouse, Partridge.—It shall be unlawful 
during the period of ten years from the passage of this Act, to kill or have in 
possession, except for breeding purposes, any wild buck, doe or fawn; provided, 
that any person who breeds and raises deer for market where the same has been 
bred and raised within an enclosure, may kill and sell same from October ist to 
February ist. It shall be unlawful during the .period of ten years from the 
passage of this act to kill or have in possession, except for -breeding purposes, 
any wild turkey, or any kind of pheasant, sand grouse or partridge; provided, 
that cock pheasants may be killed and -sold from the ist day of November to the 
ist day of February of each year, by the breeders thereof, upon a permit issued 
to them by the commission. 
License.—tNo .person shall at any time Ik-ill with gun, rabbits or any of the 
wild animals, fowl or birds that are .protected during any part of the year with¬ 
out first having procured a license so to do. Said license shall be procured from 
any county, city or village clerk. The applicant shall fill out -a blank application 
to be furnished by .the commission to the clerk of each county, city or villagt*. 
And said applicant, if a non-resident of the State of Illinois, or if not a citizen 
of the United States or not having declared his intention of becoming a citizen 
of the United States, whether a resident of the State of Illinois or not, shall pay 
to the county clerk $25 as a license fee, together with fifty cents as the fee of 
said county clerk; and if a resident of the State of Illinois, .and a citizen of the 
United States, shall pay to the county, city or village clerk, seventy-five cents as 
a license fee, together with twenty-five cents as the fee of said clerk. And 
such licensee, if a non-resident, is hereby authorized to take from the State not to 
exceed In the aggregate fifty birds of all kinds killed by himself or herself, which 
shall be carried openly for inspection, together with his or her license. 
Bag Limit.—The number of game birds or animals that may be killed in any 
one day by one person is hereby limited to fifteen ducks, ten geese, ten -brant, 
fifteen coots, fifteen rails, or other water fowl. The number of the limicolae or 
shore birds that may be killed by one person in one day is hereby -limited to 
fifteen, and fifteen game birds of any other kind, except bobwhite quail, ruffed 
grouse (partridge), pinnated grouse (prairie chicken), Mexican -blue quail, Califor¬ 
nia valley quail, California mountain quail, wild turkey, or any kind of pheasants. 
The number of mourning doves and squirrels that may be killed in any one day 
by one person is hereby limited to fifteen. 
Land Owners.—The owner or owners of farm lands, t-heir children (if residents 
of the State), or tenants shall have the right to hunt and kill game on the farm 
lands of which he or they are the bona fida owners or tenants during the season 
when it is lawful to kill game without procuring such resident license. 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
Resident Hunting License.—It shall be unlawful for any person residing within 
this commonwealth to hunt -for wild birds or wild animals protected by the game 
laws of this commonwealth, with firearms, or with a device of any kind propelling 
■with force a leaden or metal pellet or bullet; or to kill any such wild birds or 
wild animals without first securing a license to so do. Any person born in the 
United States, or any .person fully naturalized under the laws of the United 
States, or the son of any such naturalized person, under the age of twenty-one 
years, who has been a bona fide resident of this commonwealth for a period of 
thirty days next preceding his application, shall be entitled to the license herein 
referred to, upon the further fulfillment of the requirements of this act. Each 
and every resident of -this commonwealth—such resident being a citizen of the 
United States—upon -application made, verbally or in writing, to any county 
treasurer, .and the payment of one dollar, shall be entitled to a resident hunter’s 
license. No person under the age of sixteen years shall receive such license, 
without a written request, bearing the signature of his father or mother, or 
guardian. No person under fourteen years of age shall be granted a license. 
The game commissioner shall also furnish with each license a tag bearing the 
license number, in figures at least one inch in height, -which tag said licensee i-s 
required to display on the back of the -sleeve, between the elbow and the shoulder, 
in such manner that the figures be visible at all times while hunting. [Justices 
of the peace -may issue license.] Nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent 
any citizen of the United States, residing within this commonwealth, from having 
a gun in his home; or from using such gun in defense of either person or property; 
or from shooting at targets; or -from hunting for o,r shooting at, in any place in 
this commonwealth, anything not protected by the laws of this commonwealth; 
or to prevent any bona fide owner or any bona fide lessee of lands within this 
commonwealth, or any member of the family of such owner or lessee, such person 
being a citizen of the United States, residing upon and cultivating lands in this 
commonwealth, from hunting thereon, or, by and with the consent of the owner 
thereof, from hunting upon the lands immediately adjacent and connected with 
his own lands—without securing the license provided for by this act. 
Non-Resident License.—Every non-resident of this commonwealth shall be re¬ 
quired to take out a license from the treasurer of the county -in which he proposes 
to hunt, before beginning to hunt in any part of this -commonwealth, [and] shall 
pay a license fee of $10 to the treasurer. 
Aliens—It shall be unlawful for any unnaturalized foreign-born resident to kill 
any wild bird or animal, either game or otherwise, of any description, excepting 
in defense of person or property; and to that end it shall be unlawful for any 
unnaturalized foreign-born resident, within this commonwealth, to either own or 
