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FOREST AND STREAM 
Quail.—Closed until 1918. 
Grouse.—Oct. 1 to Nov. 30, both inclusive. A person -may take not to exceed -four 
grouse in one day and twenty in the open season. 
Wild Pheasants.—On the last two Thursdays in the month of October and the 
first two Thursdays in the month of November, and possessed between the first 
open Thursday in October and the last open Thursday in November, inclusive. 
Only wild male pheasants may be taken. A person may take and possess not to 
exceed three (3) wild male pheasants in the open season. 
Partridge.—There shall be no open season for Hungarian or -European gray legged 
partridge. 
Upland Game Birds, Special.—Quail, pheasants, and grouse may be taken and 
possessed on Long Island from Nov. 1 to Dec. 31, both inclusive. A person may 
take not to exceed 6 male pheasants, 10 quail or 4 grouse in any one day and 50 
quail, 36 male pheasants and 20 grouse in the open season on Long Island. 
Shore Birds may be taken and possessed as -follows: 
Woodcock.—Oct. 1 to Nov. 15, Long Island, Oct. -15 to Nov. 30, both inclusive. 
A person may take not to exceed four woodcock in one day, and twenty in the open 
season. 
Snipe, Plover, Surfbirds, Sandpipers, Tatlers.—Sept. 16 to Nov. 30, Lon-g Island, 
Aug. 15 to Dec. 1, inclusive. A person may take not to exceed fifteen shore birds 
in the aggregate of all kinds in one day. Whenever two or more persons are occupy¬ 
ing the same boat or -blind, not to exceed -twenty-five shore birds may be taken in 
the aggregate of all kinds in one day by such persons. 
Antwerp or Homing Pigeons.—No -person shall take or -interfere with any Antwerp 
or homing pigeon if it have the name of i-ts owner stamped upon its wing or tail, 
or wear a ring or seamless leg-band with its registered number stamped thereon, 
or have any other distinguishing mark; nor shall any person remove any such dis¬ 
tinguishing mark from any such pigeon. 
Certain Wild Birds Protected.—Wild -birds other -than the English sparrow, starling, 
crow, hawk, oro-w-blackb-ir-d, snow owl, great horned owl and kingfisher sh-a'll not be 
taken or possessed at any time, dead or alive, except under the authority of a 
certificate issued under this article. No part of the plumage, skin or body of any 
bird protected by this section, or of any birds coming from without the State, 
whether belonging to the same or a different species from -that native to the State 
of New York, provided such birds belonging -to the same family as those protected 
by this article, shall be sold or had in possession for sale. The provision of this 
section shall not apply to game birds for which an open season is provided in this 
article. 
Land Turtles.—Taking, killing or exposing for sale of all land -turtles or tortoises, 
including the box turtle and the wood turtle, is hereby prohibited. 
Game shall not be taken on certain public lands, purchased or condemned by any 
municipality within the State, for the purpose of supplying any municipality with 
water and protecting the same from pollution and contamination, or on any public 
highway, except public highways within the forest preserve counties. 
A violation of any of Part VI. constitutes a misdemeanor and the person guilty 
thereof shall be liable i-n addition to a penality of $60, an -additional penalty of 
$23 for each bird or part of a bird, taken, possessed or had. 
From Part XII. Conservation Law. 
BREEDING OF ELK, DEER, PHEASANTS AND DUCKS, LICENSE, TAGGING, 
SALE. 
License.—Any person desiring to engage in -the business of raising and selling 
domesticated American elk, white-tailed deer, European red deer and fallow deer, 
roebuck, pheasants, mallard ducks and black ducks, or any of them, in a wholly 
enclosed preserve, or entire island, of which he is the owner or lessee, may make 
application in writing to the commission for a license so to do. Fee, $5. Licenses 
expire Dec. 31. 
Tagging.—No elk, deer, pheasants -or -ducks, killed as aforesaid and intended for 
sale, shall be shipped, transported, sold or offered for sale, unless each quarter 
and each loin of each carcass shall have been tagged under the supervision of the 
commission with an indestr-uct'ible ta-g or seal, -which shal-l be supplied by the 
commission. The quarters and loins of the carcass of such elk or deer, when tagged, 
as aforesaid, may be possessed, sold or offered for sale between Oct. 1 and March 
1, inclusive. 
The penalty for a violation or failure to perform any duty imposed by the fore¬ 
going, constitutes a misdemeanor and renders a person liable to a penalty of $60, 
and an additional penalty of $25 for each fish, bird or quadruped bought, sold, offered 
foi sale, taken, possessed, transported or had in possession for transportation. 
From Part VII. Conservation Law. 
FISH. 
Sale of Minnows for Bait.—No person shall take minnows for bait with a net, 
trap or seine, or sell minnows so taken without having first obtained a license so 
to do from the commission. Provided, however, that no license shall be required 
from a person to take minnows for his own use and not for sale. Minnows shall 
not be taken within one hundred feet of any dock, pier or boat landing structure 
along the Saint Lawrence River without the consent of the owner thereof, nor shall 
they be taken with a net, trap or seine in waters inhabited by trout. 
Frogs.—iBu-ll-f-rogs, -green frogs and spring frogs may -be -taken in any manner and 
possessed, bought and sold from June 1 to March 31, both inclusive. 
Bass.—Bla-ck bass not less it-han ten -inches in length may ibe taken an-d possessed 
from June 16 to Nov. 30, both inclusive. A person may take not to exceed fifteen 
such black bass in one day, but whenever two or more persons are angling from the 
same boat they may take not to exceed -twenty-five in one day. Striped bass not 
less than twelve inches, open season at all times. 
Trout.—Trout not less than six inches in length may -be taken and -possessed from 
the first Saturday of April to Aug. 31, both inclusive. A person may take not to 
exceed -ten pounds of trout in one day. 
Lake Trout and Whitefish.—-Lake trout not less -than 15 im-ches in length, and 
whitefish not less than pounds in the round, may be taken and possessed from 
April 1 to Sept. 30, -both inclusive. Otsego whitefish, common-ly -called Otsego bass, 
not less than nine inches in length, may be taken and possessed from Jan. 1 to Oct. 
31, both inclusive. A person may take by angling not to exceed ten lake trout in 
one day, but whenever two or more persons are angling from the same boat they 
may take not to exceed fifteen in one day. Whitefish may be taken in any num¬ 
ber or quantity. 
Permits to raise trout may be obtained from commissioners. 
Lake Trout and Whitefish, Special.—Lake trout and white-fish may be taken in 
Lakes Erie and Ontario in any number or quantity at any time and when so taken 
may be possessed, bought and sold. 
Pike Perch.—(Pike pe-rch not less than twelve in-ches i-n length may -be taken and 
possessed in any number or quantity from May 1 to March 1, both inclusive. 
Pickerel and Pike.—-Pickerel and pike in any number or quantity may be possessed 
from May 1 to March 1, both inclusive. In -the Saint Lawrence River a person 
may take in one day not to exceed twelve great northern pike, locally known as 
“pickerel,” not less than twenty inches in length. 
Muskallonge not less than 24 inches in length may be taken and -possessed from 
June 16 to Dec. 31, both inclusive, in any number or quantity. No person shall 
take Muskallonge through the ice. 
Smelt or icefish, not less t-han six (6) inches in length, may be taken from the 
inland waters of the State and in Lake Champlain, in any number or quantity at 
any time. Smelt or icefish of any size may be brought from without the State or 
taken within the marine district. 
LAKE GEORGE, OPEN SEASONS, SPECIAL. 
The open seasons for taking fish in the waters of Lake George, in any part 
thereof, shall be as follow^: Lake trout, May 1 to Oct. 1, both inclusive; pikeperch, 
pickerel, great northern pike, June 16 to Dec. 31, both inclusive; bullheads, July 1 to 
Dec. 31, both inclusive; black bass, Aug. 1 to Dec. 15, both inclusive. 
It constitutes a misdemeanor to vio-la-te any o-f the provisions of Part VII. In addi¬ 
tion the following penalties wild -be imposed: For fish-in-g by use of explosives, 
polluting streams, public or private, or streams where such pollution will affect 
waters used as a State fish hatchery. $500 and $10 for each fish taken, bought or sold 
in violation thereof; for disturbing bass, trout and lake trout while spawning or 
taking fish by shutting or drawing off water for that purpose, $60 and penalty of 
$10 for each fish taken or possessed; for obstructing the passage of fish by means 
of any rack, screen, or weir $25; the person found guilty of fishing with explosives, 
of polluting streams private or public, or in those where such pollution will affect 
waters used by a State fish hatchery, shall be further punished by imprisonment 
for not exceeding one year, in addition to the foregoing penalties. 
A Violation of the Game Laws. 
