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FOREST AND STREAM 
OPEN SEASONS FOR 
GAME 
IN THE UNITED STATES 
AND CANADA, 1916 
[Compiled by T. S. PALMER, W. F. BANCROFT, and FRANK L. EARNSHAW.] 
The following table shows the open seasons for game in the United States and Canada arranged on a uniform plan. In its preparation the seasons prescribed 
by the regulations for the protection of migratory birds, as amended August 21, 1916, have been inserted in black-faced type. 
THE SEASONS HERE SHOWN ARE THE OPEN SEASONS UNDER BOTH FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS. 
The first date of the open season and the first date of the close season are given, so that CLOSE SEASONS MAY BE FOUND BY REVERSING THE DATES. 
When the season is closed for several years, the first date on which shooting is permitted, as November 1, 1919, appears in the table. 
A few unimportant species and the numerous local exceptions in Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin have been omitted. 
All the omitted seasons will be published in “Game Laws for 1916,” except the county seasons of North Carolina, which are published in a special Poster of the Biological 
Survey. These publications may be had free on application to the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 
The term rabbit includes “hare;” quail, the bird known as “partridge” in the South; grouse, includes Canada grouse, sharp-tailed grouse, ruffed grouse (known as 
“partridge” in the North and “pheasant” in the South), and all other members of the family except prairie chickens, ptarmigan and sage hens; introduced pheasant is 
restricted to the Old World pheasants; and goose includes “brant.” 
States are arranged geographically and grouped under the two zones defined in the regulations for the protection of migratory birds (see “Game Laws for 1916”). 
State. 
BIQ game:. 
UPLAND GAME. 
Deer. 
Moosb>. 
Rabbit. 
Squirrel. 
Quail. 
Grouse. 
Prairie 
Chicken. 
Introduced 
Pheasant. 
Wild Turkey. 
Dove. 
1 
Oct. 1-Dec 16 . 
Nov. 1 1919 
1 
2 
Oct. 1, 1919... . 
2 
3 
3 
4 
No open season... 
Oct. 12-No v. 13... 
Oct. 12-Nov. 13t“. 
Oct. 12-Nov. 13 .. 
No open season... 
Oct. 12-Nov. 13* 
4 
5 
Nov. 1, 1920. 
5 
6 
6 
7 
No open season..-. 
Oct. 1-Feb. i. 
Oct. 1, 1918. 
Oct. 1-Dec. l. 
Oct. 19, 26. Not. 2, 9 c?t 
7 
8 
8 
9 
New Jersey. 
Oct. ll" IS, 25, Not. 
No.v. 10-Dec. 16.. 
Nov. 10-Dec. 16.. 
Nov. 10-Dec. 16.. 
Nov. 10-Dec. 16.. 
Nov. io-Dec. 16.. 
Nov. 10-Dec. 16cT. 
Mar. 13, 1919 .... 
No open season... 
9 
10 
10 
11 
Oct. 15-Dec. 1_ 
Oct. 15-Dec. i.... 
11 
12 
Nov. 15, 1921_ 
Nov. 15, 1920 _ 
Nov. 15,1920_ 
12 
13 
Sept. 15-Oct. 21.. 
Nov. 15, 1917. . .. 
Nov. 15, 1917. .. 
Nov." 15, 1917... 
Nov. 15 1917 
13 
14 
14 
16 
July 2, 1920. 
Oct. 1-Oct. 16_ 
June*23, 1925. 
15 
o 
16 
1920 . M 
.1920. 
1920. 
1920...!. 
1920.. 
16 
17 
Oct. 10-Feb.rf... 
Oct. 1, 1921. 
Oct. 1,1921. 
17 
w 
18 
55 
19 
Oct. 1,1917. __ 
19 
20 
Aug. 1-Nov. 11 .. 
20 
21 
Mar. 24, 1921. 
Mar. 19, 1918...... 
Mar.*19, 1918. 
Mar. *19,1918. 
21 
22 
Nebraska. 
No open season... 
. 
Oct. 1-Dec. 1. 
Nov, 1-Nov. 16. .*. 
Sept* 1-Dec. 1... 
Sept. 1-Dec. 1..'. 
No open season... 
No open season... 
July 15-Sept. 1... 
22' 
23 
Sept. 10-Oct. 10.. 
Sept 10-Oct. 10.. 
23 
24 
Nov. 10. 1920. .. 
24 
25 
Sept 15-Oct. 16* 
Sept. 15-Oct. 16*. 
25 
26 
Sept! 1, 1918*. 
Aug.T, 1919. 
26 
27 
Oct. 1,1918. 
Ocf. 1,1924. 
Aug: 15-Oct. 11... 
Sept. 1, 1924. 
No open season... 
27 
28 
Oct. 15-Nov. Id 1 
Aug. 15-Sept. 1.. 
28 
29 
Sept! 1, 1920. 
29 
30 
30 
31 
31 
32 
Oct. 1,1925. 
No open season... 
Sept* 15-Nov. If. 
Sept! 15-Nov. 2.. 
Oct.i-Oct.15f... 
No open season... 
No open season... 
32 
33 
33 
34 
34 
35 
36 
37 
38 
39 
39 
40 
40 
41 
Nov. 20-Mar. 10.. 
Nov. 20-Mar. 10.. 
* 
42 
o 
43 
44 
Oct. 1, 1917. 
Dec. 1-Jan. 1 $... 
o 
45 
N 
46 
Jan. 1, 1920_ 
Jan.1, 1920 . 
47 
48 
49 
June 1-Dec. 1J.-.. 
Mar. 18, 1920 .... 
50 
. 
Oct. 15-Feb. 2 J*. 
51 
California *. 
Aug. 1-Sept. 15<f. 
Oct. 15-Jan. If .. 
Sept. 1-Jan. 2 %... 
Oct. 15-Jan. 1 J .. 
Oct. 15-Jan. 1.... 
No open season... 
No open season... 
Sept. 1-Dec. 1.... 
51 
52 
No open season .. 
53 
54 
Nov. 1-Dec. 15 cT. 
. 
55 
Nov. 15-Dec. 15.. 
Sept. 15, 1918_ 
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56 
. 
57 
Nov. 20-Dec. 10c? 
Oct. 1, 1920. 
Oct. 15, 1918. 
Oct. 15, 1918. 
Oct. 1,1920. 
< 
58 
Nov. 1-Nov. 16 f • 
Oct. 15,1918. 
Oct. 15-Nov. 16... 
Oct. 14,1918. 
59 
Oct. 15-Feb. 1.... 
o 
60 
61 
Oct. 21-Oct.31c?t 
Sept.16-Nov.30 <? 
Aug. 15-Dec. 1 — 
62 
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