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FOREST AND STREAM 
November, 1918 
OPEN SEASONS FOR GAME 
-- IN - 
THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA, 1918 
[Compiled by George A. Lawyer and Frank L. Earnshaw.] 
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU^OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY 
THE OPEN SEASONS HERE SHOWN ARE INCLUSIVE OF BOTH DATES. When the season is closed for a fixed 
period the date terminating the closed season is given. 
The county seasons of North Carolina may be had on application to the Secretary, Audubon Society, Raleigh, N. C. Local 
exceptions in Tennessee and Virginia will be published in “ Game Laws for 1918.” 
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. 
PERSONS ARE ADVISED to secure from State game commissioners full text of game laws in States where hunting is 
contemplated, as provisions of minor importance are omitted from this poster. “ Game Laws of 1918,” and a directory 
of game officials may be had free on application to the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 
** Under the regulations for the protection of migratory birds the season is closed on swans, wood duck, cranes, curlew, 
willet, godwits, upland plover and all the smaller shore birds in the United States and Canada, and on all band-tailed pigeons 
and common-ground doves and scaled doves in the United States. 
ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS AND EXCEPTIONS 
Alabama.— Squirrel, also May 15-June 15. 
Alaska.— Moose (male), caribou, sheep, north 
Lat. 62°, Aug. 1-Dec. 10. Moose, south Lynn 
Canal, caribou on Kenai Peninsula, and sheep on 
Kenai Peninsula east of Long. 160°, 1920. Kill¬ 
ing of females and young of mountain sheep and 
deer and mountain goat kids and fawns of caribou 
south of Arctic Circle, prohibited. Goat, in south¬ 
eastern Alaska, east of Long. 141°, and on Kenai 
Peninsula, Sept. 1-Oct. 31. Large brown bear, 
south Lat. 62°, Oct. 1-July 1; north, unprotected. 
Deer on Duke, Gravina, Kodiak, Kruzof, Long, 
San Juan, Suemez, Zarembo, Hawkins, Hinckin- 
brook, and Montague Islands, 1920. 
Arizona.— Bobwhite quail, no open season. 
Arkansas.— Gobblers, additional open season, 
Mar. 15-Apr. 30. 
California.— Deer (male, except spike buck), in 
Districts 2 and 3, Aug. 1-Sept. 14; in District 4. 
Sept. 1-Sept. 30; in Districts 1, 23, 24, 25, and 26, 
Aug. 15-Oct. 14. Mountain quail, in Districts 1, 
23, 24, 25, and 26, Sept. 1-Nov. 30. Bobwhite 
quail, in State, no open season. Sage hen, in Dis¬ 
trict 4, no open season. Dove, in District 1, Sept. 
1-Oct. 31. For counties in each game district see 
“Game Laws for 1918.” 
Connecticut.— Deer, if reported to Commissioner 
within 24 hours, may be killed by use of shotgun 
on person’s own land. Coot, gallinules, Oct. 1- 
Dec. 31. 
Delaware.— Dove, Newcastle County, no open 
season. 
District of Columbia.—Hunting permitted only 
on marshes of Eastern Branch, north of Anacostia 
bridge, and on Virginia shore of Potomac. 
Georgia.— Fox squirrel, unprotected. 
Idaho.— Deer, in Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, 
Clearwater, Kootenai, Latah, Lewis, Nez Perce, 
and Shoshone Counties, Oct. 16-Dec. 31; in Ban¬ 
nock, Bear Lake, Cassia, Franklin. Fremont, 
Oneida, Power, Twin Falls Counties and game pre¬ 
serves, no open season; in rest of State, Sept. 16- 
Nov. 30. Elk, in Bingham, Bonneville, Fremont, 
and Teton Counties, Sept. 16-Nov. 30; in Idaho 
County, Nov. 1-Nov. 30; in rest of state, no open 
season. Goat, in Bannock, Bear Lake, Cassia, 
Franklin, Oneida, Power, Twin Falls Counties and 
game preserves, no open season; in rest of State, 
Sept. 16-Nov. 30. Chinese pheasant, in Ada, Can¬ 
yon, Gem, Gooding, and Nez Perces Counties only, 
Nov. 1-Nov. 10. 
Indiana.— Coot, gallinules, Sept. 16-Dec. 20. 
Kansas.— Fox squirrel. Sept. 1-Dec. 31, other 
squirrels, no open season. 
Louisiana.— Deer, south of Vernon, Rapides. 
Avoyelles, and Concordia Parishes and Mississippi 
State Line, Oct. 1-Jan. 20 (deer season fixed by 
commission). 
Maine.— Deer, in Androscoggin, Cumberland, 
Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, and 
York Counties, Nov. 1-Nov. 30 Commission may 
make local regulations. (See also “Game Laws, 
1918.”) 
Maryland.— Rabbit, in Dorchester, Nov. 10-Jan. 
1. Squirrels, in Allegany County, Sept. 15-D'ec. 
24; in Cecil, Aug. 25-Oct. 25; Dorchester, Sept. 1- 
Jan. 1; Frederick, Aug. 25-Dec. 24; Anne Arundel, 
Calvert. Charles, Prince Georges, and Talbot, Nov. 
10-Dec. 24; in St. Mary, unprotected; rest of 
State, Aug. 25-Oct. 1, and Nov. 10-Dec. 24. Quail, 
in Frederick County, Nov. 10, 1921. Fheasant, 
grouse, in Dorchester, Harford, and Wicomico, and 
wild turkey in Harford County, no open season. 
Quail, woodcock, Dorchester, Nov. 10-Jan. 1. 
Woodcock, Anne Arundel, no open season. Pheas¬ 
ant, Baltimore, 1920. 
Massachusetts.— Hare or white rabbit, in Bris¬ 
tol and Norfolk Counties, 1920; European hares, 
in Berkshire County, unprotected. Quail, in 
Hampden and Middlesex Counties, July 1, 1922; 
in Essex County, 1919. Pheasants, in Barnstable, 
Dukes, and Nantucket Counties, no open season. 
Woodcock, in Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, and 
Hampshire Counties, Oct. 20-Nov. 30. 
Michigan.— Deer, in Bay, Clare, Emmet, Glad¬ 
win, Huron, Lake, Midland, Missaukee, Newaygo, 
Oceana, Ogemaw, Osceola, Otsego, Roscommon, 
and Tuscola Counties, 1923. Commission, on peti¬ 
tion, may close season. 
Minnesota.— Ruffed grouse, Oct. 15, 1920; white¬ 
breasted and sharp-tailed grouse, Sept. 16-30. 
Plover, Sept. 16, 1920; yellowlegs, Sept, lfi-30. 
Montana.— Deer, in Custer, Dawson, Richland, 
Rosebud, and Yellowstone, Oct. 1, 1922. Elk, in 
Flathead, Lincoln, Phillips, Teton, and parts of 
Missoula and Powell Counties, Oct. 1-Nov. 30; in 
Carbon, Gallatin, Madison, Park, Stillwater, and 
Sweet Grass Counties and parts of Beaverhead 
County, Oct. 1-Dec. 14; balance of State, no open 
season. Coot, gallinules, Sept. 16-Dec. 31. 
Nebraska.— Plover, no open season; yellowlegs, 
Sept. 16-Dec. 15. 
Nevada.— Valley quail, seasons fixed by county 
commissioners, who may close or shorten dove 
season. 
New Hampshire.— Deer, in Coos County, Oct. 
15-Dec. 15; in Carroll (except town of Moulton- 
borough) and Grafton, Nov. 1-Dec. 15; in town of 
Moultonborough and counties of Belknap, Merri¬ 
mack, and Strafford, Nov. 15-Dec. 15; in Cheshire, 
Rockingham, and Sullivan, Dec. 1-Dec. 15; in 
Hillsboro, Dec. 15-Dec. 31. 
New Mexico.— Deer and wild turkey, seasons ap¬ 
ply north of Lat. 35°; south, Oct. 25-Nov. 25. 
New York.—When date of open or close season 
falls on Sunday, season opens, except on migratory 
birds, or closes on preceding Saturday. Deer (male), 
in Adirondacks, Oct. 1-Nov. 15; in Ulster County, 
nine towns in Sullivan County, and in Deer Park, 
Orange County, Nov. 1-Nov. 15; on own land in 
Columbia, Dutchess, and Rensselaer, with shotguns 
only, Oct. 1-Nov. 15. Introduced pheasant, pro¬ 
tected by order of commissioner in several counties. 
Long Island.— Coot, gallinules, Oct. 16-Dec. 31. 
North Carolina.—For local laws apply to Sec¬ 
retary, Audubon Society, Raleigh, N. C. Migratory 
birds, county season date controls when it opens 
the season later or closes it earlier. 
North Dakota.— White-breasted and sharp-tailed 
grouse, Sept. 16-Oct. 16; ruffed grouse, in Bottin¬ 
eau, Cavalier, Pembina, and Roulette Counties 
only, Oct. 1-Oct. 10. Coot, gallinules. Sept. 16- 
Dec. 31. 
Ohio.— Coot, gallinules, Sept. 16-Nov. 30. 
Oklahoma.— Bear, in Blaine, Caddo, Comanche, 
Kiowa, and Major Counties, no open season; rest 
of State unprotected. 
Oregon.—East of Cascades: Deer (males), in 
Harney and Malheur Counties, Aug. 15-Oct. 15. 
Quail, in Klamath County, Oct. 1-Oct. 10. Prairie 
chicken, in Sherman, Union, and Wasco Counties, 
Oct. 1-Oct. 15. Chinese pheasant (male), in Union 
County, Oct. 1-Oct. 10. Sage hen, in Harney and 
Malheur Counties, Aug. 1-Sept. 15; in rest of Dis¬ 
trict, Aug. 1-Aug. 31. Dove, in Harney and Mal¬ 
heur, Sept. 1-Sept. 30. Waterfowl, coot, Wilson 
snipe, black-breasted and golden plover, yellow- 
legs, in Grant, Harney, Lake, and_ Malheur Coun¬ 
ties, Sept. 16-Dec. 31. 
West of Cascades: Quail, in Coos, Curry, Jack- 
son, and Josephine Counties only, Oct. 1-Oct. 31. 
Grouse, in Jackson County, Oct. 1-Oct. 10. Chi¬ 
nese pheasant (male), in Jackson County. Oct. 1- 
Oct. 10; in Coos, Curray, and Josephine Counties, 
no open season; balance of District, Oct. 1-Oct. 31. 
Pennsylvania.— Coot and gallinules, Sept. 16- 
Nov. 30. The Commission advises that it has 
closed the season on grouse throughout the State 
by regulation. 
South Carolina.— Deer, in Berkeley and Dor¬ 
chester Counties, Aug. 1-Jan. 31; Barnwell, Dillon, 
Florence, Marion, Aug. 1-Dec. 31; Beaufort, Sept. 
15-Jan. 15; Colleton, Sept. 1-Jan. 31; Georgetown, 
Oct. 1-Jan. 15; Greenville, Oct. 15-Feb. 15; Hamp¬ 
ton and Jasper, Aug. 15-Jan. 15; Richland, 1921. 
Squirrels, Chesterfield and York, Oct. 1-Dec. 31; 
Greenville, Oct. 15-Feb. 15; Greenwood, Dec. 1- 
Feb. 28; McCormick, Dec. 1-Mar. 30. Quail, 
Charleston, Nov. 20-Feb. 15; Cherokee, Dec. 16- 
Jan. 15; Chester, Fairfield and Union, Dec. 1-Feb. 
28; Chesterfield, Nov. 15-Jan. 15; Darlington, Dil¬ 
lon, Lancaster, McCormick, York, Dec. 1-Jan. 31; 
Greenville, Nov. 25-Feb. 15; Greenwood, Dec. 1- 
Feb. 15; Marlboro, Nov. 15-Feb. 15. Wild turkey, 
Abbeville, Chester, Lancaster, York, Dec. 1-Jan. 
31; Fairfield, Dec. 1-Feb. 28; Greenville, Oct. 15- 
Feb. 15. Dove, Aiken, Dec. 1-31; Greenville, Oct. 
15-Dec, 31. 
Tennessee.— Gobblers, also, Apr. 2-Apr. 24 
(See “Game Laws, 1918” for local seasons.) 
Texas.— Doves, northern district, Sept. 1-Oct. 
31; southern district, Dec. 1-Dec. 15. 
Utah,— Coot, gallinules, Oct. 1-Jan. 15. 
Virginia.— Deer, in Amelia and Nottoway, Nov. 
1-Dec. 31; in Brunswick and Greenesville, Oct. 1- 
Feb. 1; in Chesterfield, Mecklenburg, Prince 
George, and Surry Counties, Oct. 1-Jan. 1; in Au¬ 
gusta, Sept. 1, 1919; in Bath and Highland, Nov. 
1. 1921; in Shenandoah, 1920; in Alleghany, Bland, 
Botetourt, Craig, Franklin, Giles, Montgomery, 
Patrick, Pulaski, Rockbridge, Rockingham, Russell, 
and Wythe, 1921. Quail, grouse, wild turkey, west 
of Blue Ridge, Nov. 1-Dec. 31. (For other local 
exceptions see “Game Laws, 1918.”) 
Washington.—East of Cascades: Deer, in Kit¬ 
titas County, Oct. 15-Dec. 1. Goat, no open sea¬ 
son. Ruffed grouse, in Kittitas and Yakima Coun¬ 
ties, no open season. Blue and ruffed grouse, in 
Asotin (except precincts of Clarkston, South Clark- 
ston. and West Clarkston), Garfield and Walla 
Walla Counties, Aug. 15-Oct. 1. Blue grouse, in' 
Spokane County, Oct. 1, 1919. Quail, in Asotin 
(except in Clarkston, South Clarkston and West 
Clarkston) and Garfield Counties, Oct. 1-Oct. 10. 
Bobwhite quail, in Spokane County, Oct. 1-Nov. 1. 
Prairie chicken, in Stevens County, Sept. 15-Oct. 1. 
Sharp-tailed grouse, in Ferry and Okanogan, Sept. 
15-Nov. 1 . Chinese pheasant, in Benton, Stevens 
and Yakima Counties, Oct. 1-15 ■ Chinese or Eng¬ 
lish pheasant (males), in Kittitas County, Oct. 1- 
10. Ptarmigan, no open season. Waterfowl, no 
open season on Columbia or Snake Rivers or 
within one-fourth mile of the shores in counties 
of Benton, Columbia, Douglas. Franklin, Garfield, 
Grant, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Whitman 
and Yakima. 
West of Cascades: Deer, in Island and San Juan 
Counties, Jan. 1, 1921; does, in Skagit, Snohomish 
and Whatcom Counties, no open season; deer on 
islands, Oct .1-Oct. 30. Goat, Oct. 1-Nov. 1. Quail, 
in Clallam, Clarke, Jefferson, San Juan, Skagit, 
Skamania, Snohomish and Whatcom Counties, 
Oct. 1, 1919. Chinese pheasant, in Clallam, Kitsap 
and Skamania Counties, no open season. Ptar¬ 
migan, Oct. 1-Oct. 15. 
West Virginia.— Coot and gallinules, Sept. 16- 
Dec. 31. 
Wisconsin.— Deer, in Pierce, Barron, Treiilpe- 
leau, Jackson, Wood, Marathon, Shawano, Oconto 
and ail counties north thereof, Nov. 21-Nov. 30; 
rest of State, no open season. Squirrels, in Dodge, 
Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukie, Racine, Washing¬ 
ton and Waukesha, no open season. Ducks, Sept. 16- 
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