Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-20
PROTECTION OF GAME
LAWS OF THE DISTRICT, MARY
LAND AND VIRGINIA.
Department Of Agriculture Issues 9
Table. Showing Close Season
in Nearby States.


sons for game in the District of Columbia.
Maryland. Virginia, West Virginia and
North Carolina. has been issued by the
Department Of Agriculture. The table is
concise and condensed, and is published In
poster form so that It can easily be dis
played The data used In the compilation
was obtained from every possible authentic
source Of information. including all federal
and state laws.
In explaining the tables special attention
Is called to the restrictions on shipment.
According to the poster. the federal law
prohibits shipment of game killed from
state in violation of the laws Of that state;
that is game killed during the Gloss sea-
son, by illegal methods. or for sale or ex-
port when sale or export are prohlDlted py
the state. The violation of this law Will
incur penalty of not exceeding $2N Inc
carrier and consignee also may be l1aple
The federal law also prohibits the snip
ment of game from the state at any tine.
in packages not marked so that name ara
address of shipper and nature of contents
may be readily ascertained by Inspection OF
the outside Of the package. The penalty
for violation of this law Is the same as In
the other, not exceeding a $500 fine, ana
the liability likewise extends to the con-
s.gnee and carrier. The poster further an
nounces that details in regard to shipment.
sale and licenses are contained In Farmers
Bulletin No 207, game laws for 1904, which
may be had free upon application to the
Secretary of Agriculture.
Close Season in District
In referring to the District of Columbia
the poster shows the close seasons to be as
follows:
Deer. January 1 to September 1; squir-
rel. February l to November l; rabbit, Feb
ruary 1 to November 1; quail or partridge.
March Is to November 1; grouse or pheas-
ant December Is to November l; wild
turkey, December 26 to November /; reed
bird February ! to September l: wood
cock, January to July l; plover and snipe,
April to September I, and duck, April to
September i"
Doves are protected at all times in the
District. The sale of prairie chicken or
pinnated grouse is prohibited between
March Is and September 1, and marsh
blackbirds and other game birds not men
toned above. from February to September
1. Goose and brant are protected from
April l to September l. All wild birds, eX-
cept game birds and certain injurious spe-
cies. are protected throughout the year.
Robins, grlls. herons. swallows and grebes
are protected, but no protection is given to
English sparrows. crows, cooper hawks,
sharp-shinned hawks or great horned owls.
Maryland Laws Complicated.
In Maryland there is different closing
and opening date for nearly every county
In the state, and the table is complicated
in the extreme. In Anne Arundel county
hunting by non-resdents of the county Is
prohibited, except in cases where the per-
mission of land owners has been obtained.
Shooting is prohibited election day in
Baltimore Frederick and Hartford counties.
Nonresident licenses are regulated In the
different counties, and will be issued by
the clerk of the court, in the respective
counties at the following fees:
Allegany $40; Baltimore, s.; Calvert, $40:
Caroline. $3.50; Carroll, $40; Cecil upland
game and shore birds). S.; Charles rabbit,
quail and woodchuck), $50; Dorchester,
$3.50; Frederick. sl5; Garrett. So; Hartford.
SO; Howard, $50: Kent, $15 Of invited by
land owner, So; Montgomery. 80; Prince
George, so: Queen. Anne, s4.Jo; st Mary,
so; Somerset $40; Talbot. $3.50; Washing
ton, $40 licenses in Washington county
not required of residents of Maryland and
the District of Coumbia9; Wieomico, SID:
Worcester wild fowD SO Guests of land
owners require no licenses, except in Caro-
line Dorchester. Garrett, Kent, Talbot and
Worcester counties. special $40 license is
required for shooting on the Patuxent river.
In Virginia the laws vary greatly. East
of the Blue Ridge. the close season for
deer is from January l to October 1; for
squirrel, January u to September Tin
Isle of Wight and Southampton counties
only; for quail. grouse. wild turkey. wood
cock pheasant and partridge from Febru-
airy to November /; for plover and snipe
except Wilson snipe), from January l to
July 20, and the same limit Is prescribed
for rail, except Sofd west OF the Blue
Ridge there are some slight changes. The
close season for rabbits in the various Vir-
ginia counties is as follows:
"Accomac Northampton, January 15-
November 10; Alexandria, January Zoe
tober 1: Amelia. Charlotte. Greensville,
Spottsylvania, Sussex, February Loo
tober 1; Buckingham. Cumberland, Feb
ruary 15-October Is; Caroline, Essex.
Hanover, Henrico. King William. Febru-
airy November l: Chesterfield, February
1-September 1; Culpeper Orange, Janu-
airy 15-November 1; Elizabeth City, Feb
ruary November Is; Fairfax, Fauquier,
Loudoun. Prince William, January 1-No-
vember 1 Halifax. February 1-October
10; Nottoway. January 1-September 1;
Shenandoah, March November 1; STAFF
ford, February 1-September 10.