New-York tribune., 1906-08-31
TO HUNTERS.
Nesg Game Lasus Published by the
Department of 4 gricultue.
TFrom The tribune Bureau. J


rssa next Saturday IN a large part OF the United
sssres In the South the season begins later ana
rs-e and there the embargo or certain game Is
,lfted little earlier. bat September IS the 9rst
ssaesal date on which hunting is permitted With
re approach OF this day. therefore, interest re-
rsrss n the laws regulating hunting
rlosf q the game laws that were in eject "a the
RATED States and Canada IN 1905 remain in force
as Only fourteen states and eight Canadian prov
,,oes held legislative sessions this year Four of
shgse-ohtc. British Columbia New Brunswick and
os.ario-nlade no change IN their game laws. and
,he others passed few statutes. The most note
worthy changes were entirely new laws for the
Yrotection OF game ii Mississippi and Prince E3-
vard Island Mississippi abandoned its old system
q separate county laws and adopted a general
rsne law with provisions uniform throughout the
entire state, thus following the example recently
-. by Virginia and Tennessee. The provisions OF
as new and thoroughly modern law nx uniform
seasons provide for the appointment OF game war
sens establish a $40 nonresident ucenss and
prohibit al sale and export OF game. Prince Ed
ward Island Is the latest OF the Canadian provinces
20 adopt modern measures Of game protection. Its
recent statute fixes seasons, provides for a SIS
nonresident license. creates the Office OF game I'm
sDec:or. incorporates auxiliary body-the Prince
Edward Island Game Protection Association-to co.
operate IN the enforcement OF game laws and pro-
h1bts the export OF game These laws and a
statute passed by Quebec which requires that all
shipments OF game be tagged fin gaps in export
laws that have hitherto existed so that now every
state IN the Union and practically every province
Ct Canada places more or less restriction on the
Shipment Of game beyond its boundaries.
SALE OF GAME.
In prohibiting ell sale OF protected game 1ssis-
ppi occupies an advanced position, as the only
her states whose sale laws sweeping are
Michigan. Minnesota. Missouri, Arkansas Kansas
Texas, Montana and Arizona. Important amend
were made by Massachusetts 20 its sale laws
November and December smother cttine sAospt o t 20
sale q imported ducks in the close season. and a
shaEp-tated grouse: These laws will abolish a
market for game illegally shipped from several
The establishment OF game warden service in
hama. Arkansas and Texas the only REGIONS in
the United States and Canada unprovided with such
sportsnen have more direct interest in changes
B seasons Few such faS Gees b @ ano snoot-
this year Mississippi established a so and South
Prince Bdward Island a SIS general nonresident lent
license Quebec substituted uniform SO non-resi-
changes were made by Maryland in the license re-
aes Seasons for the following game were changed:
Deer. in New York; snipe cranes and waterfowl in
chusetts. and upland game. IN South Carolina.
In addition 70 these changes. Virginia removed all
ployer and curlew. and 1-aryland altered several
seasons in Allegany, Anne Arundel Cecil, Garrett,
HarfoTd. Prince George and Somerset counties and
the PatuIent River.
SEW CANADIAN PRESERVES
Canada established two new game preserves, one
?. sixteen sections IN the new Province OF Alberta
out thirty miles northeast OF Edmonton and the
p on the Gaspe Peninsula. in Quebec. The
l--er. 10 BE- known the Gaspesian Preserve, has
an area Of about twenty-five hundred square miles,
thus taking rank with the Laurentides National
Park, IN Quebec (2,630 square milesD the Algonquin
Park, Ontario about Two thousand square mlesO,
and the Yellowstone National Park, in Wyoming
GS45 square m.les).
large number Of federal hills were considered
ty Congress. and four all relating to game pre-
serves. were passed These authorized the lease OF
$50 IL South Dakota for buffalo pasture,
established a game refuge in the Grand Canyon
Forest Preserve in Arizona, prohibited all hunting
n the District OF Columbia, except on the Eastern
Branch and the west side OF the Potomac. and
pFohibited tTespass on bird reservations.
The full details Of all these changes and of other
game provisions relating 10 seasons, shipment
sale and licenses at present in force in the United
States and Canada, including county provisions are
contained IN Farmers Bulletin No. 2e5 published
By The Department of Agriculture. entitled Game
Laws for 1885, copies Of which may be obtained
fTee on application to the Secretary Of Agriculture
Washington. poster showing the close sea-
sons n the United States and Canada and an
other giving those under the local laws Of Mary
land the District Of Columbia, Virginia and North
Carolina also may be had on application to the
Biological Survey Of the Department OF Agriculture