The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1908-09-17
GAME LAWS FOR
HUNTING SEASON

Owing to the many applications we
have bad for information 10 regard to
the Oregon game laws we again pub
lish synopsis Of them. 1t will be we'll
for those who are not informed to cut
out the following aud preserve it:
The buck deer season opened July
10 and continues until October 81,
The law gives hunters having licenses
the right to shoot up to five buck
deer between these dates except in
Baker, Coos, Curry, Grant, Harney.
Malheus, Umatilla, Union aud Wsllo.
wa counties. In Coos and Curry the
open season for buck deer is from
July 10 to October 10.
The season for female deer does not
begin until September ! and closes
October 81 Does may be hunted dur
Ing this time except in Baker, Coos,
Curry, Grant, Harvey, Malheur, Una
tilla, UnjAn and Wallowa counties.
The open season for elk is between
September 10 and October 10, and on
ly one may be shot by any hunter in
season.
China pheasants, native pheasants,
quail and grouse may be shot bet seen
October and November 30. In Clat-
sop Curry. Coos, Josephine and Tilla-
NOOK, however, the season for those
birds opens September Is and closes
November 30. Blue grouse may be
shot in Tillamook county from August
l to October Is. East of the Cascade
mountains the open season extends
from August Is to November 80.
Prairie chickens may be hunted in
Wasco county from August to Octo.
ber 10. The open season Tor the sage
hen east of the Cascades is from Au-
gust ID to Novemb beI 30.
Ducks, geese and swan may be shot,
except in Coos and Lake counties,
from August 10 to March 81. In Lake
county the open season is from August
10 to March 81. Water quail and up.
land plover may be hunted from Au.
gust | to December 81.
The bag limit for ducks is so in one
week, for upland bids 10 in one day,
while for geese and swan there is nc
limit.
The silver gray squirrel may be
hunted only between October / and
December 81.
1t is always unlawful to offer fol
sale, barter or exchange, ship beyond
the boundaries of the state of Greg on
any deer, moose, mountain sheep, elk
silver gray squirrel, swan, prairie
chicken, grouse aud all kinds of up
land birds and ducks. 1t is unlawful
to hunt without license to kill beav.
er or spotted tawn or to Tun deer witt
dogs. Night hunting is also pi ohib
tied under the Oregon law.
China pheasant may not be killed
in ia, kson county at any time Fe
male deer may not he killed in Coos
and Curry counties. 1t is against
the law to kill quail or Mongoliar
pheasant east of tho summit of the
Cascade until January /, 1912. 1t il
also unlwful to tap or destroy The
nests of protected game birds. Shoot
ing on enclosed lands without peImis
sion is unIaful, as is also the shipment
or sale of deer skins unless they art
tagged. Tags may be obtained of any
Justice of the peace or of the county
clerk. A hunters license is gooC
anywhere in Oregon aud a hunter
must have license with him Will,
hunting
The fine for transporting game out
side the state aud for its sale is from
500 to $500 aud Imprisonment. Vic
lation of the game laws calls for FL
of from sl5 to $500. and hunting with
out license is punishable upon con
viction by fine of from S25 to $500
and imprisonment upon the discretion
of the court.