Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-09-30

oning experiment Of allowing the KILL
ing of so bull moose under 800 licenses
instead of an indefinite number during
q limited season. Methods Of hunting
were restricted in Michigan by prohibit
ing the use of automobiles in hunting
cartridges and in Indiana by prohibiting
the use of searchlights or other artificial
lights attached to autos for hunting game
on or near n highway. Several new re-
strictlons on shipments appeared for
the first time: Illinois prohibited impor-
tation from points outside the State Of
any game except deer legally killed.
Pennsylvania prohibited shipment Of
game by parcel post, and Wisconsin.
shipment under an alias. Connecticut
authorized the commissioners of fisher
les and game to grant permits to bring
in game lawfully killed outside the state,
provided such game is not offered for
sale.
QUAIL. AND WATERFOWL
Notwithstanding the agitation In ia.
vor of protecting quail for several years
in some sections. no bills of this kind
We're passed this year and 80 States
still provide quail shooting. The seasons
were shortened six weeks iE oklahoma
and two weeks in Nevada. Limits were
established for the first time In Arkansas
and New Hampshire reduced in lowe
from g to 10 per day. in Oklahoma from.
% to TO- in Minnesota from 10 to 10, and
increased in Nevada from Is to 20. All
but Il of the States which permit quail
hunting now have limit of 90 birds
or less per day.
All the States now allow waterfowl
hunting, but the wood duck Is protected
for several years throughout the north
ern zone and in the southern zone in the
State Of California, Kansas and West
Virginia. Daily bag limits were estab-
lished for the first time in Arkansas and
Connecticut. reduced In Oklahoma from
% to 10. and increased in Missouri from
10 to 15 Most Of the States now have
limit of % or less per day.
open seasons were heightened in Mon
tana on elk and deer two weeks in Flor
ida on deer and birds three weeks; in
Minnesota on quail 90 days and in Ne
vada on sage hens four and a half
months. on grouse one month, and on
quail two weeks New Jersey reverted
to the former plan of hunting deer on
four consecutive Wednesdays instead OF
five consecutive days.
Seasons were shortened in n number Of
States. In the case Of big game the deer
season was curtailed in Arkansas three
months: in Oregon and Washington two
weeks In New Mexico the seasons we're
generally shortened and arranged in two
districts divided at latitude IS degrees.
In California the dove season was made
Ia for in oh IaI
In Oklahoma the quail season was cur
tailed six weeks, and in Michigan, Ne
vada (ducks), Tennessee and Wyoming
spring shooting of waterfowl was abol-
ished.
LAWS PROTECTING BIG GAME.
The more important changes affecting
big game included the closing of the
season for four years on moose in Maine
authorization for the killing of so bull
moose in Wyoming; lengthening the
season on elk in Montana two weeks
closing the season on mountain sheep
in Montana: changes affecting does in
Seven States, including the removal Of
protection in Florida. Nevada, New Jer-
sey and Wyoming; establishment of a
limit in Arkansas. and decrease In the
limits in Alaska, Michigan. Montana and
Nevada.
Under present conditions deer hunting
is permitted in &c States, in about one
third of which the hunter is limited to
one deer a season and in most OF the
others to two. Eighteen States protect
does at all seasons and allow only bucks
to be killed-namely. Alabama. Arizona,
California. Georgia, Idaho, Missouri,
ft.-lt
York. oklahoma, Oregon. PENNSYLVANIA.
texas, Utah. Vermont, West Virginia and
Wisconsin. Pennsylvania requires that
deer killed shall have horns two inches
above the hair, New York and Vermont
at least three inches long. and West Nir-
ginia four inches long, while California
prohibits entirely the killing Of spike
bucks.