The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-09-28

~ Con countess; the provision in |
Saliiornla law protecting spike
$500 oeer with ~unbranched horns
$500 u oeef with horns of a certain
length; and the Wyoming eynariron.
ol allowing the killing of "a III
moose under S100 licenses instead -
81 ihuenflte number during the limit
oo season. Methods of hunting waro
restricted in Michigan bv prohjhitine
me use or automobiles in huntin9
pdrtrldges, and in Indiana by me-
iloiIlng the use Of searchliehts or
liner artlficlaI lights attached to autos
~ huitihs game on or near a high
u"s. several new restrictions on ship
IHehts appeared for the first ti,oa.
ili!nols prohibited importation from
points outside the State of any game
except deer legally killed. Pennsy1-
Nanla prohibited shipment of game nv
P@Icel post, and WisconSion, shipment
under an alias. Connecticut authori7-
ed the commissioners of fisheries and
game TO grant permits to bring in
SAME Wtully killed outside the State.
sale.
Quail.
notwithstanding the agitation in
FAVOR OF protecting quail for several
years in some sections, no bills Of
tnlS KIND were passed this year. and
~ States still provide quail shooting
me seasons were shortened six weeks
IN and two weeks in Neva-
Ga. m We're established for the
hrSt time IN Arkansas and New Hamp-
SHIRE, reduced in Iowa from 25 to IS
per day, in Oklahoma from 25 TO 10,
IN Minnesota from Is to 10, and in
creased in evada from Is to 20.
All but IA Of the States which permit
quail hunting now have a limit of 20
birds or less per day.
All the States now allow waterfowl
hunting, but the wood duck is pro
tected for several years throughout
the northern zone and in the southern
zone in the States of California
Kansas, and West Virginia. Daily bae
limits were established for the frs
time i'll Arkansas and Connecticut. re
duCed in Oklahoma from 25 to 10, ana
increased in Missouri from 10 to Is
Most Of the States now have q limi
OF rs or less per day.
Open seasons We're heightened il
Montana on elk and deer two weeks
in Florida on deer and birds tire
! weeks; in Minnesota on quail 20 days
n in Nevada on sage hens Our ant
= a half months, on grouSe II mon
and on quail two weeks. New Jerse.
4 reverted to the former plan Of hunt
ing deer on four consecutive Wed
0 nesdays instead Of five consecutiv
days.
V Seasons were shortened in a mum
t Der of States. In the case of big gam
r the deer seaSO was Curtailed in Al
KANSAS three months: in Oregon an
e Washington two weeks. In Ne
0 Mexico the season were general
r shortened and arranged in two dis
S tricts divided at latitude 80 degree
s In California the dove season wa
made later and in Minnesota shorter
ed 20 days; in Oklahoma the qua
II season vas curtailed six weeks, ar
II in Michigan, Nevada (ducks), Tenr
n essee. and Wyoming, spring shootin
d CT waterfowl was abolished.
d The more important changes affec'
4, ing big game included the closing {
the season for our years or moose j
Maine; authorization for the KILN
Of so bull moose in Wyoming: Length
,e ening the season on elk in Montan
two weeks; closing the season Q
mountain sheep in Montana; chang
affecting Toe in Z States, includiI
the removal of protection in F1Crid
= Nevada, New Jersey. and Wyoming
A. establishment of a limit in Arkansa
A. and decrease in the limits in Alask
< Michigan, Montana, and Nevada.
Under present conditions deer hun
ii ing is permitted in SO States, in abo
one-third of which the hunter
limited to one deer a season and
a. most Of the others to two. Eightet
Is States protect does at all seasons al
allow only bucks to be killed-nam
n ly, Alabama, Arizona, Californi
I'll Georgia, Idaho. Missouri, Mississippi
a. New Mexico, Nevada, New 1o1
Oklahoma. Oregon, Pennsylvan
ne Texas, Utah, Vermont, West Y
M einia and Wisconsin. Penns,
% yania reouires that deer killed sh;
have horns 9 inches above the ha
- New York and Vermont at least
:" inches long, while California prohib
entirely the killing Of spike bucks,
ed
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