The sun., 1916-09-24
ADIRONDACK DEER
OPENING SATURDAY
, Rabbit, Squirrel and Ruled
Grouse May Be Hunted
Up State.
DUCKS ON LONG ISLAND

and game there IL q provision thai when
the open season commences or ends on
Sunday II shall be deemed to commenco
Or end. a. the case may be. on the
Saturday Immediately preceding such
Sunday.
A. q result Of that provision the deer
oeason In the Adirondacks will open next
Saturday because Of October 1 fall
ing this year on Sunday. Sunday. being
closed season for hunting In New
FORK State. the sportsman has thus an
other day added to his calendar.
Only deer with horns not less than
three inches may be killed.
This applies also to the eportsman
seeking upland game like the rabbit.
squirrel and ruffed grouse. There Is
no open season for quail UP State this
pear.
The male introduced pheasant up State
may be killed or four days. October 10.
70. November 2 and .. There are GER
tain local exceptions to this law.
On Long Island there will be no open
season this year for deer. On November
! rabbit. squirrel. quail. rufYed grouse
and the male introduced pheasant may
b hunted.
The season up State and on Long
island for black breasted and golden
plover. yellowlegs. Wilson or jacksnipe
and rail has been open for some time.
The duck n goose season is open
up State: the season opens or Long
Island next Saturday.
Next Saturday Is also the opening of
ths woodcock season up State on Long
Island the opening date Is October Is.
Hunting License Necessary.
A hunting and trapping license Is re-
CURED by New York State for any kind
Of hunting Of birds or auadrupeds or
trapping Of fur bearing animals.
Licenses may be procured from any
county. city or town clerk and are good
in any part of the State from the date OF
issue TO December 81 following.
The license must be carried on the
person and exhibited for inspection when
required. The license is not transfer
able. The fee required Of citizens OF
New York State for over SIX months Is
S1.l0; for a nonresident, an unnatural
lied person or an alien, resident or nom
resident, 5000.
Game protected by law shall be taken
only after sunrise and before sunset with
o gun fred at arms length. without rest.
Game shall not be taken. lays a re-
Gently enacted statute. on the lands pur-
chased or condemned by any municipal
ity for the purpose OF supplying It with
water and protecting the same from pol
luton. or on any public highway. except
public highways other than State or
-...... tltH,,,,a u,tfhip the forest nYA.
serve counties.
No person while in an automobile
shall take game nor by aid or use Of
any light or lights carried thereon or
attached thereto.
Deer Regulation.
The Adirondack deer region. where
the season opens Saturday. includes the
counties of Clinton. Essex. Franklin.
Fulton. Hamilton. Herkimer. Jefferson,
Lewis. Oneida. OsweGo. Saratoga, 81.
Lawrence, Warren and Washington.
In Ulster county n In the towns OF
Neversink, Cochecton. Tusten. Highland.
cumberland. Forestburg and Bethel and
all that section Of tho towns OF Mama
kating and Thompson lying south OF the
Newburgh and Cochecton turnpike In
Sullivan county and the town or Deer
Park in Orange county deer may be
killed from November ! to November
1S.
The law says that no person shall
take more than two deer In an open
season or transport moro than one
carcass or part thereof at any one
time.
The carcass Of one such deer may be
transported by common carrier except
parcel post. when accompanied by the
taker. from October I to midnight OF
November 10 and may remain In the
custody OF the carrier the additional
time required to deliver It to Its destina-
tion.
venison legally taken may be pos
sessed from October 1 to November 20.
Under a license issued by the COM
mission venison may be possessed from
November 2l to February I by the
owner for consumption only. Appllca-
ton not honored after November 20.
Deer shall not be hunted with dogs
no jacklight or other artificial light
trap. saltlick. or other device to entrap
or entlce deer shall be used. made or
act. nor shall any deer be taken by
aid or use thereof. No deer shall be
taken while In the water.
No dog Of either sex shall be taken
into the Adirondack or the Catskill
Park, or into forests Inhabited by deeI
or harbored or possessed therein unless
the owner shall first obtain a license
from the Conservation Commission.
Duck Restrictions.
The rabbit season In Richmond county
begins on November Is and closes or
December 81. Rockland county also has
a special season. which begins on No.
vember I and ends on December 81
For the rest Of the State tLong island
not included) the season end January
81. On Long Island the season end.
December 81. The varying hare and
cottontail rabbit limit Ia six. either al
Of one kind or partly of Zach in one
day.
The squirrel season up State ends OF
November Is and on Long Island De.
cember 81. The limit Is Ave squirrels 9
day.
Tn ruffed grouse season up Stat,
ends November 30 and on Long Island
grouse a day and twenty In an oper
season.
There Is no open season for rufet
grouse or squirrel this ear in Geness,
county.
The wild pheasant season on Ions
Island ends December 81 and the limi
~ six in one day and not more thar
thirty-six In the open season. Up Stat
the limit is three male pheasants In tn,
open season.
The quail season ends on Long islam,
o n December 81. The limit Is ten quai
in one day and not more han fifty in ~
open season.