The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-11-18
GAME LAWS FOR 1916
Federa ana State Regulations
to Control Hunting - IN
creased Protection 10
Migratory EiTdG


greatly increased by the ratification
Of treat, between the United
States and Great Britain extending
uniform protection in the United
States and Canada to birds migr&t-
ing between the two countries.
This is how in the annual publ
cation o. the Bureau Of biological
Survey OF the department, relating
to game laws, recently issued. The
publication, Game Laws for 1876,
is issued as Farmers Bulletin 10.
Besides the ratification of the
trcaty .;i;h Great Britain, the most .
important occurrences daring The
past year relating to the regulation
Of hunting in the Unised .Ita.sS in
clude the change in Classification oi
West Virginia; Kentucky, Missouri,
Kansas, Utah ana Nevada. from the
wirtaring zone for r.iEra Dry bira~
! to the breeding zone, and The Gre
alton of several additional national
parks ana monuments which bgcoG"
bird reservations.
! In addition t. changinr The State
c,asifcations. the amended reGuia-
tons issued by the Presii NJ permit
shooting on the Mississippi river
above Nebraska City; open the sea
son on certain shora birCs during
the last two weeks in August IN
, New jersey. Delaware, Maryland
2ni Virginia, and on reed birds on
and after Saptem5er i III North
Carolina and Georgia; open the
waterfowl season somewhat earlier
in Massachusetts,, New York, New
Jersey. South Carolina an! Georgia;
prohibit shooting Of migratory birds
lin every State after February /;
protect WOOD ducks at al seasons
throughout the United States in
stead of in zone /; and protect
shore birds in California and wood
cock in Kentucky Until 1913.
Two new national parks, ore on
Mount Lasson. Cal, and the other
on Mount Kilauea, in Hawaii, were
established by Congress; bills we're
passed accepting the cession Of Ssatt
jurisdiction over the Crater LAKE
Greg. AMI Mount Rainier, Wash.
National Parks. with provision fol
resident commissioners and enforce
nent of the laws, ana amending th'
Yellowstone PARK act 50 as to ia
ciI:tate protection of the park an
prevent poacAing. Provision ha
also been made for the establish
nent of game preserves on land
purchased for the appalachian TO!
est. Under Executive proclaim itio
the Siear de Mants National Mont
nert OF about 500 acres on Noun
desert IsianI in Maine was create
on July &; aud 10y Executive oriel
TWO new bird reserves We're estHi
iIi,hsi. one on Goat Island, in "a
Francisco Bay, Cal, on August
, and the other, comprising foJ
, lakes on the Platte reclamation pr
;act in Nebraska, on August Il.
AS result of legislation in lSl
Virginia and Mississippi were adde
: to the States having State Office
) 10 administer the game laws. 4
, but two States-Florida and n
. yada-now have such othcla
az During the year. Virginia repeai'
"a all laws in conflict with the FEEDER
y migratory-bird law. Eleven stat
q had previously made their laws CO
q form in whole or in part TO The re
g eral laws. These states are Cf
q fornia, Connecticut, Maine, Mic
& gan. New Hampshire, Tenness'
HNWest Virginia, Illinois and Wa'
IS ington.
g Under present conditions,
y publication shows, deer hunting
r permitted in SO states, in abou
q third of which the hunter is llml
olone deer a season and IN m
others to two. Sixteen states
8 Alaska protect does at all seas
and allow only bucks to be killet
z namely, Alabama. Arizona Z
fornia, Idaho, Missouri, New j
sey. New Mexico. New York, VI
n homa. Oregon, Pennsylvania, Ie'
q Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, v
consin and Alaska. Pennsyiva
requires that deer killed shall h
horns two inches above the b
: New Jersey, visible above the h
Utah. visible above the head; J