The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-08-23

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Maryland, and Virginia the open sea
sons are from August 16 to Noverm-
Der 80.
In the District of Columbia, North
Carolina, South Carolina. Tennessee,
Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico,
Arizona, California, and Alaska the
open season is from September i to
December Is.
In Vermont, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana,
Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Miss
ouri, Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota,
South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas,
Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho,
Nevada, and that portion of Oregon
and Washington lying east of the
summit of the Cascade Mountains the
open season is from September 16 to
December 81.
In Utah and in that portion of
Oregon and Washington lying west
of the summit of the Cascade Noun
tains the open season is from October
/ to January 10, and in Georgia, Flor
ida. Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana,
and Texas the open season is from
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WoodcocN Open Season
The open seasons for woOdcOck
are as follows:
In Maine, New Hampshire, Ver-
mont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
Connecticut, New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia,
Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, WiscOn-
sin, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Mimi
esota, North Dakota, South Dakota,
Nebraska, and Kansas the open sea-
son is from October 1 to November
30; and
In Delaware, Maryland, the District
lima, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida
Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee,
Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, and
Oklahoma the open season is from
November L to December 81
The open seasons for mourning and
white winged doves are as follows:
In Delaware, Maryland, Virginia,
Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Mis-
souri,, Oklahoma Texas, New Mexico,
Colorado, Arizona, California, Nevada,
Idaho, and Oregon the open season is
from September 1 to December Is, and
In North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, MISSISSIPPI
pi, and Louisiana the open season
is from September 16 to December 81
Daily Bag Limits
The daily bag limits for one per-
son are as follows:
Ducks Except wood duck and
elder du,ks) twenty five in the ag-
gregate of all kinds; geese, eight in
the aggregate of all kinds; brant,
eight; rails, coot, and gallinules,
twenty five in the aggregate of all
kinds; black bellied and golden
plovers and greater and lesser yellow
legs, fifteen in the aggregate of all
kinds; Wilson snipe or jacksnipe,
twenty five; woodcock, six; doves
(mournins and white winged), twenty
five in the aggregate of both kinds.
Sale of Game
Under section of the migratory
bird treaty act it is unlawful to hunt,
take, capture, kill, possess, sell, pur-
chase, ship, or transport by any
means whatever. or export at any
time, any migratory bird included in
the terms CT the treaty. except as per-
mitted by regulation of the secretary
of agriculture. In the regulations
the secretary has not given per-
mission for the sale of any migratory
game bids except as propagated on
game farms and for scientific pur-
poses. AS result, the sale of wild
migratory game birds is forbidden
throughout the United States. 1t will
be especially worth noting in con-
nection with the law and regulations
that The regulations do not repeat the
prohibitions contained in the law,
but note the exceptions in the way
of permissions authorized by the
secretary of agriculture. Copies of
the law and regulations may be OBJ
tanned of the secretary of agriculture