The New York herald., 1922-07-02
Federal Enactment Will
Help Our Game Birds

ing is prohibited. The open seasons as
given are inclusive of both dates. The
term rabbit" includes hare. Quail" is
not the game bird often known locally
as partridge, that name being more fire.
qLently applied to the ruffed grouse. 1t
is Illegal to use dogs. salt licks. Jack
lights or other devices, or hunt before
sunrise or after sunset in deer hunting.
Introduced pheasant" Is restricted to
the Old World pheasants Waterfowl
and shore birds not named in the list
of game birds specified in the table of
open seasons are absolutely protected.
rot to be killed at any season of the
year. The protected birds include the
swan, wood duck, elder duck, aux, gull
loon. band tailed pigeon. tern and many
others now becoming rare.
Open Seasons In New Jersey.
Duck. goose, brant, coot, gallinule,
October 16 TO January 81; black bellied
and golden plovers and yellowlegs. Au-
gust 16 to November 80; Wilson snipe
or jack snipe. October 16 to January 81 !;
woodcock, October l to November 80 ;
rail. September 1 to November 80.
Big Game and Upland Game-Deer.
m ales only (not to be hunted when snow
on ground). December 20-27, January
$40; rabbit, November 10 to December
Is; squirrel. November 10 to December
10; grouse (ruffed grouse or part.idge) :,
November 10 to December IS; quail
(bob white), November 10 to December
Is; prairie chicken (pinnated grouse) +,
November 10 to December IS; intro
duced pheasant males only (local laws
govern, November 10 to December Is ::
reedbird Claws of 1922 not received)
September l to October 80.
Other Restrictions.
Limit in one day. 25 ducks, geese, s
brant, 20 rails, coots and gallinule to-
gether. so sora, Is plover and yellow
legs together. 25 jacksnipe woodcock.
The limit includes all birds killed by any
working for shooter for pay: 10 rabbits,
10 quail grouse, pheasants.
The New Jersey law prohibits the
use OF guns that can be fired more than
/ twice without reloading: 1t Is illegal to
carry gun in the woods or field on
Sunday or to hunt from automobile at
any time. No hunting is permitted
when there Is tracking snow on the
ground.
The cost Of hunting license In New
Jersey is s1.65 (including fishing rights)
to resident American citizens to nom
resident American citizens or resident
aliens owning $4,000 real estate The IL
cense fee is 5000; other aliens being
prohibited from owning rifle or shotgun.
Permission to kill reedbirds or rice
birds--the bobolink of the Northern
States-has been conceded by the United
States Department Of Agriculture on ac-
count of damage done to crops by these
birds, and an exception was made to
the general prohibition of killing mig-a-
tory song birds. The birds may be killed
| by shooting between half an hour before
sunrise and sunset of any day from Sep
tember l to October 80 inclusive. in New
| Jersey >; reedbirds so killed shall
not be sold. shipped for sale or wan
tonly wasted or destroyed, but may be
used for food by the persons killing them
or transported to hospitals and charita-
| BILE institutions for use as food" This
| practical concession. properly observed.
will prove beneficial to the people di-
rectly affected and does not place the
| nelodious yet mischievous boboink in
: the class of game birds.