Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-12
Migratory Waterfowl
Season Is Extended
To so Days This Year
Bird Population Up;
Nov. z to Dec. 81 Is
Date for This Area
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Secretary of the Interior 1ckeS
announced today that the hunting
season for ducks, geese, coots and
iacksnipe had been extended to 90
days this year from the 45-day limit
of last season. The season for those
birds in Maryland and Virginia was
set from November 2 to December 81.
Announcing the annua, regula-
tons for shooting migratory water
fowl, the Secretary said that the
extension was made possible by an
increase in the population Of these
birds.
The regulations also heightened
the hunting day. Shooting may start
at sunrise and continue until pm.
for waterfowl and coot. Last year
the hours were am. to 4 pm.
Jacksnipe may be hunted from
sunrise to sunset.
The bag limit on ducks remains
at &c a day.
WoodcOck Season Shorter.
Shorter seasons were provided,
however, for woodcock, and the bag
limit on geese was reduced from
four to three a day.
AS in previous years, the number
of waterfowl that may be possessed
at any time is limited to two days
bag. but a new rule makes it pos
sible to possess the legal limit for
20 days after the close of the sea-
son instead of 10 days.
The bag of canvasbackS, redheads,
buff1eheadS and ruddy ducks is lin
tied to three day of any one of
these species. The regulations also
provide that not more than three Of
this entire group may be taken in
one day The possession limit on
these birds also is double the daily
bag limit.
The bag limit on coots is Is
day and on jacksnipe Is day, with
possession limited not to exceed the
daily bag limit.
No Wood Duck Season.
Closed seasons throughout the
United States and Alaska are con-
tinued on wood duck, Ross geese
and swans. There is also no open
season on snow geese and brantS
in Florida and States north thereof
that border on the Atlantic Coast.
Hunters may use bows and ar
rows or shotguns not larger than 10
gauge. The three-shell limit or re-
peating guns is continued. Use of
bait or live decoys also is forbidden.
All persons over 16 years old hunt
ing migratory waterfowl are re-
quired to have Federal migratory
hunting stamps.
The woodcock season was reduced
from 80 days to Is days with a daily
bag limit of four and possession limit
Of eight.
The Shooting Seasons.
Shooting seasons on ducks, geese,
coots and jacksnipe follow:
Northern zone, from October l to
November %; the intermediate zone,
October Is to December Il; the
Southern zone from November 2 to
December 81.
The Northern zone comprises
Maine, New Hampshire, Michigan,
Wisconsin. Minnesota, North Da-
kota, South Dakota. wyoming and
Montana. South Dakota and Wyo-
ming were in the intermediate zone
last year.
The intermediate zone includes
Vermont, formerly in the northern
zone, and New Mexico. formerly in
the southern zone, and the following
other States: Massachusetts,, Rhode
Island. Connecticut, New York, New
Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania,
Ohio, West Virginia. Kentucky, In
diana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Ne
braska. Kansas, Oklahoma, Idaho,
Colorado, Utah, Nevada, California,
Oregon, and Washington.
The southern zone is made up of
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia,
Florida, Alabama. Mississippi, Ar
kansas, Louisiana, Texas and Ari-
IONA.