HUNTING SEASON
With the season for hunting various
kinds of game at hand, hunters will
he interested in “Farmers’ Bulletin,”
No. 470, gotten out by Uncle Sam’s
agricultural department, pertaining to
the game laws for the year, being
a summary of the provisions relating
to seasons, shipments, sales, limits,
and licenses. The booklet covers
fifty-two pages relating to the sea
sons for game in this country and
Canada, and will interest persons in
dulging in this pastime.
One of the numerous tables gives
the open seasons in this state as fol-1
lows: Deer, 6 years, June 1, 1917;
hare, rabbit, October 1-January 15; I
gray squirrel, October 8-November
23; quail, ruffed grouse, pheasant
(Chinese, Mongolian), woodcock, Oc
tober 8-November 23, Hungarian part-!
ridge, November 1, 1913; dove, no
open season; plover, sandpipers, Wil-j
son or English snipe, bay, shore birds,
mud hen, gallinule, duck (except
wood duck), goose, brant, swan. Sep
tember 1-January 1; rail, September
12-January 1; wood duck, September
1, 1919.
