States. Limits of game bags-Continued. Game. Number. Moose, caribou Newfoundland.. Caribou... 2 in a season; 1 deer may be exported on each of the 2 coupons of license; 50 birds at once may be exported by a resident if accompanied by owner; 50 birds or animals may be exported by a nonresident in one year. 2 of each in a season. 3 in a season. 1 of each in a season. 2 of each in a season. 5 of each in a season. 3 in a season. 250 in a season. 2 in all in a season. 20 in one day; 100 in a season. 2 in a season. Number in a season named in license. 3 stags and 1 doe; under $80 nonresident license 7 in two months. 3 of any species in a season (except for Grouse, partridge, pheasant, prairie 20 altogether in a day. Northwest Terri Deer, elk, moose, caribou tories. Nova Scotia Ontario. Zone 2. Caribou.. Quebec.1 Zone 1. Deer, caribou.. 2 of each in a season. In all 2 deer,1 moose, or 1 caribou in a season. 2 of each in a season. 1 in a season. 4 in a season. 1The commissioner of lands, forests, and fisheries may grant permission (on payment of $5) to take 3 additional deer and 3 additional caribou. LICENSES FOR HUNTING OR SHIPPING GAME. In some sections of the United States, notably in Missouri, the privilege of hunting is not extended to nonresidents, and in Virginia it is unlawful for nonresidents to kill wild fowl in certain parts of the State.' In twenty-one States and everywhere in Canada licenses must be secured before nonresidents may hunt certain game or hunt at all. In nine States and two Canadian Provinces a like restriction is imposed on residents, but the fees are usually very much smaller and often merely nominal. Thus in Nebraska, South Dakota, Washington, and Wisconsin resident licenses cost $1, while nonresident licenses vary from $10 to $25, according to the State; in North Dakota and Michigan the fee for residents is 75 cents, while that for nonresidents is $25. In Minnesota 25 cents and $25 are the respective charges for licenses to shoot big game. In Wyoming the same distinction is observed in the issue of 'gun licenses' for hunting big game, residents being charged a fee of $1 and required to secure licenses only for shooting in counties other than those in which they reside, while nonresidents pay $40 for the privilege of hunting anywhere within the State. Some of the Canadian licenses are even more expensive. Brit 1On any waters, marshes, or beaches within the jurisdiction of the State, below the head of tide water (except on Eastern Shore); from skiff or sink box in Fairfax, Henrico, King George, Prince William, and Stafford counties; in Accomac and Northampton counties, unless nonresident is a member of the Eastern Shore Game Protective Association. STATES (DOTTED) WHICH REQUIRE NONRESIDENTS TO OBTAIN HUNTING LICENSES. The fee for the license is shown in each case. In Arkansas and Oregon licenses are required only in connection with market hunting. For other details, see pages 46-50. ish Columbia demands $50 for a big-game license and Newfoundland $80 for a special caribou license. Minnesota has a special license with a fee of $25 for nonresidents from States that issue nonresident licenses; these States are shown in the table. (See Pl. VI.) Licenses are generally issued only for the season, and thus expire at a fixed date. In six States-Florida, Iowa, Maryland, South Dakota, Washington, and West Virginia-they are good only in a single county, and the fees for these county licenses vary from $1 to $25. In Nebraska a resident is required to secure a license to hunt in any county other than that in which he resides. In Maryland there is much variation, as each county is subject to a separate law; Allegany, Anne Arundel, Calvert, Frederick, Montgomery, Washington, Wicomico, and Worcester counties have no license laws. Some of the counties of Maryland and Virginia require nonresidents to secure permission from landowners before hunting, and in North Carolina a general provision (Code of 1883, sec. 2831) prohibits anyone from hunting on lands of another without permission from the owner. Certain counties in North Carolina go farther and require hunters to obtain written permits.1 Occasionally the hunting privileges covered by these permits are sold to nonresidents in return for payment of taxes on the land or other consideration, and the permit becomes in effect a kind of nonresident license, but with this difference, that it allows shooting only on a certain tract of land instead of in the whole county or State. 2 In some States licenses are required only for hunting certain kinds of game. Thus in Michigan they are issued only for hunting deer, in Maine for deer and moose, in Florida for deer, quail, and turkeys, and in South Dakota for big game. In part of Dare County, N. C., license fees of $25 are required of club houses before members may shoot wild fowl. In Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, and Wisconsin licenses carry with them the privilege of shipping out of the State a limited amount of game, but generally require that it shall be properly marked or accompanied by the owner. In Maine dealers are obliged to secure licenses before they can sell deer or buy, sell, or tan deer skins, and in Arkansas3 and Oregon licenses are issued to nonresident market hunters. Georgia permits its counties to require a 'The following counties require written permission for hunting on lands other than those of the owner: Alexander, Alleghany, Buncombe (birds), Caswell, Clay, Craven, Davidson, Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Henderson, Iredell (birds), Lincoln (birds), Macon, Madison (quail), Mitchell (deer), Orange, Richmond (Steeles Township), Rowan, Scotland, Surry (quail), Wilkes. 2 But any citizen of the county may obtain a 'nonresidence license' on payment of $10. 3 Arkansas levies a tax of $10 upon all nonresident trappers, hunters, seiners, or netters of fish who may follow trapping, hunting, seining, or netting of fish in the State. (Mansfield's Digest, secs. 6456-6457.) $25 license fee of market hunters. Colorado issues storage licenses at $1, importation licenses at $1, and park licenses at $1-$100. California, Colorado, and Oregon issue special permits upon application to the fish commissioners or game wardens, allowing shipment of game out of the State for breeding purposes. It might be well if the practice of issuing permits in the case of birds intended for propagation were more general. It is not in conflict with the spirit of nonexport laws, and under State supervision will hardly interfere with their proper enforcement, while, on the other hand, it may materially assist in obtaining a supply of birds for restocking covers in other States. Details in regard to nonresident licenses are given in the following table. In a few States an additional clerk's fee, 25 cents to $1, is required to cover cost of issuing the license, but this item is not included in the fees given below. Moose, $5; deer, $2; pair of game birds, 50 cents. Permits shipping home or to hospital in State. In cities of more than 3,000 in- Baltimore, Caroline, Carroll, Do. Limited to 1 year. Includes animals and birds, and applies only to citizens of States having restrictive laws against nonresidents. 1 Licenses not required for shooting or trapping certain waterfowl on Patuxent in case of citizens of St. Mary, Prince George, Charles, Anne Arundel, and Calvert counties. |