1, Killing by other means than shooting with a gun. 2, More than a short distance from shore or natural cover. 3, Until October 15, 1905. 4, Ducks, on the marshes. 5, Birds; possession of trap, net, or snare also prohibited. 6, Quail, except on one's own premises. 7, Baiting doves prohibited. 8, No boat allowed except rowboat or push boat. 9, From boat, etc., on waters of State. 10, Possession and sale for purpose of shooting wild fowl also prohibited. 11, Except on birds fifteen days before opening of shooting season, but firearms must not be carried at the time. 12, Buffalo, elk, moose, and mountain sheep. 13, Quail; until November 1, 1903. 14 Deer, quail, partridge, grouse. 15, In localities frequented by rabbits or game birds during close season for rabbits, unless in custody of owner. 16, Except in Long Island Sound and Gardiner and Peconic bays. 17, Except in Long Island Sound and Shinnecock, Gardiner, and Peconic bays, and except from September 30 to October 20, in Great South Bay west of Smiths Point. 18, Until August 15, 1902. 19, Except on Long Island. 20, In any county where there is a close season for hares and rabbits. 21, Except on land, and except one stationary blind in Currituck Sound at night. Applies only to nonresidents shooting in New Hanover, Brunswick, Currituck, and Dare counties (not applicable to licensed nonresidents shooting in certain waters of Dare County). 22, All boats prohibited on the Columbia River and its tributaries except the Willamette River and its tributaries above Oregon City. 23, Prairie chickens in Wasco County only. 24, Birds. 25, Only in Anderson, Claiborne, Campbell, Cocke, McNairy, Morgan, Scott, and Union counties. 26, Deer and other animals. 27, Taking quail or partridge with a net; or duck or goose, except with a gun. 28, Partridge, pheasant, grouse, prairie chicken, dove, during close season; quail, pinnated grouse, imported pheasants, at all times. 29, Wild fowl, on their feeding grounds. 30, In Fairfax, Prince William, Stafford, King George, and Henrico counties; applies only to nonresidents of the State. 31, Except from land; does not apply to goose. 32, In water. 33, Except October 1 to November 1, west of Cascades. 34, In open water. 35, Except upland birds, under license. 36, Deer. 37, In non-tidal waters. 38, During close season in localities where deer are found. 39. Hares. 40, Wild fowl, except goose. 41, Moose and caribou. 42, Big game only. 43, Except red deer October 20 to November 1.

In addition to these restrictions there are numerous others which are too local to find a place in the table. Colorado and Nebraska prohibit the use of steel or hard-pointed bullets. North Carolina prohibits the use of decoys for wild fowl in Currituck Sound from March 31 to November 10; Ontario requires that they shall be placed more than 75 feet from shore or natural cover, and Quebec prohibits leaving them at night near a cache, boat, or bank. Three States-Washington, Maryland, and North Carolina-specifically prohibit disturbing wild fowl on their bedding or feeding grounds. North Carolina has numerous other provisions relating to the hunting of wild fowl in Currituck County, such as leaving landing or anchorage or putting out decoys before sunrise, boating on Currituck Sound on Sunday to locate wild fowl for a future day, remaining near citizens who are shooting, with the purpose of interfering with their sport, and skiffing and ring-shooting boobies and ruddy ducks during the period from November 10 to February 15. New York, Connecticut, and Manitoba make it unlawful to place any traps where birds may be caught and provide that traps may be destroyed by anyone. Michigan and Manitoba prohibit the use of baited hooks in taking game, and Michigan also proscribes the use of any pit, pitfall, deadfall, scaffold, cage, or any similar device in hunting. Connecticut, Michigan, and Missouri find it necessary to provide against the use of explosives in the taking of certain game, wild turkeys and geese being specified in the Missouri law and gray squirrels and rabbits in the Connecticut law. Connecticut also forbids the use of fire, sulphur, and brimstone by squirrel or rabbit hunters. In Alabama, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Ontario (in the Indian Peninsula) it is unlawful to kill big game while it is in the water, and in Wisconsin also while it is on the ice. North Dakota, Washington, Wisconsin, and Manitoba prohibit spring-guns. Shooting from a highway is prohibited by five States-Colorado, Iowa (quail), Nebraska, New York, and West Virginia. New York also prohibits shooting from the lands of any railway or lands purchased or condemned for the Croton aqueduct in Westchester County; and West Virginia has a prohibition against shooting on another's land, near occupied dwellings. Nonresidents hunting in Maine, South Dakota, and Wyoming must be accompanied by guides, and in the last two States it is required that these guides be deputy game wardens. In the use of guides a distinction is generally made between residents and nonresidents, the employment of the latter being often possible. only on payment of a license fee; while in Newfoundland it is specifically prohibited. Ontario prohibits shooting for hire or hiring any one to shoot, but declares that this is not intended to interfere with the bona fide employment of a guide. Restrictions intended to prevent the waste of game that has been legitimately killed are imposed by a few States. Colo do prohibits using game for bait, Colorado and

Quebec forbid wasting game, and Nova Scotia requires hunters who kill moose or caribou to carry the flesh out of the woods within ten days.

Shippers and carriers, no less than sportsmen, are directly concerned in the foregoing provisions of the laws of the various States and Territories, as the Lacey Act prohibits, under heavy penalty, interstate commerce in game killed in violation of law. Game killed by illegal methods can no more be shipped from State to State than that taken out of season.

LIMITS OF GAME BAGS.

Twenty-four States have attempted to prevent wanton destruction of game by limiting the amount which may be killed in a day or season. These States comprise the northern tier, from Maine to Washington, and Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, California, and Oregon. (See Pl. V.) Similar restrictions are common in the Canadian laws. Limits as to number have been placed mainly on big game and upland game birds, but in a few cases have been extended to woodcock, rail, and wild fowl. In Colorado, North Dakota, and Nebraska practically all the game of the State is limited, while in Iowa the limit applies to game birds, but not to big game. Michigan, New Hampshire, Utah, and Wisconsin limit only the number of deer, three being allowed each hunter in Michigan and two in New Hampshire, Wisconsin, and Utah. The highest limit for big game is in Montana, where six deer or mountain goats may be killed in a season. The maximum for any species of game bird in a day is 70 sandpipers in Maine, but the usual limit is 25 or 50.

Limits of a similar character and for the same object are also placed by several States on the number of birds which may be shipped at one time or in one season, usually corresponding to the number that may be killed, but seldom, in any event, exceeding 50 at a time. Florida prescribes the limit not only for each person, but also for each party, in order to prevent evasion of the law by several persons hunting together. Thus, four wild turkeys may be killed in a day by one person, but not more than six by a party. The following table shows the details of these restrictions: