State Regulations for Angling and Hunting
Alabama.—Angling: No fishing license required. Hunting: Resident, $3.00; non-resident, $15.00. Deer (buck), Nov. 1–Jan. 1; squirrel, Sept. 15–Feb. 1; quail, Nov. 1–March 1; wild turkey (gobblers), Dec. 1–April 1; dove, Oct. 16–Jan. 31; duck, geese, brant, plover, snipe, coot, yellow-legs and mud hen, Nov. 1–Jan. 31; woodcock, Nov. 1–Jan. 31; rail, Sept. 1–Nov. 30. License issued by Probate Judge.
Arizona.—General hunting and fishing license. Resident, $1.25; non-resident, $20.00. Small game hunting and fishing license. Non-resident, $10.00. Trout, June 1–Sept. 1; deer (buck) and wild turkey, Oct. 1–31; quail (except bob-white), Oct. 15–Dec. 15; mourning doves, Sept. 1–Dec. 31; white wings, July 15–Dec. 31; duck, goose, brant, snipe, coot, and gallinule, Oct. 15–Jan. 31; black-bellied and golden plover, yellow-legs, Oct. 15–Dec. 15; rail, other than coot and gallinule, Oct. 15–Nov. 30. License issued by game warden.
Arkansas.—Angling: Resident, $1.10; non-resident, $5.00. No closed season. Hunting: Resident, $1.10; non-resident, $15.00. Deer and bear, Nov. 10–Jan. 15; deer in Poinsett County, Nov. 10–Dec. 1; squirrel, May 15–Jan. 15; turkey (gobblers), Nov. 10–Jan. 15 and March 1–May 1; turkey in Poinsett County, Nov. 10–Dec. 1; duck, goose, snipe, coot, gallinule, Nov. 1–Jan. 31; woodcock, Nov. 1–Dec. 31; plovers, yellow-legs, doves, Sept. 1–Dec. 15; [[321]]rail, Sept. 1–Nov. 30. License issued by Commissioner and Circuit Clerks.
California.—Angling: Resident, $1.00; non-resident, $3.00. Hunting: Resident $1.00; non-resident, $10.00. Quail, Nov. 1–Jan. 16; grouse, Sept. 15–Oct. 15; sage hens, Aug. 1–Sept. 15, except in Dist. 4½, where closed all the year; doves, Aug. 1–Nov. 1; ducks, geese, jacksnipe and mud hens, Oct. 1–Jan. 15; deer (Dists. 1, 1½, 4½), Aug. 1–Oct. 15; (Dists. 2, 2½, 3), Aug. 1–Sept. 15; (Dist. 4), Sept. 16–Oct. 15.
Colorado.—Fishing and small-game hunting: Resident, $2.00; non-resident, $5.00. Hunting, big game: Resident, $5.00; non-resident, small game, $5.00; big game, $25.00. No person under 18 permitted to hunt big game. Deer, Oct. 12–15; duck (except wood duck), goose, brant, black-bellied and golden plover, Wilson snipe, or jacksnipe and greater and lesser yellow-legs, Sept. 16–Dec. 31; sora and other rails (except coot), Sept. 1–Nov. 30; prairie chickens, mountain and willow grouse, Sept. 15–Oct. 1. Season for various fish varies according to altitude. License issued by County Clerks, etc.
Connecticut.—Angling: Non-resident, $2.25. Trout, March 31–July 1; bass, June 13–May 1; pickerel, April 13–Feb. 1. Hunting: Resident, $1.25; non-resident, $10.25. Ducks, geese and brant, Sept. 13–Jan. 16; quail, woodcock, partridge or ruffed grouse, Hungarian partridge and male pheasants, squirrels, Oct. 7–Nov. 24; hares and rabbits, Oct. 7–Dec. 1; raccoon, Oct. 14–Feb. 1; mink, [[322]]otter, muskrat, Oct. 31–March 15; skunk, Oct. 31–Feb. 1. License issued by Town Clerk.
Delaware.—Angling: Non-resident, $3.50. Bass, May 1–Feb. 1. Sunday fishing unlawful. Non-residents may not take lobster. Hunting: Non-resident, $10.50. Quail, partridge, woodcock, rabbit, Nov. 14–Jan. 1; squirrel, Aug. 31–Oct. 16; duck, Oct. 15–Feb. 1; black-bellied and golden plover, yellow-legs, Aug. 16–Nov. 30; reed bird, Sept. 1–Oct. 30. License issued by Commission.
Florida.—No fishing license required. Hunting: Resident, $1.25-$3.50; non-resident, $25. Deer, wild turkey, Nov. 20–Feb. 15; squirrel (Escambia County, Oct. 15–March 1), (Holmes and Walton Counties, Oct. 20–March 1), Nov. 20–Feb. 15; ruffed grouse, imported pheasants (English pheasant in Escambia County no open season), Nov. 20–Dec. 19; duck, goose, brant, black-bellied and golden plover, Wilson snipe, yellow-legs, coot, gallinule, dove, Nov. 20–Jan. 31; woodcock, Nov. 1–Dec. 31; rail (other than coot and gallinule), Nov. 20–30; reedbird, Aug. 16–Nov. 15. License issued by County Judge.
Georgia.—No fishing license required. Season from July 1–Feb. 1. Hunting: Resident $1.00–$3.00; non-resident, $15.00. Deer, Nov. 1–Dec. 31; rabbit, fox, squirrel, unprotected; cat, squirrel, opossum, Oct. 1–Feb. 28; quail, partridge, turkey (gobblers), Nov. 20–Feb. 28; duck, goose, brant, coot, gallinule, Wilson snipe, Nov. 1–Jan. 31; black-bellied and golden plover, yellow-legs, dove, Nov. 20–[[323]]Jan. 31; woodcock, Nov. 1–Dec. 31; rail (other than coot and gallinule), Sept. 1–Nov. 30; reed bird (ricebird), Aug. 16–Nov. 15. License issued by Commission or County Warden.
Idaho.—Hunting and fishing: Resident, $2.00; non-resident, fishing, $3.00, hunting and fishing, $25.00, bird hunting, $5.00. Trout all year, except March, April and May in Franklin, Oneida and Cassia Counties. Seasons vary so much with locality that hunter should apply to Bureau of Fish and Game, at Boise, for regulations.
Illinois.—Angling: Non-resident, $1.25. Hunting, non-resident, $10.50. Rabbit, Nov. 1–Jan. 31; squirrel, July 1–Dec. 1; quail (bob white), Nov. 10–Dec. 10; prairie chicken, Oct. 20–31; duck, goose, brant, Wilson snipe, coot, gallinule, black-bellied and golden plover, yellow-legs, Sept. 16–Dec. 31; rail (other than coot and gallinule), Sept. 1–Nov. 30. License issued by County Clerk.
Indiana.—Angling: Non-resident $1.00. Hunting: Resident, $1.00; non-resident, $15.50, hunting and fishing. Rabbit, April 1–Jan. 10; squirrel, Aug. 1–Dec. 1; quail, ruffed grouse, Nov. 10–Dec. 20; prairie chicken, Oct. 15–Nov. 1; duck, goose, brant, Sept. 16–Dec. 31; woodcock, Oct. 1–Nov. 30; black-bellied and golden plovers, yellow-legs, Wilson snipe or jack snipe, coot, gallinule, Sept. 16–Dec. 20; rail, other than coot and gallinule, Sept. 1–Nov. 30. License issued by Clerk of Circuit Court.
Iowa.—Angling: Non-resident, $2.00 (over 16 years). Hunting: Resident, $1.00; non-resident, [[324]]hunting and fishing, $10.00. Squirrel, Sept. 1–Jan. 1; ruffed grouse, quail, wild turkey, Nov. 1–Dec. 15; duck, goose, brant, Wilson snipe or jacksnipe, coot, gallinule, black-bellied and golden plover, yellow-legs, Sept. 16–Dec. 31; woodcock, Oct. 1–Nov. 30; rail (other than coot and gallinule), Sept. 1–Nov. 30. License issued by County Auditor.
Kansas.—No fishing license required. Hunting: Resident, $1.00; non-resident, $15.00. Fox, squirrel, Aug. 1–Jan. 1; quail, even years, Dec. 1–10; prairie chicken, Sept. 20–30; dove, Sept. 1–Oct. 15; duck, goose, brant, Wilson snipe or jacksnipe, coot, gallinule, black-bellied and golden plover, yellow-legs, Sept. 16–Dec. 31; woodcock, Oct. 1–Nov. 30; rail, other than coot or gallinule, Sept. 1–Nov. 30. License issued by County Clerk.
Kentucky.—No fishing license required. Hunting: Resident, $1.00; non-resident, $7.50. Rabbit, Nov. 15–Dec. 31; squirrel, July 1–Dec. 15; quail, ruffed grouse, Nov. 15–Jan. 1; dove, Sept. 1–Dec. 15; woodcock, Nov. 15–30; duck, goose, brant, Wilson snipe or jacksnipe, coot, gallinule, black-bellied and golden plovers, yellow-legs, Sept. 16–Dec. 31; rail (other than coot and gallinule), Sept. 1–Nov. 30. License issued by County Clerk.
Louisiana.—No fishing license required. Hunting: Resident, $1.00; non-resident, $15.00; deer and bear, $50.00. Bear, Oct. 15–Dec. 31; deer (except in Beauregard, Allen, Rapides, La Salle, Winn, Jackson, Lincoln, Union and parishes north and west of these), Nov. 1–Jan. 15; squirrel, Oct. 1–March 1; [[325]]hare, rabbit, July 1–Feb. 28; dove, Sept. 16–Dec. 31; quail, Nov. 10–March 1; wild turkey (gobblers, Nov. 15–April 1), Nov. 15–Feb. 15; gros-bec (night heron), July 1–Nov. 1; duck, goose, brant, black-bellied and golden plover, Wilson snipe, yellow-legs, rail, coot, gallinule, July 1–Nov. 1. License issued by tax collector.
Maine.—Angling: Non-resident, $3.15. Hunting: Non-resident, $15.00. Deer, Oct. 1–Nov. 30, except in Hancock and Washington Counties, Oct. 15–Dec. 14, and in Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo and York Counties, Nov. 1–30; hare, rabbit, Oct. 1–March 31; gray squirrel, Oct. 1–31; ruffed grouse, partridge, woodcock, Oct. 1–Nov. 30; duck, goose, brant, Wilson snipe, coot, gallinule, Sept. 16–Dec. 31, except waterfowl in Back Bay, Portland; black-bellied and golden plovers, yellow-legs, Aug. 16–Nov. 30, except in Merrymeeting Bay and adjacent towns; rail, other than coot and gallinule, Sept. 1–Nov. 30. Laws subject to change. License issued by State Commissioner of Fisheries and Game, Augusta.
Maryland.—Angling: Non-resident, $5.00. Hunting: Non-resident, $10.25. Rabbit, quail, ruffed grouse, wild turkey (except in Garret County), Nov. 10–Jan. 1; squirrel, Sept. 1–Oct. 15 and Nov. 10–Jan. 1; woodcock, Nov. 10–Dec. 31; dove, Sept. 1–Dec. 15; duck, goose, brant, Wilson snipe, coot, gallinule, Nov. 1–Jan. 31; black-bellied and golden plover, yellow-legs, Aug. 16–Nov. 30; rail (other than coot and gallinule), Sept. 1–Nov. 1; [[326]]reed bird, Sept. 1–Oct. 30. License issued by Clerk of County Court.
Massachusetts.—Angling: Resident, $1.00; non-resident, $2.00. Bass, June 20–Feb. 1; pickerel, May 1–March 1; trout, April 15–August 1; smelt, June 1–March 15. Hunting: Resident, $2.00; non-resident, $10. Deer from sunrise first Monday in December to sunset the following Saturday, inclusive; hare or rabbit, Oct. 20–Feb. 28, except European hares in Berkshire County, unprotected; gray squirrel, quail, ruffed grouse, woodcock, Oct. 20–Nov. 20, except quail in Dukes, Essex, Hampden, Middlesex and Nantucket Counties, protected until 1925; duck, goose, brant, Wilson snipe, gallinule, quark (mudhen), Sept. 16–Dec. 31, except waterfowl in Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes and Nantucket Counties, Oct. 1–Dec. 31; black-bellied and golden plovers, yellow-legs, Aug. 16–Nov. 30; rail (other than coot and gallinule), Sept. 1–Nov. 30. License issued by City or Town Clerk.
Michigan.—Angling: Non-resident, general, $4.00; except brook trout, $2.00. (No fishing license required for those under 18.) Hunting: Resident, deer, $2.50; small game, $1.00; non-resident, deer, $50.00; small game, $10. Deer (male, horns not less than three inches long), Nov. 10–30; rabbit, hare, Oct. 15–Dec. 31, except jack rabbit, Oct. 15–March 1; squirrel (fox), Oct. 15–31; ruffed grouse (partridge), woodcock, Oct. 15–Nov. 20; duck, goose, brant, Wilson snipe, coot, gallinule, Sept. 16–Dec. 31; black-bellied and golden plover, yellow-legs, [[327]]Sept. 16–Dec. 15; rail (other than coot and gallinule), Sept. 1–Nov. 30. License issued by County Clerk, etc.
Minnesota.—Angling: Non-resident, $2.00 (not required under age 16). Hunting: Resident, big game, $2.00; birds, $1; non-resident, animals, $50.00; birds, $15.00. Deer, bull moose, Nov. 10–20; black bear, rabbit, unprotected (except varying hare or snowshoe rabbit, Oct. 15–Mar. 1); squirrel, Oct. 15–March 1; quail, Oct. 15–Nov. 30; ruffed grouse or partridge, Chinese or ring-necked pheasant (male only) in even years, Oct. 15–Nov. 30; prairie chicken or pinnated grouse, white-breasted or sharp-tailed grouse, in odd years, dove, Sept. 16–Oct. 1; woodcock, Oct. 1–Nov. 30; duck, goose, brant, coot, gallinule, Wilson snipe, yellow-legs, Sept. 16–Dec. 31; rail (other than coot or gallinule), Sept. 16–Nov. 30. License issued by County Auditors, etc.
Mississippi.—No fishing license required. Hunting: Non-resident, $20.00. Deer (male), bear, Nov. 15–March 1; rabbit, squirrel, unprotected; quail or partridge, Nov. 1–March 1; wild turkey gobblers, Jan. 1–May 1; dove, Sept. 16–Dec. 31; Wilson snipe (jacksnipe), coot, poule d’eau, gallinule, black-bellied and golden plover, yellow-legs, Nov. 1–Jan. 31; woodcock, Nov. 1–Dec. 31; rail (other than coot and gallinule), Sept. 1–Nov. 30. License issued by Sheriff.
Missouri.—Angling: Resident, $1.00; non-resident, $3.00. Hunting: Resident, $2.50; non-resident, [[328]]$10.00. Deer (buck), wild turkey, Dec. 1–31; squirrel, June 1–Dec. 31; quail (bob white, partridge), Nov. 10–Dec. 31; duck, goose, brant, Wilson snipe, coot, gallinule, black-bellied and golden plovers, yellow-legs, Sept. 16–Dec. 31; woodcock, Nov. 10–30; rail (other than coot and gallinule), Sept. 15–Nov. 30. License issued by Commissioner.
Montana.—Angling: Non-resident, $3.50. Only fishing in state is for Dolly Varden trout, Loch Leven trout, and whitefish, Dec. 1–May 28. Hunting: Resident, $2.00; non-resident, general, $30; birds and fish, $10.00. Deer (male with visible horns), Nov. 1–Dec. 1, except in Carter, Custer, Dawson, Gallatin, Garfield, McCone, Phillips, Powder River, Richland, Roosevelt, Rosebud, Stillwater, Teton, Valley, Yellowstone and part of Fergus County until 1924; elk in Flathead, Glacier, Madison, Park, Ponders, Sweet Grass, Teton and parts of Gallatin, Lewis and Clark (except North Fork Dearborn River, Nov. 6–15, Missoula, and Powell Counties, Oct. 15–Nov. 15); pheasant, partridge, prairie chicken, fool hen, grouse, in Flathead, Lincoln, Missoula and Saunders Counties only Oct. 1–15; duck, goose, brant, black-bellied and golden plover, Wilson snipe, yellow-legs, coot, gallinule, Sept. 16–Dec. 31; rail (other than coot and gallinule), Sept. 1–Nov. 30. License issued by Warden or Deputy.
Nebraska.—Angling: Non-resident, $2.10. Bass (rock, white, striped), black bass, catfish, croppies, perch (white, yellow or ringed), sunfish, pickerel, [[329]]Jan. 1–Dec. 31; trout, pike or pike perch, April 1–Oct. 31; spear fishing for carp, suckers, gars and buffalo all the year. Hunting: Resident, $1.10; non-resident, $10.10. Squirrel, Sept. 16–Dec. 31; prairie chicken, grouse, Oct. 1–Nov. 1; duck, goose, brant, Wilson snipe, black-bellied and golden plover, yellow-legs, coot, gallinule, Sept. 16–Dec. 31; rails (other than coot and gallinule), Sept. 16–Nov. 30. License issued by Commissioner or agent.
Nevada.—Angling: Resident, $1.50; non-resident, $3.00. Hunting: Resident, $1.50; non-resident, $10.00. Deer (male with horns), antelope (with horns), Oct. 14–Nov. 12; prairie chicken, Oct. 1–Jan. 15; sage hen, Aug. 1–Aug. 31; dove, Sept. 1–Dec. 15; duck, goose, brant, coot, gallinule, Wilson snipe, black-bellied and golden plovers, Sept. 16–Dec. 31; rail, Sept. 1–Nov. 30. License issued by County Clerks or Wardens.
New Hampshire.—Angling: Non-resident, $2.15. Hunting: Resident, $1.00; non-resident, $15.00. Deer, Coos County, Oct. 15–Nov 30; Carroll County, Nov. 15–Dec. 15; Grafton County, Nov. 1–Dec. 15; rest of state, Dec. 1–31. Hare, rabbit, Oct. 1–Feb. 28; partridge, ruffed grouse, woodcock, Oct. 1–Nov. 30; duck, goose, brant, Wilson snipe, coot, gallinule, Sept. 16–Dec. 31; black-bellied and golden plover, yellow-legs, Aug. 16–Nov. 30; rails (other than coot and gallinule), Sept. 1–Nov. 30. License issued by Commissioner or agent.
New Jersey.—Angling: Non-resident, $3.25. Hunting: Resident, $1.65; non-resident, $10.50. [[330]]Deer (male, horns visible), Dec. 20 and 27, Jan. 3 and 10; raccoon, Oct. 1–Dec. 15; rabbit, squirrel, quail, ruffed grouse, prairie chicken, English or ring-necked pheasant cocks, Nov. 10–Dec. 15 (except no open season for ring-necked pheasant in parts of Burlington and Camden Counties); duck, goose, brant, Wilson snipe, coot, gallinule, Oct. 16–Jan. 31; black-bellied and golden plovers, yellow-legs, Aug. 16–Nov. 30; woodcock (extra license, $2.00, required, Oct. 1–Nov. 9), Oct. 1–Nov. 30; reed bird, Sept. 1–Oct. 30; rail (marsh hen), other than coot and gallinule, Sept. 1–Nov. 30. License issued by City or Town Clerks, etc.
New Mexico.—Angling: Resident, $1.00; non-resident, $5.00. Hunting: Resident, big game, $1.50; bird, $1.25; big game and bird, $2.25; big game, bird and fish, $2.50. Non-resident, big game, $25.25; bird, $10.25; big game and bird, $30.25; big game, bird and fish, $35.25. Deer (horns at least six inches), squirrel, wild turkey, Nov. 20–30; quail (except bob-white), Nov. 1–Dec. 31; turtle-dove and white-winged dove, black-bellied and golden plover, yellow-legs, Sept. 1–Dec. 15; duck, goose, brant, Wilson snipe, coot, gallinule, Oct. 1–Jan. 15; rail (other than coot and gallinule), Sept. 1–Nov. 30. License issued by County Clerks and deputies.
New York.—Angling: Non-resident, $2.50 (not required under 16 years or in international boundary waters). Trout, March 31–Sept. 1; bass, June 15–Dec. 1. Hunting: Resident, $1.25; non-resident, [[331]]$10.50. Deer (horns not less than three inches), Oct. 15–Nov. 15, exceptions in towns of Jackson, Salem and White Creek, Washington County, Nov. 7–19; Columbia, Delaware, Greene, Orange, Rensselaer, Sullivan and Ulster Counties, Nov. 1–15; varying hare, rabbit, Oct. 15–March 1; squirrel, Oct. 15–Nov. 15, except no open season in Niagara County; grouse, partridge, Oct. 1–Nov. 15, except Orange, Sullivan and Westchester Counties, Nov. 15–30; pheasant (male), Oct. 19–26 and Nov. 4 and 11, except in Essex and Washington Counties no open season until 1924; Wilson snipe (jacksnipe), coot, gallinule, Sept. 16–Dec. 31, except south of main line N. Y. Central Railroad, Buffalo to Albany, and Boston and Albany Railroad Albany to Massachusetts boundary, Oct. 16–Dec. 31; black-bellied and golden plover, yellow-legs, Aug. 16–Nov. 30; woodcock, Oct. 1–Nov. 15; rail, other than gallinule, Sept. 1–Nov. 30. License issued by City, County and Town Clerks. See also Long Island.
Long Island, N. Y.—Squirrel, quail, ruffed grouse, pheasant, Nov. 1–Dec. 31; varying hare, Oct. 15–Mar. 1; cotton tail rabbit, Nov. 1–Dec. 31; waterfowl, Wilson snipe, coot, mudhen, gallinule, Oct. 16–Jan. 31; black-bellied and golden plover, yellow-legs, Aug. 16–Nov. 30; woodcock, Oct. 1–Nov. 15; rail, Sept. 1–Nov. 30. License issued by City, County and Town Clerks.
North Carolina.—Hunting: Duck, goose, brant, Wilson snipe, coot, gallinule, Nov. 1–Jan. 31; black-bellied and golden plover, yellow-legs, dove, [[332]]Sept. 1–Dec. 15; woodcock, Nov. 1–Dec. 31; rail (other than coot and gallinule), Sept. 1–Nov. 30; reed bird (ricebird), Aug. 16–Nov. 15. For the numerous license regulations in the various counties, address Secretary of the Audubon Society, Raleigh, N. C.
North Dakota.—No fishing license required. Season June 1–Oct. 15. Hunting: Resident, $1.50; non-resident, $25.00. Deer (male with horns), Nov. 21–30; prairie chicken, sharp-tailed grouse, black-bellied and golden plover, yellow-legs, Wilson snipe, Sept. 16–Oct. 16; ruffed grouse in Bottineau, Cavalier, Pembina and Roulette Counties, Oct. 1–10; duck, goose, brant, Sept. 16–Dec. 1; coot, gallinule, Sept. 16–Dec. 31; woodcock, Oct. 1–16; rail (other than coot and gallinule), Sept. 1–Nov. 30. License issued by Commissioner, deputy or County Auditor.
Ohio.—Angling: Non-resident, $2.00. Hunting: Resident, $1.25; non-resident, general, $15.25. Hare, rabbit, Nov. 15–Jan. 1; squirrel, Sept. 15–Oct. 20; ruffed grouse, cock pheasant, Hungarian partridge, Nov. 15–25; duck, goose, brant, Wilson snipe, black-bellied and golden plover, yellow-legs, coot, gallinule, Sept. 16–Dec. 31; woodcock, Oct. 1–Nov. 30; rail (other than coot and gallinule), Nov. 1–30. License issued from County and Township Clerks.
Oklahoma.—No fishing license required. Season, May 1–Feb. 1. Hunting: Resident, $1.25; non-resident, $15. Deer (male with horns), Nov. 15–[[333]]Dec. 15; bear, unprotected, except in Blaine, Caddo, Comanche, Kiowa and Major Counties; quail, Dec. 1–31; duck, goose, brant, Wilson snipe, coot, gallinule, Oct. 16–Jan. 31; black-bellied and golden plover, yellow-legs, dove, Sept. 1–Dec. 15; woodcock, Nov. 1–Dec. 31; rail (other than coot and gallinule), Sept. 1–Nov. 30. License issued by Warden, deputy or County Clerk.
Oregon.—Angling: Resident, $3.00; non-resident, $3.00 (not required of female). Trout, April 15–Nov. 13; bass, June 15–April 15. Hunting: Resident, $3.00; game and fish, $5.00; non-resident, $10.00, gun license, $25.00 additional. West of Cascades, deer (male with horns), Aug. 20–Oct. 31; silver-gray squirrel, Sept. 15–Oct. 15; quail, in Coos, Curry, Jackson and Josephine Counties, Oct. 15–31; Chinese pheasant, bob-white quail (except Chinese pheasants in Coos, Curry and Josephine Counties), Oct. 15–31; grouse, native pheasant, Aug. 20–Sept. 20; duck, goose, brant, Wilson snipe, coot, black-bellied and golden plover, yellow-legs, Oct. 1–Jan. 15; rail, Oct. 1–Nov. 30. East of Cascades, deer (male with horns), Aug. 20–Oct. 31; quail (in Klamath County), Oct. 15–31; grouse, native pheasant, Aug. 20–Sept. 20; prairie chicken (Sherman, Union and Wasco Counties), Oct. 15–31; sage hen, July 15–31; Chinese pheasants (Baker, Grant, Hood River, Malheur, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa and Wasco Counties), Oct. 15–31; duck, goose, Wilson snipe, black-bellied and golden plover, yellow-legs, coot, Sept. 16–Dec. 31; rail (other than coot), Sept. [[334]]16–Nov. 30. License issued by County Clerks and agents.
Pennsylvania.—Angling: Resident, $1.00; non-resident, $5.00. Brook trout, April 15–Aug. 1; bass and pike, May 30–Jan. 1. Hunting: Resident, $1.15; non-resident, $10. Deer (male with four-inch horns), Dec. 1–15; bear, Nov. 1–Dec. 15; raccoon, Oct. 1–Jan. 31; hare, rabbit, Nov. 1–Dec. 15; squirrel, quail, ruffed grouse, ring-necked pheasant, Hungarian partridge, wild turkey, Nov. 1–30; duck, goose, brant, Sept. 16–Dec. 31; black-bellied and golden plover, yellow-legs, coot (mudhen), gallinule, Wilson snipe, Sept. 16–Nov. 30; woodcock, Oct. 1–Nov. 30; rail, Sept. 1–Nov. 30; reed bird, Sept. 1–Oct. 30; blackbird, Aug. 1–Nov. 30. License issued by County Treasurer or Justice of the Peace.
Rhode Island.—Angling: Resident, 25 cents; non-resident, $1.15. Bass, pickerel, June 19–Feb. 21; trout, April 1–July 16. Hunting: Resident, $1.25; non-resident, $10.25. Squirrel, hare, rabbit, quail, ruffed grouse, pheasant, Nov. 1–Dec. 31; duck, goose, brant, coot, gallinule, Oct. 1–Jan. 15; black-bellied and golden plover, yellow-legs, Aug. 16–Nov. 30; Wilson snipe, Oct. 1–Nov. 30; woodcock, Nov. 1–30; rail, Sept. 1–Nov. 30. License issued by City and Town Clerks.
South Carolina.—Angling: Non-resident, $3.25. Hunting: Resident, $3.10; non-resident, $15.25. Deer (male), Sept. 1–Jan. 1; bear, rabbit, squirrel, Oct. 1–March 15; quail, wild turkey, Nov. 30–March 1; duck, goose, brant, coot, gallinule, Wilson [[335]]snipe, Nov. 1–Jan. 31; dove, black-bellied and golden plover, yellow-legs, Sept. 1–Dec. 15; rail, Sept. 1–Nov. 30; woodcock, Nov. 1–Dec. 31; reed bird, Aug. 16–Nov. 15; blackbird, Oct. 1–March 31. License issued by County Clerk or Game Warden.
South Dakota.—Angling: Non-resident, $2.00. Trout, April 1–Oct. 1; bass, May 30–March 1; other game fish, May 1–March 1. Hunting: Resident, big game, $5.00; small game, $1.00; non-resident, big game, $25.00; small game, $15.00. Deer (male), Nov. 1–30; partridge, grouse, prairie chicken, black-bellied and golden plover, yellow-legs, Sept. 16–Oct. 15; duck, goose, brant, coot, gallinule, Wilson snipe, Sept. 16–Dec. 31; woodcock, Oct. 1–Nov. 30; rail, Sept. 16–Nov. 30. License issued by Game Warden or County Treasurer.
Tennessee.—No fishing license required except in Blount, Monroe, Polk and Sevier Counties, where it is $2.00. Also on Reelfoot Lake, same. Season, June 15–May 1. Hunting: Resident, $2.00; non-resident, $10.00. Waterfowl (differing in some counties), Nov. 1–Jan. 31; doves, Sept. 1–Dec. 15; quail, Nov. 15–Dec. 31; turkeys, Nov. 15–Jan. 1, and gobblers, also April 1–25; squirrel, June 1–Dec. 31. License issued by County Clerk.
Texas.—No fishing license required. Hunting: Resident, $2.00; non-resident, $15. Deer (male), Nov. 1–Dec. 31; quail, Mexican pheasant, Dec. 1–Jan. 31; wild turkey gobblers (except Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kennedy, McMullen, Starr and Willacy Counties, Nov. 1, 1926), Nov. [[336]]1–Dec. 31; doves, Sept. 1–Dec. 15; duck, goose, brant, Wilson snipe, coot, gallinule, Oct. 16–Jan. 31; black-bellied and golden plover, yellow-legs, Oct. 16–Dec. 15; rail, Oct. 16–Nov. 30. License issued by Commissioner, deputies and County Clerk.
Utah.—Hunting and fishing: Resident, $2.00; non-resident, $2.00; females over 18, $1.00. Deer (male, with horns), Oct. 15–25; dove, Sept. 1–30; duck, goose, coot, gallinule, Oct. 1–Dec. 31 (except waterfowl in Kane, San Juan and Washington Counties, Oct. 1–Jan. 15; duck in Fish Lake Game Preserve, Oct. 1–Nov. 30; rail, Sept. 1–Nov. 30). License issued by License Agents.
Vermont.—Angling: Resident, 75 cents; non-resident, $2.50. Trout in streams, April 15–Aug. 15; in lakes and ponds, May 1–Sept. 15; bass, July 1–Jan. 1; muskalonge, June 15–April 15; pike, May 1–March 1; pickerel, May 1–March 15. Hunting: Resident, 75 cents; non-resident, $10.50. Deer (horns not less than three inches), Nov. 6–18; hare, rabbit, Sept. 15–Feb. 28; quail, Sept. 15–Nov. 30; ruffed grouse, woodcock, Oct. 1–31; duck, goose, brant, coot, gallinule, Sept. 16–Dec. 31; black-bellied and golden plover, yellow-legs, Wilson or English snipe, Sept. 16–Nov. 30. License issued by Town Clerk.
Virginia.—Angling: Non-resident, $2.50 (no fishing license required east of Blue Ridge). Hunting: Resident, $3.00; non-resident, $10.00. Deer, Oct. 1–Feb. 1, with numerous exceptions in various counties; elk, Dec. 15–31, with exceptions; rabbit, [[337]]Nov. 1–Feb. 1, with some exceptions in certain counties; squirrel, Aug. 15–Feb. 1, exceptions in certain counties; quail, pheasant, turkey, Nov. 1–Feb. 1, with a few exceptions in certain counties; doves, Sept 1–Dec. 15, exceptions; duck, goose, brant, Wilson snipe, Nov. 1–Jan. 31, with a few exceptions; coot, mudhen, gallinule, Nov. 1–Jan. 1, with a few county exceptions; black-bellied and golden plover, yellow-legs, Aug. 16–Nov. 30, with some exceptions; woodcock, Nov. 1–Dec. 31; rail, Sept. 1–Nov. 30, with exceptions; reed bird, Aug. 16–Nov. 15. License issued by Clerk of County or Corporate Court.
Washington.—Angling: Resident, $1.50; non-resident, $2.50. Hunting: Resident, $7.50; non-resident, $10. West of Cascades, deer, bear and upland game birds, season fixed by county game commissions; duck, goose, brant, coot, black-bellied and golden plover, Wilson snipe, yellow-legs, Oct. 1–Jan. 15; rail, Oct. 1–Nov. 30. East of Cascades, deer, bear, upland game birds as above; duck, goose, brant, coot, Wilson snipe, black-bellied and golden plover, yellow-legs, Oct. 1–Dec. 31; rail, Oct. 1–Nov. 30. License issued by County Auditors.
West Virginia.—Hunting and fishing: Resident, $1.00; non-resident, $15.00. Salmon, May 1–April 1; bass, June 1–April 1; trout, May 1–Aug. 1. Rabbit, Oct. 1–Dec. 31; squirrel, Sept. 1–Nov. 30; ruffed grouse, turkey, Oct. 15–Nov. 30; quail, Nov. 1–30; duck, goose, brant, Oct. 15–Dec. 31; coot, gallinule, Sept. 16–Dec. 31; Wilson snipe (jacksnipe), Oct. 15–Dec. 14; black-bellied and golden plover, yellow-legs, [[338]]Sept. 16–Dec. 31; woodcock, Oct. 15–Nov. 30; rail (ortolan), Sept. 16–Nov. 30. License issued by County Clerk.
Wisconsin.—Angling: Non-resident, $3.00; all fish except trout, $2.00. Fishing license not required in outlying waters or of person under 16. Trout, May 1–Sept. 1; bass, June 15–March 1; other game fish, May 30–March 1. Hunting: Resident, $1.00; non-resident, $50.00; all game except deer, $25.00. Squirrel, Oct. 15–Jan. 1; grouse and partridge, Oct. 3–9; prairie chicken, Sept. 6–26; duck, Sept. 16–Dec. 20; rabbit, Oct. 24–Jan. 16. License issued by Commission.
Wyoming.—Angling: Non-resident, $3.00. Hunting: Resident, birds, $1.50; general, $2.50; non-resident, birds, $5.00; general, $50.00; bear, $25.00. Deer (with horns), Sept. 15–Oct. 15; elk, Sept. 15–Nov. 15; sheep, Sept. 15–Nov. 15; sage grouse, Aug. 1–15; duck, goose, coot, gallinule, black-bellied and golden plover, Wilson snipe, yellow-legs, Sept. 16–Dec. 16; rail, Sept. 1–Nov. 30. [[339]]