Migratory Bird laws Protect Snow Geese But Will Permit Shooting of Wood Duck WASHINGTON Aug 21 CUP UP- UP Secretary of the Interior Harold L. L Ickes ekes Thursday the 1941 rules for hunting migratory game birds including day 60 duck seas seasOns ns throughout the country and a daily bag limit of 10 ducks Changes in the rules removed canvasbacks and ruddy ducks from the he that are limited to three in the daily bag legalized in 15 5 stat states s the possession of one wood duck provided an open season eason for Puerto Rico transferred transferred trans- trans erred Ohio to the northern zone and New Mexico to the southern zone one and prohibited the use of i cattle horses or mules as blinds Other new rules closed the seaon season season sea- sea son on on Wilsons Wilson's snipes jack- jack reduced the mourning d love dove ve season to a maximum of 42 days increased the goose blue-goose bag limit to six a day if no other geese are taken closed the the- season on snow geese in Idaho to prevent hunters from killing the rare trumpeter swan which is sometimes some some- some some- times imes confused with the snow goose and provided special three- three week a-week b bag g limits for geese in heavy concentration areas in Hyde county N. N C. C Alexander county Ill and Siskiyou county Ca Cal Seasons Listed The day 60 waterfowl season begins begins be be- gins ginson on October 1 In Wyoming and Montana Montana Mon- Mon tana ana October 16 in Colorado Utah Idaho Nevada Washington Washing Washing- ton Oregon and California November November No No- vember 2 in New Mexico and Anzona Arizona Arizona Ari Ari- zona October 1 in fur districts one and three of Alaska and on September 1 in the rest of the ter ten The mourning dove season season sea sea- son son shortened to a maxim maximum urn of 42 consecutive days extends from September 1 to October 12 in Anzona Arizona Arizona Ari Ari- zona California Nevada and New Mexico September 1 to September Septem Septem- ber ben 10 in Idaho The season on rails and gallinules gallinules gallinules gal- gal except coots is from September September September Sep Sep- 1 to November 30 sive California Hawaii Idaho Montana Nevada Oregon and Washington have no open season winged White-winged doves September 1 to September 15 in Arizona Ban tailed Band tailed Band tailed pigeons September 16 to September 30 in Arizona New Mexico Mexica and Washington December December December De De- De- De cember 1 to 15 in California September September September Sep Sep- 1 to 15 in Oregon Bag Limits Set Ducks Ten Ducks Ten a day or on 20 in possession possession possession pos pos- session the same as last year However one wood duck may be included this year Three buffleheads buffleheads buffleheads heads or three redheads or three of these species together may be bein bein bein in the daily bag and six among the ducks possessed Ca Canvasbacks and ruddy ducks formerly grouped with the redheads and buffleheads were restored to the list of species with the bag 10 and possession 20 limits Geese and anti brant except snow geese in Idaho snow geese and brant in Atlantic coast states and andRoss andRoss andRoss' andRoss Ross Ross' geese geese throughout the country country country coun coun- try all of which may may not be hunted hunt hunt- ed three ed-three three a day or six in posses posses- sion In addition hunters may take three blue geese a day and they may have six six- blue blue geese in possession possession possession pos pos- session in addition to the general six-goose six limit The Tle original three or six may also include or consist entirely of blue geese and andt it t is thus possible for a hunter to take ake si six blue geese a day or have 12 in possession if he takes take or possesses possesses possesses pos pos- no other kinds of geese The special week three-a-week limit in n Hyde county N. N C. C Alexander county Ill III and Siskiyou county Cal is an experiment in federal game management which will be closely watched Ickes said Re show that in recent years the goose kills in these counties have been altogether too heavy Rails and gallinules except sora and co coot t 15 15 in the aggregate aggregate aggregate gate of all aU kinds sora 15 coot 25 woodcock four mourning and winged white d doves 12 in the aggregate aggregate aggregate ag ag- ag- ag of all kinds kind tailed band-tailed pigeons 10 Possession limits on sora coot rails gallinules doves and pigeons are the same as the daily dally bag limits limits lim Jim its but hunters may have eight woodcocks or two days' days bag in possession