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Show HEW LAWS COT i HUNTING SEASON i Bag Limit Now Includes Birds ' Killed by Persons Assisting the Hunters. AIRPLANE SHOOTING BARRED Tendency to Tighten Restrictions on Hunting of Bird and Big aim U Shown In Federal and State Law for 1021. Washington. A tendency to tighten the restrictions on the hunting of birds and big game Is noted In the camo laws for 1021, a summary of which, both federal nnd state, has been compiled by the federal biological sur-vey. sur-vey. Among tho notable changes made during the present year was the amending of the mlgrntory bird treaty act regulations with respect to bag limits. This amendment provides that the laUy bag limit of any person shall now Include "all birds taken by uny other person who for hire accompanies r assists him In talcing migratory birds." This will put an end to the abuse of privileges under the regulations regula-tions regarding the prescribed dally bag limits by persons who claim that birds were killed by guides accompanying accom-panying them. Waterfowl Season. The federal waterfowl season for California was Used from October 1 (o January 15, replacing the old sea-hon sea-hon of October 10 to January 31, the season now being the same under both federal nnd state laws. Regulation 9, governing tho Issuauco of federal .scientific permits, was amended to permit the Issuance of limited nnd special spe-cial permits. State legislation harmonized federal and state laws on waterfowl and shore birds In Kansas nnd Oregon, nnd on waterfowl In Pennsjlvunln nnd Ithode. Island ; Washington prescribed a state-Wide state-Wide open season on all migratory game birds from October 1 to January in, .thus deviating from the federal regulations, which supersede the stnte law, east of the Cascade mountain, where It wll now be possible to hunt migratory gome birds only from October Octo-ber 1 to December 31, without violating violat-ing either fqderal or state law; In Idaho the open season on migratory ( game birds has been shortened under Mtale law two weeks by opening Octo- , her I, Instead of September 10, and . extending to December 31. ! Bar Airplanes. ' Idaho, Kunsas, Montana, Nebraska, Ne-braska, Oregon and Washington enacted enact-ed legislation similar to the federal filntion prohibiting hunting from lanes. Colorado reduced the bag t on ducks from 20 to 15 a day, while Kansas Increased the limit from ISO to 23. In New Jersey reedblrds were protested at all times by being placet) In the uongnme class. The open season for woodcock waa short-ifted short-ifted 25 days In Michigan, two weeks In New York and one month In Ver- j mont. Doves were protected until 1024 In Colorado, and In Kansas an open season ou them was provided from September 1 to October 15. i In general, seasons on Dig game ere shortened nnd hunting further restricted. Buck laws were enacted In Michigan, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont nnd In Washington east of the Cascades. Maine protected spike bucks and prescribed, pre-scribed, that one of the two deer allowed al-lowed In the eight northern counties must be nWantlcred buck, and provided pro-vided that In two of the comities only j I residents may hunt deer during the i i last two weeks of the open season. ' Bull moose were protected for five years In Maine. |