for any person, company, firm, or corporation to buy, offer to buy, or sell or offer for sale, or have in possession for sale, or to transport or carry for purposes of trade, sale, barter, or exchange, the skin, hide, horns, hams or other flesh of any deer, elk, moose, mountain sheep, or spotted fawn, except as hereinafter provided. Any person who shall lawfully kill deer during the open season named in this act, not to exceed five deer, may make an affidavit before any justice of the peace, setting forth the date of killing of each deer and that the same was killed by the affiant; and said justice of the peace taking said affidavit shall, unless he have reason to believe that said affidavit is false or that the affiant has violated this act, thereupon deliver to the affiant one leather tag, of the character hereinafter described, for the hide of each deer covered by said affidavit, not exceeding five in all; and the person so receiving such tag or tags shall securely fasten with wire one tag to each deerskin, and shall thereupon be entitled to offer said deerskin for sale or exchange or transportation to any point within the state. The tags above referred to shall be designed and issued by the state game and forestry warden, and shall bear a stamp impressed by him containing a number and the year of issue and such other words or figures as he may determine. Such tags shall be numbered consecutively, beginning with number one each year, and shall be distributed by him to the various county clerks and clerks of the county courts of this state, to be distributed to such justices of the peace as may apply therefor. Each county clerk or clerk of the county court shall receipt to the game and forestry warden for the tags so received by him, and shall take from each justice of the peace to whom he shall issue any of such tags a receipt in duplicate, one copy of which he shall file in his office and the other of which he shall forward to the game and forestry warden. Each justice taking any such affidavit and issuing any such tags shall enter upon each affidavit the number of the tags issued by him to the affiant, and he shall forward to the county clerk or clerk of the county court, as the case may be, within five days from the close of the open season for deer in each year, all such affidavits and all unused tags, and said clerk shall forward all of the same to the game and forestry warden. Such affidavit may also be taken by and filed with any county clerk of the county court of any county, who may issue tags direct to affiants under the regulations hereinbefore mentioned. The fees of the county clerks, clerks of the county court, and justices of the peace for taking the affidavits hereinbefore required shall be the same as provided by general law for the same purpose, and each justice of the peace transmitting any such affidavits may make an additional charge to the affiant of ten cents therefor. No tag shall be issued to any person in any year for any deer hide after the expiration of five days from the close of the open season for deer, nor shall more than five of such tags ever be issued to one person in any one year. It shall be unlawful for any person to buy, sell, or offer for sale, or receive for any purpose, or transport or carry any deer hide within this state, unless the same shall have attached thereto a leather tag as hereinbefore provided. Any person who

shall willfully make a false affidavit for the purpose of securing any tag hereinbefore mentioned, or who shall counterfeit or alter, or attempt to counterfeit or alter, any such tag issued by the state game and forestry warden, shall be guilty of a violation of this act, and shall be punished as hereinafter provided. [L. 1901, p. 218, § 5.]

§ 2013. Silver Gray Squirrel.

It shall be unlawful at any time between the first day of January and the first day of October of any year to hunt, pursue, take, kill, injure, or destroy any silver gray squirrel (Sciurus fossor): Provided however, that the provisions of this section shall not be construed to apply to any squirrel that burrows in the ground. [L. 1901, p. 220, § 6.]

$ 2014. Ducks, Geese, Swan.

Except in the counties of Jackson, Klamath, and Lake, it shall be unlawful at any time between the first day of March and the first day of September of any year to take, kill, injure, destroy, or have in possession, sell, or offer for sale, barter, or exchange any wild goose, wild swan, mallard duck, wood duck, teal, spoonbill, gray, black, sprigtail, or canvasback duck. In the counties of Jackson, Klamath, and Lake it shall be unlawful at any time between the first day of January and the fifteenth day of September of any year to take, kill, injure, destroy, or have in possession, sell or offer for sale, barter, or exchange, any of the wild fowls or game birds mentioned in this section; and it shall be unlawful at any time for any person to kill or destroy any greater number than one hundred of the hereinbefore enumerated ducks in one week, or more than fifty in any one day. It shall be unlawful at any time to shoot at, or take, or kill, or attempt to take, kill, injure, or destroy, by any means, any wild goose on any island or sand bar, in or along the Columbia river and within this state east of the Cascade mountains, on which wild geese habitually rest or roost: Provided however, that in the county of Coos the season during which it shall be lawful to take or kill the fowl mentioned in this section shall be from the first day of August in each year to the first day of February in the following year, and it shall be unlawful in the said county of Coos to take, kill, injure, destroy, or have in possession, sell or offer for sale, barter, or exchange, any of the said fowl between the first day of February and the first day of August in each year, and all the provisions of this section shall apply to the said county of Coos, except as to the time of the open season. [L. 1901, p. 220, § 7.]

§ 2015. Water Rail and Upland Plover.

It shall be unlawful at any time between the first day of January and the first day of August of any year to take, kill, injure, destroy, or have in possession, or to sell, or offer for sale, barter, or exchange, any water rail or any upland plover. [L. 1901, p. 221, § 8.]

$ 2016. Sink Box, Sink Boat, Sneak Boat, Skiff, or Other Boat.

It shall be unlawful at any time to use any sink box, sneak boat, skiff or other boat on the Columbia river or any of its tributaries (except the Willamette and its tributaries above Oregon City) in the State of Oregon, for the purpose of shooting wild ducks, geese, swan or other waterfowl therefrom. It shall be unlawful at any time to use any sink box, sink boat or sneak boat on any waters of the State of Oregon for the purpose of shooting wild ducks, geese, swan, or other waterfowl therefrom. [L. 1901, p. 221, § 10.]

§ 2017. Batteries, Swivel Guns, etc.

It shall be unlawful to use any battery, swivel or pivot gun, or other gun than the one to be held in the hands and fired from the shoulder, either from the shore or on a boat, raft, or other device, on the Columbia river, or any lake or river in the State of Oregon, at any time for the purpose of shooting wild ducks, geese, swan, or other waterfowl. [L. 1901, p. 221, § 11.]

$ 2018. Fire, Flashlight, etc.

It shall be unlawful at any time between one hour after sunset and one half hour before sunrise to fire off any gun, or build any fire, or flash any light, or burn any powder or other inflammable substance upon the margin or in the vicinity of or upon any lake, pond, slough or other feeding grounds frequented by wild ducks, geese, swan, or other waterfowl in the State of Oregon, with intent to shoot, kill, or disturb any of such waterfowl: Provided however, that it shall be lawful to shoot ducks and geese in or upon grainfields at any time to prevent the destruction of grain or growing crops. [L. 1901, p. 221, § 12.]

$ 2019. Blinds, etc.

It shall be unlawful for any person to build or use any blind or other structure in any public lake or river in the State of Oregon, or in the Columbia river, or in any lake in the State of Oregon which is not wholly owned by himself, his lessor or licensor, which stands more than one hundred (100) feet out from the shore or margin of such lake or river, for the purpose of shooting wild ducks, geese, swan, or other waterfowl therefrom at any time. [L. 1901, p. 222, § 13.]

$ 2020. Prairie Chicken, Grouse, Native Pheasant or Ruffled Grouse, RingNecked or China (Torquatus) Pheasant, Quail, Bobwhite Quail, and Partridge Limit Ten Birds.

Except as provided in sections 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026, it shall be unlawful at any time between the first day of December of each year and the first day of October of the following year, to hunt, pursue, take, kill, injure, destroy, or have in possession, except for scientific or

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breeding purposes, or to sell or offer for sale, barter, or exchange, any prairie chicken, grouse, native pheasant (sometimes called ruffled grouse), ring-necked or China (torquatus) pheasant, quail, bobwhite quail, or partridge; and it shall be unlawful within the State of Oregon for any person to kill, capture, or destroy any greater number than ten of the game birds enumerated in this section in one day: Provided, that in Douglas county prairie chicken, native pheasant, ring-necked or China (torquatus) [pheasant], quail, bobwhite quail, and partridge (limit ten birds); except as provided in sections 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026, it shall be unlawful at any time between the first day of December of each year and the first day of September of the following year (grouse, ruffled grouse, between the first day of December of each year and the first day of August of the following year,) to hunt, pursue, take, kill, injure, destroy, or have in possession, except for scientific or breeding purposes, or to sell or offer for sale, barter, or exchange, any prairie chicken, native pheasant, ring-necked or China (torquatus) pheasant, quail, bobwhite quail, or partridge; and it shall be unlawful within the county of Douglas for any person to kill, capture, or destroy any greater number than ten of the game birds enumerated in this section in one day. [L. 1901, p. 222, § 14.]

§ 2021. East of the Cascade Mountains (Except County of Wasco): Pheasant, Quail.

It shall be unlawful at any time in that portion of the State of Oregon lying east of the Cascade mountains, except in the county of Wasco, to hunt, pursue, take, kill, injure, destroy, or have in possession, except for scientific or breeding purposes, or to sell or offer for sale, barter, or exchange, any pheasant, except native pheasants (sometimes called ruffled grouse), or any quail, except bobwhite quails; or to hunt, pursue, take, kill, injure, destroy, or have in possession, except for scientific or breeding purposes, or to sell or offer for sale, barter, or exchange, any sage hen, sage cock, grouse, or native pheasant (sometimes called ruffled grouse) at any time between the first day of November of each year and the first day of August of the following year. [L. 1901, p. 223, § 15.]

§ 2022. East of the Cascade Mountains (Except the County of Wasco): Prairie Chicken.

It shall be unlawful in that portion of the State of Oregon lying east of the Cascade mountains, except in the county of Wasco, to hunt, pursue, take, kill, injure, destroy, or have in possession, except for scientific or breeding purposes, or to sell or offer for sale, barter, or exchange, any prairie chicken at any time between the date of the passage of this act and the fifteenth day of August, 1903; and from and after said fifteenth day of August, 1903, it shall be unlawful in that portion of the State of Oregon lying east of the Cascade mountains, except in the county of Wasco, to hunt, pursue, take, kill, injure, destroy, or have in possession, except for scientific or breeding purposes, or to sell or offer for sale, barter,

or exchange, any prairie chicken at any time between the fifteenth day of November of each year and the fifteenth day of August of the following year. [L. 1901, p. 223, § 16.]

§ 2023. Bobwhite Quail.

It shall be unlawful in that portion of the State of Oregon lying east of the Cascade mountains, except in Klamath and Lake counties, to hunt, pursue, take, kill, injure, destroy, or have in possession, except for scientific or breeding purposes, or to sell or offer for sale, barter, or exchange, any bobwhite quail at any time between the date of the passage of this act and the fifteenth day of October, 1905; and from and after said fifteenth day of October, 1905, it shall be unlawful in said portion of the State of Oregon, to hunt, pursue, take, kill, injure, or destroy or to have in possession, except for scientific or breeding purposes, or to sell or offer for sale, barter, or exchange, any bobwhite quail between the first day of December of each year and the fifteenth day of October of the following year. [L. 1901, p. 223, § 17.]

§ 2024. Wasco County: Prairie Chicken, Quail.

It shall be unlawful in the county of Wasco at any time between the fifteenth day of October of each year and the first day of August of the following year, or at any time when the ground is covered with snow sufficient for tracking, to hunt, pursue, take, kill, injure, destroy, or have in possession, except for scientific or breeding purposes, or to sell or offer for sale, barter, or exchange, any prairie chicken; or to hunt, pursue, take, kill, injure, destroy, or have in possession, except for scientific or breeding purposes, or to sell or offer for sale, barter, or exchange, any quail at any time between the fifteenth day of October of each year and the first day of August of the following year. [L. 1901, p. 224, § 18.]

2025. Tillamook County: Ruffled Grouse, Ring-Necked or China (Torquatus) Pheasant, Blue Grouse.

It shall be unlawful in the county of Tillamook at any time between the date of the passage of this act and the fifteenth day of September, 1904, to hunt, pursue, kill, take, injure, destroy, or have in possession, except for scientific or breeding purposes, or to sell or offer for sale, barter, or exchange, any native pheasant (sometimes called ruffled grouse), or any ring-necked or China (torquatus) pheasant; and from and after said fifteenth day of September, 1904, it shall be unlawful in the county of Tillamook to hunt, pursue, take, kill, injure, destroy, or have in possession, except for scientific or breeding purposes, or to sell, offer for sale, barter, or exchange, any native pheasant (sometimes called ruffled grouse), or any ring-necked or China (torquatus) pheasant at any time between the first day of December of each year and the fifteenth day of September of the following year; and it shall be unlawful in the county of Tillamook to hunt, pursue, take, kill,