The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-15
Let's Go Fishing
OKLAHOMA ACTS
TO OPERATE 125
CAME HAUNTS
Goal Is to Produce More
Quail Than Farms Do
in 10 Years.
BY LEFTY LEE
Times Fishing Editor


in new plan to restore bob white
quail in Oklahoma after the ex-
penditure in that state Of millions
Of dollars and enforcement Of re-
strictive legislation for twenty-four
years in futile attempt to increase
Americas most popular game bird,
according to the More Game Birds
Foundation. Establishment Of a
system Of 125 state-Operated game
preserves where nature would be
aided in eventually producing in one
year more quail than state game
farms turn out in ten, is the plan
inaugurated. The preserves will act
as reservoirs with the natural over
flow Of birds relied upon to restock
the state instead of promiscuous
annual restocking methods employed
IN other states. A survey by the
Oklahoma game department has re-
vealed that in one season 100 900
sportsmen took approximately 500
600 quail The total output from
the state game farm and other
sources this year was 5000 birds.
Obviously the water IS running
out much faster at the open end of
the barrel than we are pouring it
in at the bung hole" Robert P.
Chandler, state game warden points
out. But the one state game farm
and a score like it can not hope to
produce quail as rapidly as they are
killed annually. We propose to es-
tabllSh annually a managed game
preserve in each Of twenty-five dis
tricts throughout the state. These
areas will be selected carefully and
predatory animals and birds con-
trOlled Systematically. The depart
ment then will plant quail on each
managed preserve, hunting will be
prohibited there and the birds will
be fed during severe billiards.. Such
a project will serve not only to in
crease the quail population of that
immediate vicinity but will be an
object lesson for those willing to
put out a little money and effort
each year.
"A similar area will be added to
each district each year for a period
of five years. Individuals and
groups can be encouraged to devel-
op private shooting preserves for the
reason that the more who do so will
mean just that many off the public
shooting grounds. The value of
private fishing grounds already is
demonstrated by the success of the
many private fishing lakes in the
state. Those who depend upon pub
JIG waters for their fishing have en-
iOyed better sport in recent years
because of the fact that thousands
of fishermen have their own fishing
grounds"
John Rusie and Bob Reagan, two
nimrods from The Times, have tried
their luck since the rabbit season
opened. The four members Of the
party with Reagan returned with
twenty-One Dummies while Rusie's
luck was not so good.
Roy Phillips travelled to Madison,
Ind, for his birds and returned we'll
satisfied although he encountered
a high wind and the birds were fly
ing straight Up when flushed. Phil
lips is a real sportsman and it does
not take limit bags for him to en-
Joy himself on these trips in the
open.
COOt and teal are still coming in
at lakes Chapman, Barbee, SecriSt,
WaWaSee and other northern lakes.
The hunters have turned from these
birds to the quail and rabbit, but
if you are a duck hunter the sport
still is good in that part of the
state.
Ohio Burkhardt of the Citizens
Motor Car Company proved he was
one of the anglers who could take
it when he f1shed the Monon creek
at the Gano camp last Saturday
and Sunday. The reward was wait
ing for him, however, and he re
turned with a string of tWenty-siX
crappie and two bass. The bass
were large mouth, one weighing
three and one-half pounds and the
other over the one-pound mark
Burkhardt, after he had cleaned his
fish, saved the heads and took them
with him to the shop Monday
morning to convince the boys. Be
fore showing the boys Burkhardt
told all who would listen how they
were biting on live minnoWs on the
MOnon, and when they started the
ieering he calmly walked to his car,
took out the evidence and made
them like it. The weight of the
twenty-siX crappie was seventeen
pounds, a real string.
Among the east side nimrods who
found the rabbits when the season
opened were Charlie Stitch and
Charlie Parsley. Both of these boys
are real fishermen, but when rab-
bit season is on the fishing poles
go to the attic.
Lee Emmelmann has been among
the missing for a few days, so YOU
can put that down as another
hunting trip.