The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-30
Let's Go Fishing
RAPID DECLINE
OF WATERFOWL
SEEN IN STATE
G9n:?e WardenS Report Only
Small Number of
MaIIard Ducks.
BY LEFTY LEE
Times Fishing Editor

The alarming stories from all
parts Of the country about the rapid
decline Of our waterfowl are sup
ported in the report from the
Jasper-Pulaski game preserve Of the
conservation department. 1t shows
that Wardens are feeding about 500
mallard ducks on the pond at the
preserve and this number only is
about one-third of the usual popu-
lation.
Routine work is being carried on
at the different game preserves in
the state at the present time
Vermin control and the feeding and
care Of the birds and animals &C
Cupy the time Of the crews that
have been reduced to three men
Three artificial lakes are being built
by the f. c. w. at the Brown
county game preserve, which should
help game conditions considerably
The fine weather Tuesday was too
much for John and Nels Beam and
Rus Miller and they hit the road for
one of their favorite fishing holes.
The writer spent a few hours on
Westlake and returned with a limit
catch.
Each of the state fish hatcheries
now is being operated by one man.
Feeding Of breeders and the repair
Of equipment occupy the time The
Ayoca and WaWaSee hatcheries have
been closed for the winter with only
a caretaker in charge. During the
comm gmOnth plans will be made
for a greater production of fish next
year at the least possible cost.
Ohio Burkhart, a-dyed-in-the-
wool fisherman from the Citizens
Motor Car Company. has been max
ing the trip to Gano's camp on the
Monon creek every weekend and
the fish has been biting fine for
him. Last Sunday there was plenty
OF room on the creek, Burkhart and
his party being the only persons out.
The department Of conservation.
division of fish and game, is con-
sldering swap with the different
sportsmen's clubs of the state of a
live quail for each dead crow turned
in. In this manner they expect to
rid the state of thousands of these
pests.
A hunter came back from a trip
down in Scott county with a report
that he took a wild turkey and a
prairie chicken. Our guess is that
some farmer is short one of his pet
turkeys and that one of the pleas
ent planted by the conservation de-
partment is missing.
A series of meetings in TWENTY
nine counties of southern Indiana
are being held in an effort to as
certain the sentiment in those local
tiles regarding the establishment
OF deer in Indiana. Future action
of the department of conservation
will depend on the results of these
meetings.
This is what may be called CO.
operation. The department of en-
tomolOgy is donating 200 bushels of
corn. The division of lands and
waters is cracking the corn and the
division Of fish and game is dis
tributing the cracked corn to the
conservation clubs of the state,
which Will see that it is available
for the ultimate consumer, the game
birds, during heavy SHOWS this win
ter
10 NF 0f
the Central Indiana Rifle League
shows some fine scoring on the part
OF the shoulder to- shoulder section
that shoots at Tomlinson hall. the
Greeneld Rifle Team nosing out the
Hoosier Rifle Club for top honors
asa to 463. Results of this match
are.
Hoosier. 463; Plainheld. 452;
Greenfield. 464; Pennsylvania Rail
road. 448 Eli Lilly. 446; Indianapo-
lis, 800; Shelbyville. 400 and Ele-
venth infantry. $50.
In the correspondence section the
Danville Rife Club defeated Burris
School Rifle Team. 429 to 423 The
TippeCanOe and VinCenneS Rifle
Teams fired counts of ass and 449,
but the scores Of their opponents,
the Terre Haute and Chrysler Rifle
teams have not been received to
date High individual score Of the
week went to P w. Hawkins of the
Greenfield team with a score of Sc.
J. Emert, Shelbyville. T. Russell,
Plainfeld and R. Connolly of the
HooSier Rifle Club tied for runner
up hOnorS with scores Of 95. Cor
poral Cotton and R. Gent of the
Eleventh infantry and Eli Lilly
teams we're next with SO.