The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-22
Let's Go Hunting
OUTLOOK FOR
WEEKEND Good,
HUNTERS TOLD
WardenS Report Cold Snap
Has Aided Search for
Game in State.
BY LEFTY LEE
BY LEFTY LEE
Times Hunting Editor

The weekly report of the ward
ems from the different sections of
the state tell of some fine sport en-
joyed by hunters and fishermen dur
ing the week. In some of the local
tiles, the sport has been the best,
while other sections are finding the
game scarce. Rabbit hunters seem
to have stopped trying for the bun
MES, but the night hunters and
trappers are enjoying themselves.
Warden Eaton reports from War
saw that the lakes and streams are
very low and the fishing very poor.
The report also states that very few
hunters are in the field. The Cisco
fishing season closed Wednesday.
The. Wardens caught between 1900
and TOO pounds and they were dis
tributed, to the needy of two coun-
ties. -Four more gill nets were turned
into the Tippecanoe conservation
Club making a total of twenty nets
turned in since the club was Or
ganized The membership Of this
club has now grown to 147
A new method to beat the Law
was discovered in this section Of
the state, a hunter being found
getting the rabbits from their bur
rows with a fitchew. The fitcheW,
a European polecat, will do the
same work as a ferret but the hun
ter, while violating the spirit of
the law, is trying to escape the
~ I.rr 1of Rfahn-rr
and ferret are different animals
and that the law clearly reads that
hunting with ferrets is illegal,
while nothing is said against the
use of the fltchew. More work for
the lawmakers.
Warden Grossman at Kendall
vile reports that the quail hunters
were out in force Monday and
Tuesday to get in their final try
for the limit of these birds before
the season closed. Rabbit hunters
were scarce. Recent freezes during
the last week put some of the lakes
in shape for ice fishing and several
of the boys who enjoy this sport
were on Sylvan lake and took the
limit of blue gill The ice fishing
onl-- lasted two days, however. and
the anglers now are waiting on the
weather man to order more cold
weather. The lakes and rivers are
wide open now the ice being prac-
tically all gone. The warden netted
seventy-five pounds Of carp and
gave them to needy families in the
vicinity.
Warden Mars reports that the
lakes and rivers still are below the
seasons normal Most of the lakes,
with the exception of the larger
ones, were frozen over for several
days and some fishing was done
through the ice. Some blue gill
we're caught on the mill pond in
southwest Noble and some fine
strings of crappie at Round lake
in Whitley county, besides other
catches on the smaller lakes. The
weather has turned warmer now
and removed practically all of the
ice A few quail hunters were out
early in the week but rabbit hunters
have been scarce. Night hunters
have be- having some fine sport
however, and a great many coon and
possum have been caught. Several
red fox have been killed by rabbit
hunters. The muskrats are plenti-
full.
The report from Warden Merideth
states that the streams around
Attica are clear and in fine shape
for fishing. Hunters are scarce.
Warden Heron reports that very
few hunters are out during the day
but the night hunters have been out
in force and some good sport en-
loved by them Most of the streams
in Johnson and Bartholomew coun-
ties are partly frozen over Re
ports the warden has been getting
leads him to fear that there will
be some illegal fishing in this re-
gion as soon as the ice freezes
solid
From Seymour Warden Thomp-
son reports that the rain during the
week has kept the hunters and an
glers indoors.
Warden Morgan reports from
Terre Haute that Big and Little
Raccoon, Big and Little Vermilion
river, Sugar and -BruIette creeks and
the Wabash river are muddy from
recent arms.
Here we have another illustration
that there always is something more
to learn While fishing Eagle creek
recent. w B. Minnick, 3101 North
New Jersey street, found thin
scum of ice on the. water that made
the casting very hard Trying to
figure out some method to overcome
the situation, this angler put on
wire leader to cut the ice ahead
of his shimmy wiggler The con-
traption did the work and he
landed nice bass. Minnick was
back for more the other day on