The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-28

Qldld pDllo.
w G. Irwin, state manager of the
Monarch Life Insurance Company,
and Earl Burkhart never will try
to tell Bob how to do it again. Bob
is Twins husky pointer that is one
of the family at his house and his
latest feat makes him more Of a ia
vorite than ever. Irwin and Burk-
hart we're hunting west Of KOkomO
when Bob flushed a COVey Of quail
and the nimrods downed three of
the birds. killing two and Wounding
the third To both hunters it ap-
peared that the wounded bird fell
and hid in some cover to the right
and they tried their best to send
Bob in after it. The dog refused
to go and tried several times to
make for a plOwed field about sixty
feet to the left Finally the MIN
rods gave him his head and he
raced over to this field and clawed
along a furrow about two and one
half feet and came out with Mr..
Quail Irwin had nine quail for his
bag and Burkhart eleven, to make
their trip a complete success.
Conservation students are positive
that wildfowl shooting soon will be
a sport of the past unless the bag
limit again is lowered and better
law enforcement methods are put
into effect. Their contention that
limit of eight birds day is ample
seems reasonable. Batting with
grain and live deCoys also comes in
for their wrath especially along the
eastern seabOard. Their estimate is
that from fifteen to twenty thousand
ducks and geese are penned up
along the Atlantic coast as decoys
to call floCks of the wild birds to
the muzzleS of the hunters guns.
When the feeding ground is baited
with grain. the batteries of guns
are concealed so near to the baited
spot that 1t is almost an impOssi-
billy to miss when the birds drop
down to feed. A shorter season also
is advocated.
Unlawful shooting annually re-
suits in death to hundreds of
thousands of birds that never APP
pear in the returns. It embraces
the sale of game on the wing in
commercial clubs: the bOOtlegging of
game in California. at Havre de
Grace, Md, and the parcel post bust
ness IN dead game along the Allan
tic coast and elsewhere. There is
no check whatever on the overshoot-
ing Of game and its concealment by
hunters who are organized to get
away with it. The total loss of birds
under this head surely is great.
SportSmen's clubs are guilty in an
indirect way, as they buy the birds
from these boOtleggerS for banuuets
and dinners sponsored by them.
Here is list of simple truths that
no hunter can afford to miss. They
also should be given serious atten-,
ton if YOU wish to continue to eniov
the sport. Only the most ignorant
now will deny the appalling scarcity
OF game. The last thirteen years of
game destruction have wrought vast
local determinations. Even the
games worst enemies now admit this
with alarm The old defenders of
game now can not save it against
crazy opposition. Nor can the fed
eral government do it alone. Some
Of the old exploiters of game must
come to its relief or all will be lost
Two million SportSmen and the
Manufacturers Institute could save
the situation. No one save the
manufacturers now can reach and
influence two million SportSmen. If
they will not do it-then the game.
and sport and the guns all are
doomed. Five hundred thousand
sporting guns were hung up in 1882.
Americas taxpayers never Will be
taxed to provide game for SportSmen
TO kill. Each sportsman should pay
at least 81 year more. solely for
better law enforcement. At present
quick acting measures are imper-
alive It is impossible flor Amer
leans to improve the breeding
grounds Of Canada. The money
raised from an increased license fee
should be used for better warden