The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-13
Let's Go Hunting
CITY HUNTSMAN
CRABS DEER ON
MICHIGAN TRIP
George De SauteIS Has
Luck on Journey Into
WildS.
BY LEFTY LEE
Times Hunting Editor

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Times Hunting Editor
A party composed Of George O.
DeSautels, president of the George
o. DeSautels Company; S. E.
WEIGH. works manager of the
Chrysler Corporation; Sam Denton
OF Newcastle, and A. J. Langham-
mer and Fred Brown of Detroit
made up hunting party that found
the game plentiful in northern
Michigan. In addition to bringing
down deer, each member of the
party secured bags Of partridge,
duck and prairie chicken.
The rabbit hunters are finding
the Dummies scarce but during the
summer the reports from all parts
Of the state told of plenty of rabbits
so 1t is our bunch that the cotton
tails are along the streams rather
than in the fields because of the dry
weather. This is the nature of the
spot we are hitting for during the
week, to see if the above bunch is
correct.
Rumblings from our avenue of in
formation tell of the return of Jim
Flynn to the conservation depart
ment. The report has it that Flynn
will be stationed at Clifty Falls
state park.
The grand jury at Paoli held War
den Elliott on charges of second de-
gree murder and manSlaughter for
the fatal shooting of an alleged law
violator who was resisting arrest
the day before Thanksgiving. Some
people may disagree with the writer,
but they also will have a hard time
convincing any one that the warden
was not defending his life. The shot
removed from the warden proved
that he was being shot at before
he fired.
The E. G. w. boys are being laud-
ed for being on the job by officials
Of the state conservation depart
ment. During a recent forest fire
on the state preserve, the E. c. W.,
being near at hand, went to work
and held the flames to an area
covering 500 acres officials admit
the damage would have been much
larger had this help not been avail
able.
The department of conservation is
sending out a booklet on winter
feeding of wild life. 1t is written by
Wallace Grange to all the conserva-
ton clubs in the state The depart
ment also suggests that each club
get in touch with the county rep
reSentative now so that preparations
will have been completed to care for
the wild life when the severe
weather arrives.
The Knightstown Conservation
Club, in its first year of existence
has membership of 241 The
splendid fact in this particular in
stance is that more than one-third
of the members consists of farmers
and landowners in Henry county.
The club thus is able to secure the
cooperation and assistance of those
who are affected most directly by
the principles of true conservation
and the results obtained in Henry
county plainly show the advantage
Of this condition. The club is headed
by President Walter Jolly and con-
ducts an active membership cam
paign at all times and the meet
ings are we'll attended.
Many times while on fishing trips
the writer has seen anglers with
dead fish on the Stringer. This can
be and should be corrected by plac-
ing the Stringer through both lips.
This method will keep the fish alive
longer than any other way Never
string the fish through the gills. The
most humane way, however, is to
kill the fish at once and cover with
moist moss, water gases or a gunny
sack. Never remove an understood
fish or a fish that you intend to re-
turn to the water with dry hands as
a deadly funges likely is to occur
where the dry hand touches the
fish. A good habit always is to
wet your hands before taking any
fish from the hook.
Now that the fishing season has
ended for many Of the angles a tip
on how to put away your rods seems
to he in order. Have the rod as
sembled and hang by the tip guide
Tie a weight to the butt end and
you will find all kinks and bends
will be Strengthened and the rod
ready for the following seasons
fishing.
Walt Jones, the lucky stiff, has
been wanting to get away for a trip
down to Owen Park with the
writer but Old Man Illness has kept
Lefty close to the f1reSide.
Stan Morgan also was listed Is
those disappointed because we could
not make that trip to Barbee lake
late in November when the big bass
were begging for an angler to catch
them.
Trap shooters on the Pacific
coast are enjoying new game. that
should prove interesting, if not more
so than any yet devised to test the
skill Of the markSman. Five moving
targets, from twenty to forty yards
are used and the shooter is left in
doubt as to which target will ap-
pear by the operator who controls
them and they are only in vision
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