The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-06
DEER RAISING
SUCCESS SHOWN
IN NEW YORK
Proposal to Establish Herd
Grounds in Indiana
Now Considered.
BY LEFTY LEE
Times Hunting Editor

While Indiana sportsmen are busy
debating the advisability of raising
deer in southern Indiana, a report
from Conservation Commissioner
Lithgow Osborne of New York state
seems timely. The report states
the hunters Of that state made a
record kill of $500 bucks This
number represents an increase of
1889 over last year. The total num-
Der is the largest reported since the
enactment of the law requiring the
special deer license and the re-
porting of kills, which went into
effect on Jan. 81, 1927. The four
factors responsible for the increased
bag, according to the commissioner,
are the longer season, the early fall
in which the season operated, the
mild weather for the last two years
and the increase in the number
holding deer hunting licenses.
The fourteen Adirondack and ad-
joining counties showed an in
creased kill of 462 over 1882. These
figures, according to the conserva-
ton head would indicate an in
crease in the abundance of deer in
the foothills of the Catskills.
The evidence offered by this rec
ord kill and by field men in the bu-
reau Of game, showing that the deer
herd has more than held its own
the last two winters, brings to mind
the ever present hazard of having
the Adirondack herd greatly reduced
by SHOWS this winter. With this
in mind, the department now is pre-
pairing to swing into action at the
first indication of starvation condi-
tions in the deer herds.
For the last two years the bureau
of game, under the supervision of
Superintendent Gardiner Bump. has
conducted an extensive study of a
large number of deer foods with the
result that an inexpensive concen-
trated deer cake has been devel-
oped.
1t is put up in sealed, air tight
cans and can be cached in the woods
for an indefinite period. A large
number Of these cans have been
placed in the areas where the deer
are known to yard up.
If lack of food appears to threaten
the herd, men on SnoWShoeS will go
into these yards and remove the
cakes from the cans which then are
suspended from trees by a wire.
1T has been shown states the
commissioner, that despite the
growth of our population and orr
industrial and commercial develop
ment, it is perfectly possible to
preserve indefinitely and forever our
deer herd, with its numbers in
creased or at the worst intact. If we
ever lose, it will be our own fault"
The same would seem to hold true
with all other wild life, if the sports
men of the state would put forth an
effort to help the officials of the
conservation department, in their
uphill battle to restock Indiana, as
these officials have proven from the
start that they are more than
willing to do their part.
The mild weather has the mem
bers of the Indianapolis Gun Club
neglecting their weekly shoots to go
into the field after the quail and
rabbits. A few Of the boys took
time away from their hunting, how
ever, to attend the shoot that was
won by HiSer who broke 70 out of Is
at sixteen yards. Thomas had 65
out of rs, Ray 40 out of so, and
Pitman 81 out of 25.
Harry Achgill and four of his
hunting friends found the rabbits
plentiful around Shelbyville and
returned with forty-one. The MIN
rods who pass over the ground they
covered will swear there is not
rabbit in the county after this heavy
bag.
Jim Flynn and his bird dog have
been getting quite bit of eXer-
else during the last few weeks, but
the quail have been eluding them.
E. j. Rodenberg. 2539 North Tall
bot street, f1Shed Lake Freeman at
Sunset Park and returned with
a dandy string of larger crap
pie. Rodenberg was fishing about
forty feet deep when he found these
beauties and insists the weather was
mild enough for him to enjoy him
self every minute.