The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-12
Let's Go Hunting
Get LICENSES
FOR FOX DRIVES
HUNTERS TOLD
Lefty Tells Participants to
Be Legal in Their
Activities.
BY LEFTY LEE
Times Hunting Editor

cOn1lneQ our aCClVlCleS 10 Celllng the
people about the fishing conditions
in the state and let them enjoy
their fox drives unmolested.
This column has made but one
comment regarding fox drives, to
the effect that if any person wished
to enjoy fox drive, he should be
made to have a hunting license or
face arrest, the same as any other
hunter who took to the field with
out a license.
This, it appears, is the statement
that riled these boys, for they GER
tainly made some assertions that
would not look well in print. When
it is sifted down, they merely stated
that they were convinced that they
were hunting for something that
was menace to the welfare of the
community and that they did not
need a license under these condi-
tons.
Sponsored by Church
There are quite number of peo-
pie who attend these fox drives and
who are ignorant of the facts in
the case. They joined the chase,
in one instance, because it was
being sponsored by a church. That
the minister of the church in ques-
ton was worried about the legality
Of the chase without the partici-
pants having a license was re-
Elected in his call to the conServa-
ton department concerning this
question.
The view that this column and
all organized SportSmen take in this
matter is, regardless Of the fact
that you are convinced that the fox
is menace, the conservation de-
partment protects this animal the
same as any other fur-bearing spe-
cies and issues permits, in the form
of license, to take the fox during
the open season.
That being the case, why do some
hunters have licenses in their po-
session before they are permitted
to take any game while others adj
vertise the fact that they are going
to hunt for the fox and expect to
do so without a license?
Fishermen Get Lisenses
We believe that every one will
admit that the carp is a scavenger
in the water, and feel certain that
any one removing this fish from a
stream or lake should be COM
mended, but did you ever hear of
a carp fisherman who thought that
he should be permitted to enjoy this
type Of fishing without a license?
The same holds true for the fox
drive addict. Go ahead and enjoy
this type of sport, if that is what
you crave, but have the decency to
help pay the freight.
Arthur Owens, another friend of
the fox, explains that the quail were
doing very well on his farm and the
fox was present at all times, the
den holding quite a large family.
Mr.. Owens also states that the quail
finally thinned out. from a covey
of about fifty to one pair, but that
the reason for this was some hunt
erS who slipped in on posted land
and shot up the covey, leaving but
one pair and one of these crippled.
There is no question about game
hogs Of this nature being abroad
but the department of conservation
is busy teaching the lesson of con-
servation and many persons who
were formerly of this type now are
rated as convinced that their meth
cd was wrong and they are conser-
vation's best friends.
The Marion County Fish and
Game Association will organize a
crow hunt soon. Details of the
hunt are being arranged by How
ard Meyer, the Indiana sportsman
of the air Each Friday night Mr.
Meyer has a message of impor-
lance for friends of the wild life
Listen in when he goes on the air
tonight.
Cecil Flynn, one of the ardent
boosters for the Marion County Fish
and Game Association, is going to
enroll every friend he has. If you
are not a member and don't intend
to come in, stay away from this
boys haunts, for the only passport
is membership card. The dues
are only 81 year and hundreds of
other sportsmen are doing it, so