The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-10
Let's Go Hunting
SEEK LICENSES
FOR FOX DRIVE
PARTICIPANTS
Hunters Urged to Shoot
Crows at Close of Reg
uIar Season.
BY LEFTY LEE
BY LEFTY LEE
Times Hunting Editor

Another friend Of the fox asks
the people who call themselves
sportsmen and who go to fox
drives, Have hunters licenseS?"
He writes:
When drive Of this kind is
planned, the advertisements say no
guns will be permitted, but at the
same time, that the people are
hunting for a fox. If a few RABBITS
or coon or two get in the path of
the hunter of this type, they have
been known to be struck on the
head. Of course, this may be
mistake, the hunter CD possibly
thinking that the rabbit or coon
was a new species Of fox.
Regardless of the fact that one
type Of hunter enjoys this sport
OF Kidding the country of the fox, ne
should not be permitted to enjoy it
unless he has a license to hunt.
THE conservation department of
the state protects the fox just as it
does. quail, rabbit, skunk, mink,
opossum, squirrel, pheasant and
other wild life and when the season
is open the hunter must have
license before he is permitted the
privilege of taking any game with
a gun.
If this is true, why does not the
person who goes on a fox drive, with
the avowed intention of killing this
animal, have to have a license in
his or her possession? The con-
servation department functions from
fees received from hunting and
fishing licenses and it raises fox
among other fur bearing animals to
provide the person who buys this
license with the sport he enjoys. For
this reason, If you are listed among
the people who enjoy a fox drive,
why that is fine, but do not expect
to be able to act without the proper
permit before you venture into the
Held and kill any wild life.
When the hunting season closes
next week sportsmen who enjoy
going into the field should take guns
and hunt for Mr.. Grow. The crow is
a thief that robs the nest of the
game birds and, in the course of
one season, destroys more bird life
than owls. In addition the crow
has an appetite that never is ap-
peased and he also is an expert at
U0fPhjI1O JITl0nrn tho fot r.
his corn and other products.
Hunting him means that you are
doing more for conservation of wild
life. In addition to the sport you
derive from hunting the crow, the
conservation department is Offering
prizes to conservation clubs for
bringing IN the greatest number of
these birds, toes up.
The fact that the crow is not fit
to eat and that he is not protected
by any law does not mean that you
can not enjoy hunting them, for he
is one Of the most cautious birds
that fly and to succeed in getting a.
shot at him one must use every vile
and all the Woodcraft known.
Some fine crow calls are on the
market. They have proven success
full in bringing the crow within
range. Another method of bring
ing these birds within range is to
tie young owl and a crow to-
gether. These birds will attempt to
free themselves and from the sky it
looks as if the crow were attacking
the owl. In short order other
crows will put in their appearance
and the hunter will have some fine
shooting. After the one furry, the
hunter must move to a new Ioca-
ton, for the birds will not return to |
that spot.
The conservation departments !
awards for the counties turning in
the largest number of crows killed
follows: First prize, 100 quail or
over and above the reg
ular quota; second prize, fifty quail |
or pheasant, over and above the
regular quota, and third and fourth |
prizes, twenty quail or pheasant, |
under the same conditions as the
first and second prizes.