The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-01

Knightstown Conservation Club, ex-
pressing his views on the recent fox
hunt sponsored by this club. has
some logical points telling why the
fox should be exterminated. The
letter also shows this member to be
against the stocking Of deer in In
diana. his claim being that the
money needed to provide the parent
! herd should be used to reStock the
state with rabbit, quail, pheasant
and game fish.
The letter follows:
Mr.. Lee: In one of your recent
articles you invited the sportsmen
/ of the state to express their views
concerning fox hunts. am a men,
Der of the Knightstown Conserva-
ton Club. Personally I would say
that there should be no fox drives.
! I believe I have heard some Of the
states highest authorities on con-
/ Servation admit at public meetings
! that the hawk and the fox are re-
| sponsible for the loss OF more
! pheasant, quail and rabbit, than
any other destroyerS of game in the
/ state.
If this is the case, why should the
state game commission get behind
fox drives and o. k. them? If the
state is going to spend money to
stock pheasant, quail and rabbit,
why should they protect their worst
enemy. just for the pleasure of a
few fox hunters?
While I have no official figures for
this statement. believe that there
are ten quail and rabbit hunters to
say nothing Of The coon and possum
hunters and the farmers, interested
in eXterminating the fox because of
his habit of destroying game,
chickens and pigs, to one man in
terested in protecting the fox. So
why should these ten men give up
their sport, just to satisfy the one
who wants the fox for his own
| pleasure?
The state law also states that
there is a closed season on poSsun,
coon, fox, sunk, etc, as to killing
and trapping.
Nov my dog is what is known as
coon and possum hound. I can
not run her during the closed
season, because she is not called q
1 fox hound but the fox hunter can
run his dog for ten months out of
/ the twelve and is not called a vio-
latOr Of any game law, simply be-
cause he is not carrying the possum,
skunk or coon, that his dog has
killed in the fields and left.
Another thing, these law proof
hounds and their out of season
trainers are the greatest enemies to
conservation Of fur bearing game.
In fact they can be classed lower
than the fox for the fox can not
cut a coon and her young out g
tree. or shoot a gun.
Many of the men are, hope, my
friends and they violate in the man
ner I have mentioned, but they can
not see it as I do and I only am
stating my views and the views Of
some of my friends, who believe that
| they are foes to conservation, if
conservation means the preservation
Of game.
Il would like to see a law passed
that would keep the fox hound in,
the same as the coon hound, from
Jan. IS to Nov. Is
In regard to deer for Indiana,
if the money needed for this project
would be used to protect the game
we now have, it would be far better
for every one AS far as the fox
drives are concerned, they could
hold one every week in this section
and there still would be an over
supply"
Other letters expressing your
views will be given to the readers
interested. At your request, your
name will be withheld as in the
above letter.
The ice fishermen will be on the
lakes in the northern part of the
state over the weekend and the
fishing should be worth while. Of
course some of the big lakes will not
be safe for ice fishing, but the
smaller lakes should be in fine
shape.
The rabbit hunters will have en-
joyed their best day Of the season
Saturday and we are expecting the
reports of limit bags to come trick
ling in all day.
The boys in the mailing room at
The Times are calling Bill Shaw,
"hothouse." The reason for this is
that Shaw will never go hunting,
because for him it is too cold during
the hunting season, and his fishing
is confined to July and August for
the same reason.
Chuck Klein is a great hunter and
fisherman, but he has been spoiled,
as far as the sport in Indiana IS
concerned, getting his fill of the two
sports in Florida, Texas and Mexico
at the end of each season. Our
guess is that Chuck will pack his
tackle with him 10 the Cubs camp
at Catalina island this spring.
Gone, but Not Forgotten
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