The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04
LET'S 60 Hunting
FOX HUNTS IN
STATE SCORED
BY COUNTY MAN
Debate Over Killings Gains
Ground; Stove League
Sessions Open.
nv LEFTY LEE
BY LEFTY LEE
Times Hunting Editor

INat tQe IO6 HdS many oeauA4S1A
friends among the sportsmen Of the
state is made clear by the response
from all parts Of the state from
experienced hunters and trappers
who declare in favor Of the animal.
Todays letter defending the fox is
from J. 7. Van Sickle Of 316 North
Grant avenue. You will agree, after
reading this letter that it would be
a rather dangerous undertaking to
hunt the fox on this mans farm,
for he certainly tells in no uncer-
tain terms that he is the friend OF
the fox
He writes:
Dear Sir-I read recently about
the fox drive near Oaklandon and
was very much surprised TO think
that any one would want to kill
fox.
81 only hope that the man who
purchased this little female fox for
s6.75 will have a heart big enough
to turn her free again.
Il have been a hunter for forty
years, have had many chances to
shoot foxes or trap them, but never
have killed one.
Many farmers have cats and
dogs around the farm that destroy
more chicken. quail and rabbit than
fox do. If Mr.. Fox does grab a
chicken once in a while what
OF It? The average farmer harbors
hundreds Of rats that destroy an
unlimited amount of grain each
year. Another thing, practically
every barn on these farms are
undermined by skunk that kill many
chickens.
These pesky rats and skunks go
unmolested but let some one mem
ton fox and the whole community
goes up in arms. After all Mr..
Sportsman, is there another animal
that you can think of that you
admire more than a little red foXP
Is there a more beautiful animal in
the whole wild lot?
Mr.. fox I take off my hat to you.
You have outsmarted man, dog and
almost every living creature and 1
have no fear of you being eX-
terminated, and, if you are ever IN
close quarters when I am near, 1
will do all in my power to protect
you"
The hunter, as well as the follow
er and player of any sport holds ms
stove league sessions. One OF these
sessions was in order in the mall
ing room of The Times the other
day and Bob Reagan recalled the
time that herb Whiteman was lost
in the woods. Whiteman, Reagan
and a party of friends were on a
hunting trip but when they started
through the field there were too
many guns in sight for Whitemans
peace of mind so he started of by
himself. When evening neared,
this nimrod headed back for tho
farm from which the party started,
but soon discovered that he did NOS
know which way to go. To make
matters worse a black cat sprang,
as he says, from nowhere and re-
NAMED at his heels Finally, be-
coming worried, Whiteman started
shooting, as a signal to the other
members Of the party that he was
lost.
The boys heard the shooting, but
they were better occupied eating
chicken, the trimmings and pump
kin pie that the farmers wife had
prepared for them. They later be-
came alarmed and a search party
was organized. In the meantime,
the lost hunter stumbled onto
farm house in which an elderly
lady lived. In answer to his knock,
the door opened a mere crack and
then closed suddenly.
BY this time Whiteman collapsed
upon the porch. The occupant of
the house finally braced her nerves
enough to produce a cup of coffee,
sandwich and piece of pie. She
passed 1t through the door and
bolted herself in again. The mongrel
dog that he had with him must
have been of the same mind, for
while Whiteman was eating the
sandwich and drinking the coffee,
the cur grabbed off the pie for him.
self.
Have you joined the Marion
County Fish and Game Association?
The dues for the year have been re-
duced from SO to 81 so the excuse
Of finance has been eliminated. If
you have not joined. do so at once
to help make this the biggest and
best organization in the state.