The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-08
ARMISTICE DAY
MEANS WAR TO
BIRDS, ANIMALS
Hunters Get Ready for Open
Season; Game Seeks
Refuge.
BY GEORGE III. DENNY
Tlmea Hunting Editor


Monday is the day the rabbits
and quail begin 10 get smart.
II may be Armistce Day. but It
means war for Indiana game birds
and animals.
Wardens report plenty of quail
and rabbits in most sections of the
state, but after the first few shots
are fired the hunters will begin
calling the wardens liars.
The rabbits will start travelling by
subway and the quail will take to
the high timber and low brambles.
Quail Bag Limit Is 10
Daily bag limit on quail is 10 and
possession limit 30. On rabbits,
daily limit is 10 and possession limit
20. Most sportsmen agree that's
plenty; the rabbits and quail
weren't asked.
The quail season ends Dec. 20,
but rabbits have to stay in their
holes until Jan. 10.
The season on Hungarian pleas
ants corresponds TO the quail sea-
son. Huns" look and fly like quail
but are considerably larger and
scare hunters even more when they
break from under their feet.
Now Legal Game
They have been increasing stead
H., Ell to- -
This is the first year they have
been legal game. The limit is five
daily.
Ruffed grouse also are fair game
during the quail season. There are
a few left in some southern coun-
ties and the daily limit is still 15
Most real sportsmen prefer to
look and not shoot wlen this bird
flushes.
Archers Get Break
People who hunt with bows and
arrows get a break over the scatter
gun toters this year because Nov.
10 comes on Sunday It's all right
to HE forth with the long bow that
day but all wrong with gun.
Many archers will initiate the
season Sunday at the 1500-acre pre-
serve at the Brown County Park
where bows and arrows are the only
weapons allowed
Game birds and animals on the
preserve are reported not very wor
ried
Those big animals with horns
that you may see in several south
ern counties are either bulls or deer,
In either case it is best not to shoot
them. The season is closed on the
deer and the farmers need the
cattle.
State Released Deer
The state released about 30 deer
a couple of years ago and most of
them have had one or more little
deer, or faWns, as they are termed
technically. So now we have more
than 200 deer and if they keep on
liking Indiana-and each other
there will be an open season some
day.
Then there are wild turkeys.
About 200 have been released in the
last two years, mostly on the Brown
County preserve. They look like
tame turkeys but are much more
self-reliant They also are doing
nicely, conservation officials say. No
open season yet.
There are a few prairie chickens
in the northern counties but the
season is over. There are many
pheasants in some parts and earlier
in the year it was hoped We could
have a short open season, but the
sportSmen of the state objected
through their Conservation Com
mittee and officials were glad to
oblige. Next year, perhaps.
Trapping Season Opens Nov. Is
The trapping season opens Nov
IS and continues through Jan. Is
except that foxes may be trapped
and hunted starting Nov. 10 in the
southern zone and are unprotected
in the northern zone.
Conservation officials ask that
hunters obtain permission from
landowners before hunting and be
careful to close gates and protect
fences. Also watch for corn shuck-
ers. They dislike bird shot patter-
ing on nj 9rbv drV stalks
There is no open season on barn
I'd fowls or animals or CCC
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