Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 168, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 November 1933 — Page 6

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—Let’s Go Fishing— SURVEYS SHOW RAPID DECREASE IN WILD DUCKS 7,500.000 Fowl Escape With Wounds to Die Later. BY LF.FTY LEE Times Flshinr Editor During the last three years America s wild ducks have become fewer in number. Recently President Roosevelt, by proclaming the smallest bag limits for hunters in j history, has directed attention to 1 the increasing rate of depletion. What is the cause of it all? Special ; committee of the United States sen- | ate has held hearings to secure information on the subject because of its economic importance to the sporting goods, transportation, re- ! sort, agricultural and other inter- J ests identified with expenidtures by i sportsmen estimated by federal au- I thorities at $650,000,000 annually. The recreational interest of more than 6,000,000 hunters also is involved as well as employment of thousands engaged in manufacturing and supplying services. It has been claimed that overshooting, modern firearms, poor game law enforcement and numerous other reasons were to blame. The secretary of agriculture last summer at a conference of experts ! investigated the practice of "bait- : ing" waterfowl. W. C. Henderson, ! associate chief of the biological sur- j vey, within the last few weeks has estimated 7,500,000 ducks annually escape hunters and die from wounds. Os course all of these reasons contribute to the decline of this! great sport, but the real reason is ! the fact that the size of the annual ! migrations to the south have been | reduced before the birds reach this ■ country and before they could en- I counter the unfavorable factors stated. Something has been hap- j pening on their great prairie breed- i ing grounds. A survey that covered thousands of miles of this breeding ! area just covered, reveals some of the real reasons for the decline, as you readily can see by the reports j from the different lakes covered. * j Long Lake, in Burleigh and Kid- j der Counties, North Dakota—This j lake is a strongly alkaline lake j about fifteen miles long and two ; miles wide. At the west end water j has disappeared recently. Contact j was made with the lake at several j points along the north shore, but only a narrow streak of water was visible, apparently only a few inches deep. Portions of the lake site were overgrown with marsh plants, others were bare mud fiats. Lake Etta—About three miles long and one-half mile wide. The water has receded to a very low level. A scant shore vegetation was in a dying stage. The waterfowl population on this strongly alkaline lake consisted of six mallard, two shovelers, three pintail drakes, one mallard with six young and fortyfive diving ducks, including three families of redheads. The Dawson slough, extending from north of Lake Etta for many miles in a northeasterly direction, was over- j grown with marsh vegetation and ! no water or ducks were visible thereon. Lake Isabelle—A circular-shaped alkaline lake about one square mile in extent, supported some duck life j on the marshes at its southern end. The lake serves as a summer resort. Buffalo Lake—A saline lake in Kidder county about one and onehalf miles long and three-quarters of a mile wide. The water level was about two and one-half feet below normal. Scanty growth of rushes, appearing in a very few few spots along the shore, have died. On a miniature inlet, ten mallard and two ; shoveler drakes were seen and a i raft of twenty diving ducks bobbed on the surface in the distance. Horsehead lake, formerly seven miles long and two miles wide, was dry. From time to time this column will cover the report from other lakes in North Dakota, South Dakota and Canada that were covered during this survey. John Rusie hrust be losing his eye, as he shot eight times and only killed seven rabbits. Hoo Hoo Rhine is the new name for Harold Rhine since he returned from a hunting trip with one owl in the bag. At Owen park the sportsmen are mixing up their sport, taking to the wcods on Saturday and staying over for the fishing Sunday. This resort is open throughout the year and accommodations always are available. • Beware of the Gough or Cold That Hangs On Persistent coughs and colds lead ! to serious trouble. You can stop them now with Creomulsion. an emulsified creosote that is pleasant I to take. Creomulsion is anew medical discovery with two-fold; action; it soothes and heals the inflamed membranes and inhibits germ growth. 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;NOV. 23, 1933