Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 October 1947 — Page 24

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Hearing Opens

Official Statement Due

On '47 Open Season Ban for Pheasants.

Spotty Squirrel Period Nears Close; Lakes Clear and Fishing Reported as Fair

By 'MARC G.

Monday is an important date on the calendar of Hoosier sportsmen. At 10 o'clock Monday morning a hearing is scheduled at which official action is scheduled to reduce the bag limit on rabbits from 10 to

five during the season which opens

At the same time official confirmation is expected on the previous announcement that there would be no open season on pheasants in be Me rn

Indiana this year. In the anticipated order cutting the bag and possession limits on rabbits to five per day with not more than 10 in possession at any one time, the Conservation Department will be following a recommendation which was made by the State Conservation Advisory Committee during its recent meeting The committee also approved suspension -of the open season on pheasants after hearing reports that there were fewer of these

Danish and Finish Ships Collide in Fog

COPENHAGEN, Oct, 10 The 1775-ton Danish steamer Hammershus collided with the Finnish

steamer Petsamo in a fog early to-|

day, but the Hammershus, though damaged, probably will be able to reach Copenhagen. The Petsamo disappeared into the fog after the collision and has not been heard from since. No casualties were Teporied.

Chrysler to Shut Down

DETROIT, Oct. 10 (UP)—8heet steel shortages continued to hamper auto production today as Chrycler Corp. and Bribgs Manufacuring Co. announced shutdowns next week that will idle 28,000 workers,

ison has found fewer anglers in ac-|

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WAGGENER

Nov. 10,

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

FRIDAY, OCT. 10, 1047"

utting Ra bit Limit To Five

onday On

{ birds this year, Monday is also the closing day of the 1047 squirrel season, a Season which has been spotty throughout the state. Not many hunters, ac cording to reports, bagged their limit during the season.

> . Fishing Forecast ‘Fair’ Lakes are clear and the fishing| is fair but many of the streams are milky and muddy and the fishi is fair to poor, conservation officers from over the state reported this week. Advance of the autumn sed.

tion, the largegt numbers being out| on week-ends.

Lakes Freeman and Shafer are listed as clear with fishing fair, a/ report which applies to lakes gen-| erally in the northern part of the| state and to Geist lake here. | Catches have Included some bass | bluegills, channel cats and erappies Minnows, frogs, grasshoppers and| artificial lures have been used.

Plan Fall Meetings

Regional meetings of the cone servation Officers are scheduled Monday, Oct. 20 and Thurdsay, Oct. 23, for a general discussion of enforcement problems in preparation for the operiing of the hunting seasons in Novemger, Officers from the northern prt] of the state will meet at Tippecanoe

er spearheaded the Liarst seihassed Toe ovine is Indiana's first state erest aroused end led to acmajority of “has

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tion Department, offered seriously no doubt,

be drained as a means of removing carp and other species of fish not classed as “game fish.” The proposal was supported by the argument that it would afford an opportunity to examine the footings of the dams and determine the amount of silt and sand which had been deposited behind the dams, just as though this could not be done by regular engineering procedure.

heavy expenditure of the limited fish and game funds to supervise the operation, rescue the bass, bluegills and other “desirable” fish and

Results Not Lasting

. Even if the operation was car-

“Iried out, there is no assurance that

the waters of the two ldkes would

THIS IS THE LIFE—There's morg to hunting than tramping through thickets and briars as this Héosier nimrod and his dogs.

~ demonstrate by relaxing and just enjoying the late autumn scenery.

state park, “north of Winamac, on|for the purchase of the Shades Oct. 20, while those from the south- and the beginning of the area's)

ern part of the state will meet at development as a state park. Con-|

Spring Mill state park, east of tributions are being listed daily Mitchell, on Oct. 23,

Shades Drive Advances | Tn, campaign parallels the

Increasing momentum marks the fund-raising drive staged 30 years statewide drive to raise $300,000 ago when the late Col:

Among those was the suggestion, |)

Eman afer so ald “oar: Bn ok 7s of opt 0 th Tis of 5 pera was also arred—ib's

ana batt, i040 thie IAkS cf steam 3} Ye of a day's

Sigor Crank Lake

The Hunting Problem

Approach of the open seasons on rabbits, quail and ducks renews the increasingly important problem of where to hunt. Despite generally

amount of game available for the coming season, & récord number of

The proposal would have required | hunters is anticipated.

Possession of a hunting license does not guarantee the holder a place to hunt and while state for-

ests have been opened to nimrods to restock the lakes after they had! refilled.

they cannot begin to. serve all the hunters. Landowners are more and more reluctant to have their flelds overrun day after day during the open season, This is especially true when fences are damaged, gates left open, livestock killed or wounded

have been free of what sportsmen |call “coarse” fish as distinguished from “game” fish. Both lakes are {fed by the Tippecanoe River and,

|its tributaries which certainly con-)

(tain carp, buffalo, suckers, etc. which would migrate into the lakes and restock them with these species. | Anglers who use goldfish min-

{out knowing what species of young | fish they may be keeping, also

and their own llves endangered by careless shooting.

Must Have Permission

Indiana law makes it necessary to have the permission of the owner before entering upon his land and {where this permission is not obtained the violator is guilty of

{from industrial firms, schools and nows or culls for bait and those|trespassing and subject to fine upon {civie groups and from individuals. who seine their own live bait with-|conviction.

If hunters dare to continue to enjoy the privilege of hunting on

Richard spread the number of carp. and someone else's land, a greater de-

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