Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-12-03
N cid Hunter.

Phin. Tcaple is Pennsylvania Hunter,
saycn:v-fivc wears O!l. lie has hunted
since H. was eleven years old and claims to
have killed 3, G11 deer, over 4b0 bears and
nrmhcr'css wolvcs lie hunted in WAYNE
county when elk siill roamcd in the woods
along tho Delaware and relates many cy-
citingaiveu;ures with that dangerous game.
Plutners became eXiinc; in Northeastern
PENNSYLVANIA since Piiu. Tecple grew 10
manhood, and not = few II those fierce
beasts have fallen before his rifle. lie SAYS
that his Sc0rc of hears killed could easily
haze heca nlEci larger. but he always con-
sitcTcd them inferior game and never
hunted tne.a. All tha; hc has killed were
bears that came in his way voluntarily or
h- mistake. He has had hand-to-hand
contests with brIja. Within the past
twenty-five years game has grown too
scarce in tic W ods Of Pike and Hayne
counties to render hunting other plcasur-
able or prJi.aJic io - impatient ? hunter
IS Fnia. 81 n, has built n cabin in
Potter comfy every year for ! quarter Of a
century, where he finds sport more to his
liking. iIc saws That when he was twenty
five wears old deer actually rlG in herds in
Xavne c0unsv as well aS in Pike. He
once shot SIX bucks in walking three miles,
and he was MT hunting, bIt returning
homc FROM a visit to a friend. When he
was u wears old ne killed three deer At one
she. They stood in range AMI he fired a,
r'c ncaicst. The bali passed through it
art the next one ii. and lo,lged in the
kidneys Of the third. The same season
i'hia. Killed panther after tracking il for
ten miles through swamps. The panther
hal been prOwling around 1o- several days
and had kilicd q number OF cows. Phin.
came up to the panther pear the Sus4ue-
hanna county line. II was crouching in a
tree ready to spring. 1t did spring before
the Young hunter fired, bu. his bullet met
tic aIinal half way, and the panther fell
dead. shot through the heart. The boy
sh0uldrred his victim and carried ii all the
way home. Piiin. says he has Iii ed deer.
bear and elk where the public park in
Honeslale is nov. the spo: being a dense
wilderness sixty V as ago. y favOrite
reminisccnce Of old Phin's is the story OF
his adventure with a wounded deer on the
border of Pike county, just above the Wal
lenpaupsck Falls, near the present village
Of lIawlev He was hunting with two
others, one Of whom was the late Hon
Paul :. Preston. whose grandfather was ar
Old-time Mayor Of Philadelphia Old Phil
was standing on L runway, while his con-
paniOns were driving the PaUpack ridges
Al at once an Immense buck sprang int
the creek nearhiu. lie put bali heilinC
It's fOreshOulder and the deer went down
Il was up again in an instant and turned L
csme back out Of the creek Phin met
on the bank and a han1-to-hand fight a
once commenced. Tue hunter saw tha
the deer was too much for him ant turneI
and fled The deer pursued. Phin tool
to tree. The deer walked around tn
tree a few times and then lay quietly down
Phin had no gun, and as it was very col
, and drawing near night his position wa
no. enviabe. lie did not care TO get on
Of the tree and fight the deer, as he kne'
: by experience that wounded bucl, is th
worst thing in the world TO tackle. Ever
move ne made world cause the deer I