Connecticut western news., 1880-11-17
NEARLY KILLED BY A DEER.
A Hunters Exciting Struggle with a Wounded Buck-Saved by
 his Daughter.

An Irishman named "Mike" Calli- ghan owns small and almost valueless farm in the mountains, a few miles north of Porter's Lake, in Pike County, Penn. The land being too stony to produce paying crops, Callighan is obliged to turn his hand to anything at which he can earn little money. He is quite expert with the rifle, and during the few years that he has lived in the wilds of Pike County he has shot 8 large number of deer, several bears, and a few wildcats. He has become so accus- toned to seeing bears in the woods that he says he has no more fear of meeting them than he has of @ COW. He has had many hairbreadth escapes with bears and catamounts within the past five years, but always came out victo- rious. He had an which, had it not been for the timely arrival of his daughter, might have been his last few mornings ago.
 Callighan arose earlier than usual, as he desired to start early for Bushkill, about thirteen miles distant. While hitching his horse to the wagon he dis covered large, four-pronged buck deer grazing on small clearing 8 few rods from the ho use He ran to the house, seized his rifle, and crawled on his hands and knees through the woods behind a stone fence, until he got with in shooting distance. Then, to make sure of hitting the deer, he placed the barrel of his rifle in the crotch of small chestnut, and taking deliberate aim, fired. The deer gave an upward plunge and fell to the ground, apparently life less. The ball had penetrated the ani- malls breast, from which the blood flowed freely. Callighan laid down his gun, and, climbing the fence, walked up to the wounded deer with the intention of cutting it's throat. As he was about to draw his hunting knife from his belt, the deer gave sudden and desperate lunge, catching the hunter with it's ant lers, and throwing him several feet in the air. When he landed he struck upon his head and shoulders, stunning him so that he lay several seconds partially unconscious. When he fully recovered the deer was still lying on the ground a few feet distant. Callighan thought the animal had lost enough blood to war rant him in making a second attack without danger of being further injured. He seized the dying buck by the antlers with his left hand, and with his right drew the blade of the knife across the animals throat with the intention of severing the windpipe, but in this he only partially succeeded.
 This seemed to add to the fury of the wounded animal, for it gave another powerful lunge, throwing the hunter with great violence to the ground. The deer then began paving him with it's front feet and goring him with its horns. In the struggle the hunter lost his knife, and, fearing that the deer would kill him, he shouted to his daughter, who hastened to her father s rescue. She picked up the knife, seized the deer by the antiers, and with one thrust of the knife nearly severed the head from the body. It gave one or two kicks and died. Although Callighan's injuries are not dangerous, he will be laid up for some time. His body was literally GOV cred with scratches, and his clothes were torn into shreds. The deer was s very large one, weighing nearly 200 pounds, and was the third one the brave young woman has helped kill during the past few years.