American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-12-04
A Hunters Exciting Struggle With q
Wounded Deer.

| STRoUDsBURG pa dispatch to the New
| York Times tolls the folio wing:
| An Irishman named Mike" Callighan owns
n small and almost valueless farm in the
mountains. a few miles north of Portcr's Lake
in Pike County, Penn. The land being too
stony to produce paying crops, CaIighan
is Obliged to turn his hand to anything
at which he can earn n little money,
He Is quite expert with the ride,
ard during the few years that he has
lived in the wids of Pike County he has shot
a large number of deer, several bears and u
few wildcats. He has been 50 accustomed to
seeing bears in the woods that he says he has
no more fear of meeting them than he has of
u cow. He has had many hairbrcadih escapes
with bears and catamounts within the past
five years, but always came out Victorious.
He hal an encounter-which, had it not been
Tor the timely arrival of his daughter, might
have been his itst-a few mornings ago.
Callighau arose earlier than usual, as he de-
sired to start carly for Bushkill about thirteen
miles distant. While hitching his horse to the
wagon he discovered u large, four-pronged
buck deer grazing on small clearing Il few
rods from the house. He to the house,
seized his rife, and crawled on his hands
and knees through the woods behind a
stone fence, until he got within shoot
ing distance. Then, to make sure of hitting
the deer, he placed the barrel of his rifle
in the crotch of a small chestnut, and tax
upward plunge and fell to the ground, appar-
emily Hfeless. The ball had penetrated the
animals 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 its throat.
AS he about draw his hunting-knife from
his belt, the deer gave sudden and desperate
plunge, catching the hunter with its antlers 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 insensible. When he fully recovered /
the deer was still lying on the ground few
feet distant. Calghan thought the animal
had lost enough blood to him to
make second attack without danger # being
further injured He seized the dying buck by
the aptlers with his left hand, and with his
right drew the blade of the knife across the
throat with the intention of severing
the windpipe, but in this he only partially sue
cceded.
This seemed to add to the fury of the wound |
ed animal, for 1t gave another powerful lunge |
throwing the hunter with great violcnceto the |
ground The deer then began paving him with |
its 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 |
10 his daughter, who hastened to her fathers |
rescue. She picked up the knife, seized the deer
Dy the antlcrs, and with one thrust of the
Knife nearly severed the head from the body. |
Il gave one two kicks and died. Although
Jallghan's injuries are not dangerous, he will /
DC. laid up for some time His body was liter
lily covered with scratches, and his clothes
we're torn into shrcds. The deer was a very
arge one, weighing nearly 200 pounds, and
vas the third one the brave young woman has
lelped kill during the past few years.