New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-23
PENNSYLVANIA HUNTING GROUNDS
FEATs OF sPoRTSMEN AMONG DEER AND
BEARS.

FRoM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE
BRADFORD, Penn, Dec. 1.-THE deer hunting
closed in this state Saturday, and from all re-
ports appears to been the most successful one IN
the northwestern tier OF counties that the hunters have
enjoyed years. Bear hunting is now at its best,
although usually by this time Of year those animals have
gone into their quarters but the fall and winter
far have mild that Brn has not been driven
to his long winter sleep but has been able to lind plenty
Offood and TO suffer Inconvenience from the weather.
later this season than he has within the recollection OF
the Oldest hunter There has been one drawback
to the mild fall for hunters, and that has been
the difficulty with which vcnson and other game
have been preserved in good order. The warm
weather spirited away many fat bucks carcass TINS f
Among The many Old hunters that have distinguished
themselves this fall the deer trail Uncle jake
Hamersley, Simon Pfouts, Hugh Sudan, aud Others.
Hamersey and Pfouts began hunting together In this
lion In 1880. and have missed Seasons camp
ngOut here since They each seventy years OF age
HamcIsley Uses a gun that made over sixty years
for his father, by Guusmh Long, OF wheeling. west
Yrgina. II il a snge-barrrl, muzZeOa1ing rifle. and
with IL Uncle Jake has killed grand total OF nearly
1000 deer BEAR elk panther aud smaller game. Pfouiss
record is not 80 large. Hugh Jordan. OF Kte Creek,
claims 10 have killed than 800 bears
in hls career OF fifty years in the
Pennsylvania woods, and porportionatey large
number of deer aud other game He has been more con
hunter than either OF the above named they have
divided the pleasures OF the chase with much sober hus
meas.
Several Of the who have camped In the wds OF
Elk Forest Potter Warren. Hean, Ceareld and other
counties for the past century and have met
with tragic deaths during the past season or two and their
loss greatly dcplorcd their old comrades who are
left The latest addition to the list % these uufortunaes
a the name ~ Abram Downing, native OF Toga County,
and noted throughout tho entire northern part OF the
state He had gone with a man nlmel John FALSELY to
lib In mi
Leeona. Togi county, at the headwater7 OF
scepln Run Thi. was favoritc resort for Downing;
and he ID built platform in tree from which ne coma
br better watch m, approach ~ deer TO the lick. 10
hi shot deer when darkness ca ne on ana tue men
concluded 10 home Downing dc'cende the trec' ana
Plisry wa, lowering him his gun 10y string with the
mulzr DOWN. lrl ON way down the hammer caught
on branch and when IL relieved fc on ne cap ana
DISCHARGED the gln. The ban entered DoNhhSs at9
men and below his hip. Pd'ey ran for assist
90 the nearest hGu1" mile away Mh,h nc
with other, they found DOWnlnss dead DOdy lying near
Sic" Reeves. another famous hunter was crushed
"sn G.' PoftirsiI was killed by a wounded
buck after having hunted FOR sixty years, ana WIN
record Il hundri, ~ dead deer Dc'i' Elk ana Pas W.
many OF them Killed Ia h1nd-t-hlui contests. SIu,
Cady caught IN one 81 his own beartr'p. ana ll'
bones were found scattered about Il i've mouths after
ward ,, IT.. ,h, 49,, go
unric from The different resorts FOR pprsncn IN TINS re-
zion ar those OF Charles Cudcr. the three boys N1er
and Gibbs, shirl., Culdcr Is from Philadelphia W nile
be- hunting In thc hnzh region hc came ,u 90,
upol two hears. H. shot one d'al ami "onhlrd th'
other Thi. one attacked him and lac WIS ophycd 10
rln for his hic aud finally seek safety 10y climbing -
mail tree. Tie bear walked away into the woods
and hc followed H. While seeking IT, bear sprdng out OF
thr bush plr-urd by dog Calder thouSnt lS wa. tue
Ia where Il las surprised 20 hnd the dead hCdy Oh
another one near by. Each bear had one wound hchce
C,ldor concluded that the be found dead was inc
onr he nab wounded and escaped from Jonn GHef
I,iaes Bry aud Samuel OH ~, neither ono 81 whom Is
Ip1T tan fourteen wears NJ age. while hunting foxes
wcrc surprised by large bear and haigIo"n cnD
TN. boy. had but gun, old army mu,ket Young
Crcr carried that When the bears appe l ne shot Tue
old one and the three boys captdred tue young one
alive. , ,,.,r,-. ou,..
Uugh Glen, Barney Morgan and william GlhDS'
ernuIoy.s Of the Williams Lumber Company Of MaryNue'
lille tatin their lunch pile ot loose rocks near III,
10 us camp surprised % see two large bears anu
two cub. walk lrlsuly out from among the rocks Inc
men fired al the bears with hrr reviewers, which agra
yutrd them, and the old oncs showed hight Inc men
could not escape, and were obi ged 10 resort 70 STONES 10
defend Themselves They killed the two old bears with
stones AMI captured the cubs