Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-02


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 To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 No camp is complete without deers meat. (Venison is not known here.) But how shall we get ita There is a newly made law that hunting with dogs is forbidden. The guides ara dreadfully ssdown" on this, and one game constable was shot and killed and another dangerously wounded only day or two ago in trying to have this rule enforced. But we were much in want of some fresh meat. Ba- con and ham are good, but they get to be an ''old story" One of our guides told a very glowing story of dog he had at home named "Ziph who was never known to miss his game, and had reputation all over the settlement for his success. We had one dog in camp, but he was suffering from an at tack upon hedge hog, and was not rid Of all the quills yet. They are the very worst crea- lures dog can 'stackle." They fill dogs mouth and neck with their weapons and it is next to impossible to get them out of the dog, and they constantly work in, and unless they are pulled out (a very painful operation, at once they are almost sure to ruin if not kill the canine. Old 'Zip" had been in one of these fights too, but learned it was better to let hedge hogs alone. We of course were anxious beyond measure to see old ''Zip" ln our camp, and after great deal of coaxlne ssUncle Dite'' started off to get him, nearly ly rowing back into camp you never saw such surprised lot of chaps as we were particularly the writer.
 I had set my mind upon splendid speci men of hound, such I have heard of with long lopped ears, slim nose and lank long body. What he had in his boat was small sized cur dog, mostly yellow and white with a black back. Could that be the ia nous deer -huntera I should call him com mon street whelp not worth the taking. Ht was old and stiff, and not until he was show1 gun did he wake up to himself. What { change came over him. He parked and "tort around" like mad, and we began to suspect that he was one of the often heard of but seldom seen "singed-cats." The next day ol two were not favorable for hunting and VI boys began to be anxious, as our stay wal drawing to a close, when we were informed that on the morrow we were to start out any | way. At daylight we were all mustered ou and eating hasty breakfast. Each one O. us was assigned particular position some three or four miles apart. The weather be gan to threaten rain and soon it came, frs1 | in fine mist and then harder until regular storm set in. I never shall forget that fore noon's experience. was upon a small is ldnu u6&T Luo OuGlct Ol Gu0 4dh0 WdbCniuS with all my eyes, resting my gun against ( large pine tree and covering the muzzle witt a piece of bark to prevent it being filled with rain water. At given signal we be gan to return home dripping wet to the skin Some had crossed ford and widowed through high wet grass and bushes, and yor can guess how they looked. But one fact past our camp half an hour after our whole party came in they could have seen hanging to tree by the waters edge the finest two years old buck that could be desired, and old Zip was tapping his ife's blood that flowed into the lake. How the deer came there will not state here. Rumor says he was making direct for the camp, and fearing that the dogs might get after him and make us liable for transgressing the law for hunt
 ing game with dogs, someone killed the buck to prevent trouble.
 It may seem strange that the above state ment be true, but when I tell you two o1 three stories of what Mir. Emmerson told me of the strange habits of these creatures il may cast some light on the truth of my sto ". He said ''deers do strange things" and as said Emmerson is the school trustee of his district and owns quite large farm, and if well reputed in this neighborhood for truth fitness, his statements are not to be ques tioned. He told me he had been a hunter for over thirty years about here, and while
 uC udo HUI oAOs 1llddJ AlAAoO1A \OCAhS SuiSAS to let others do the shooting) he had taksr over a thousand he said. Once while out al night 'jack-hunt1ng' he and his companion went ashore for little rest and fell asleep and on awaking saw a great buck betwee1 themselves and their boat, which was few rods away. He was smelling about, seem ingly without fear, but before they could gel their guns, which they had left in the boat he was off. But the most fun he ever saw was one night out when they came in sigh of a yearling buck, and they rowed right uI to him while he was standing looking at tht "jack." The hunter fired and missed ths shot and the buck did not run far away, ane so they rowed up to him the second time and as he did not move the hunter jumped out of the boat and grasped him about tho neck, when quicker than flash he threw him sprawling into the 1ily-pads, and stil the buck did not run, but the man was SC overcome with excitement that it was long time before he could compose himself to give him final and fatal charge. Another hun ter told me almost exactly the same story about trying to catch deer he had shot al and was not frightened away, and it is nc uncommon thing to hear such stories il these woods, dozens of which I heard from the guides lips. Now is it strange that ou1 deer came into camp to be shot? One word more about dogs. The reason why hounds of full blood are not used was given me, but I will wait until my next paper to tell the reason M c. S.