Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-31
HUNTING DEER.
A Drivers ExhilaratiOn in a Stage
|1e9 ~ Chase.

Drivers ExhilaratiOn in a Stage
Chase.
~. Williams, IN tho NashgiLla A american.
AEe1perienoe as a deer hunter has
',eh considerable, and in one respect
eni0entiy successful. While have never
A1eu nor even shot at a deer, and never
assa TO- yet in the sport of the chase /
ave perhaps had my full share. / was
1Nass with the driver, and frequently
'as 'hat important parsonage myself. /
i41A9 Taste for being stander, to be
p'acea away IN advance out of hearing
~ Almost out Of hope, and when there
" 0niy one chance OF may be dozen
'e'of near anything Of the hunt. While
~ situated the anxiety and supense is
''''eiagio' But with the driver and the
# 's' al Is animation, and the anxiety,
.gasl great is exhilarating in the ex-
o al NJ .,s cold-trailers of the pack are
+ cSs, sulling at the bushes, and then they
g NM 9aily open where the scent is a
r,.gs "eSuer, and as they advance IT
XXI VA lher and the voice of the in
p@ty{te Mound IS heard more frequent
$ bts '. .-. more confidence, and soon the
bar tl3Ai WIN scent less acute than
! IN sr;U,s' begin to open on the trail
.sr '' .,..' the lung power of the
simulated, and the hills begin To
'oull ana echo back the commInUled
ss w. y. dags and men. Every moment
49, gets stronger and the interest
Il /. X tsNse 10 the momentarv eVpenta-
yl"k Tue autlered denizen of tho hills
r5 s4 .ls 70 his feet. This generally
"nen The dogs are close at hand
bop,s s'. ~ the driver is near
nm NJ ~, sel shot. When an old buck
siottI,, HeaQ OF antlers springs from
Edo ,lWe the hounds and raises his
Y 1r'uu defiance AK he sweeps his
te46t'bt on ms pursuers, with tail
Juno H. Ior tue chase like a waving
lnhrs 'he most majestic figure that
|acthd.gY ever rested on. With a
E pas a15 lhe noble fellow bounds
sfatib,s AZ cease begins, and the OK
mof. dc,,.Ol becomes uncomfortable
ennv h \, ana horses, and none seem
lO cop..i''e IMAM the buck himself.
HwefK oe Oh his own swiftneas and
rm. ai,5 Vurancu, has little fear OF
4a b., NeeQ nave none but for the fact
Ismc'-r,. WY hunter, knowing his
ants-fs,..' IS, ambushes him nj the
b.lia,'I IN some OF which IL Ia reason.
us .,'.., v That he will pass. aud be h.
iei, ''''e' slain. But the writer MI
hhnasi' SENSE OF reliefwhen he escanad
sba.0 ''oin these "buahwhnckers,5 o1
s sa NJ auel never had this expor,e,ca
oul al 1sH' NOT to imagine anything
liee "o oannOt do the subject
iwo,.,e1, ' wy stag" has run for an bo,,r
u,uu go warmed I'M ana da sI a9t ~,
eQlrss I'M ''vh h.s pursuera he turns
bu faaa1' Ihe water, II there he anv
ught Ill., l ms domains, ana / hava
iis ior ii ...uan Old buck. not too heavv
lllny "aler that he could outfn9t
badly. nj thli,al' with the exception.
l-doaud by, fainod race horse or tho
ngtiye ~ n iVr short distances. and in
hes, he tn, among the timber and
snped ma ,,'uld Tar outstrip these Umt
K kindrsdo pinlon, unles il be m , so, ma
Do hae''au species. q" ''''io
I. vary s,' nv, These animals even IN tba
g dear ruling o. clrcumstnnce.. {.
~ eno,,.pr zoe, that has "A fe'yn 80
% as IA W make It's escnpe. viii
and ~ , ',,i1iestlc COW will hide ber
~ 70 LEAD glil run clear away fr ,ge ~ ~
'No dogs aud hunters away