The sun., 1888-11-04
SPORT In WOOD and FIELD
Now Begins the Season Of the
Huntsman's Delight.
A GREAT GAME ROUNDUP.
Tho Best Stories Going Of Adven-
ture with Wild Beasts.
OPRDIANS AND SAURIANS.
Queer Things Observed In the
A GREAT GAME ROUNDUP.
OPRDIANS AND SAURIANS.
Queer Things Observed In the
Lower Animal World.

Lower Animal World.
0pers In the West Virginia nIountains-Bsd
Anse Matneld es woodsmnn-9ood
Sport with Gun and Rod In the Maine
weeds-Ths Greatest Bear DOG that
Ever Hunted B'ar-Ferncr Frye Boy's
0ueer ssuirrel-How q hoy Hunter Lest
his Heel-Snake and Buck and Simon
wsgner-Royal Rear HuntinS-Clawing
Matches with Wildcats, Flights With
Anieators-No End OF Men and Beasts.
LOGAN, W. Va, Nov. The stranger who
finds his way back as far as this into the noun
tains Of this State, particularly II he be from
the North, will be told. when he asks II there Is
any game to be found theresbouts. that "there
b right smart Of squirrels and partridgos
There used to be o heap OF deer, but they all
done died about i've years ago. II 20 want
deer you done como too far"
The truth is that up to six years ago West
Virginia was the sort Of country to mako
sportsman wish no might live forever. Al
though the country has o settler wherever
there Is Q stream. the tops Of the mountains
and ridges are covered with virgin forests.
Tho oak In about all its varieties and tho chest
nut and the beech grow to perfection, not to
trees and bushes. such as the cherry. the haw.
and the paw.paw. Whatever feeds on nuts or
wild fruits can hero find endless food and mild
winters. In the fields very little besides corn
a. raised. and here the quail and the coon in
the fall Of the year get as fat as butter. In the
language OF the native. there In now in this
country right smart not only Of partridges (the
QuaiD and pheasants and squirrels, but Of wild
turkeys as we'll. besides the coon and the
,possum and tho rabbit. In the season there
are plenty Of migrating ducks and geese. OF
larger game there is only the bear in any num-
bers. Bruin Is so bold that he frequently
comes out in sight Of the people Of this hamlet.
Only three or four weeks ago an old she bear
and her two cubs eame into the field OF corn
Just across tho Wyandotte. and in plain sight
Of tho people on the main street and about the
Court House and Post ONCE. It was her fifth
appearance in the field this season in broad
daylight The field lies on the mountain side.
which rises abruptly from the west side Of the
river. and the bear was at no time over five
rods from the woods above her. whore. on &C.
count Of the difficulty Of travelling. she was
safe. People with guns are always to be found
on Logsn's Streets and there was q fusillade
Immediately she was seen. but for over half an
hour she paid very little attention to the noise.
She was about 500 yards away and the squirrel
Eides were not loaded for any such range.
The deer which used to be almost as thick
as turkeys nearly all died of some sort Of throat
disease about i've years ago. Scores OF them
wore found dead and many just dying. They
were examined in rude way by the noun
taineers. and their tongues and throats in
every case were found swollen and black.
The mouta1n man SHOOTS game with the old
ee ons t Il sboa sss Sc
the pound. The stories 50 often told Of the
and souirpes are hit IN the head In @ tops 81 any
Of the! trees. But when the mountain man
a VIII bore and Rep pdossnt sRss
expense even II big brass cartridge does cost
Az ss sss Ssn shsn xhs hs shS ssn from the squirrel
:, Up here in the mountains there iSno restric-
ton on the shooter. Game laws are not con;
end the other fayoring circumstances the game
VIII Be ound wSo
trouble. The law which permits farmers to
proud owners Of old muskets.. It was not so
Or 81 The H dsrtsH Ss sense ss
S, Of humor that the euI law was passed The fun
Would BE- to mule tnsned
the The, mule TIE darkey would Are charge Of ne
On ground and aisy claw tho ns9 grass HiM %biIe
he laughed to see the mule run and kick: Oc-
that; that. The same may be "a sald q the III, darkey
!oEss and thu thus fh save the maies g 70 pf''en' So'n
hunted With shot guns. the most Of which are
lying but When Vie sfs nfss
hs shos aHSs h
choice prizes Of the woodsman now that the
as
shook makes an excellent blind for tho Hunter:
waits for the turkey to come 70 breakfast.
sss 1sss q
bang some @ Ground its breast, and then hang It
ase eh Il b In
e placed on the hearth beneath. Then the
bird 70 kept q ,whirling. and the juices that
Bird again. and tRis process @ pE Is kept @ up for fop
about three or four hours at the end OF which
Within
ly hungry and the bird has brown coat that
othsr S ae for 59
ana ashes on one side Of the fireplace and
brown, which looks very handsome. too When
tprkey-are placed on the table, and the
STRANGER ts invited to sit BY. he concludes that
the mountain Idea Of cooking turkey.
Partridges quails and squirrels are usually
made Into pot pie The possum and the
the place; II not. then in the cast-iron spider.
In the Blue Ridge range the deer are plenti-
full reporter who was at Catlettsburg. KY,
met number of gentlemen several weeks ago
in the Blue Ridge. They are not regularly Or
gsnized as q club; but they keep their dogs the
year round at the house of mountaineer
with whom they live while hunting. They stay
IN the woods from two weeks to a month, and.
besides living on the fat, OF the land while there
manage to bring out deer each. besides from
two to i've bears to the party. No account Is
taken OF the smaller game such as turkeys
and Louisville sportsmen visit the
region in limited numbers.
Just at present. and in fact 1t has been so for
2 year past, shooting In Pike county. KY. and
In this county. Is dangerous pastime for
oyer the Hatield-McCo ,feud; The presence
OF detectives has made the criminals exceed
ingly cautious. and that means that they are
ready to shoot an armed stranger at sight. not
to mention the temptation they would feel to
become possessed OF the sort OF q weapon
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