Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-03-01
To be continued. J
Old Times.

After ea ting good breakfast of nice
buckwheat batter cakes, well covered
with butter and honey, we took our
guns and that bucket of honey and
started for my home. AS it was to-
wards the last of the week we did not
care to go back to the mill. We always
made it our business to hunt going to
and coming from the mill. When we
got up in the Shut-in mountains we
saw flock of deer. We sat our buck
ct of honey on the ground and killed
one of the deer. After hanging it up
we started on our way again. And
right here I will tell our young hunters
how / used to hang up deer without
having to lift it. If I was near young
sapling CHATS young tree) I would
pull the deer up to where the. tree
would reach when bent down. would
then climb up the sapling until it would
bend with my weight and bring the
top of the tree to the ground, then lay
across the tree and with my weight
hold it down. while my hands were
busy with my knife cutting slit in
the skin of one of the hind legs. With
one leg on one side of the tree and the
other on the opposite side, run one of
the, legs-threagh the slit in the other
leg, then would get off of the tree
and it would slowly raise up to its
former position and convey the deer up
with it. way out Of the reach of any
animal. When wanted to take my
deer down all had to do was to reach
up and pull on the deer and that would
bend the tree down again, and with
my knife cut the skin where the leg
went through. Or, if there was no tree
near, leave the deer on the ground and
lay some article of clothing-a hand
kerchief or glove-on the deer, and it
would never be disturbed by any wild
animal.
After We reached home with our
bucket of honey and rested awhile and
had dinner, my old pard said, Lets
go up to Pilot Knob and kill another
deer and few turkey" ''All right"
So shouldering our rifles once more we
started out. When we got over on the
creek bottom east of Ironton we saw a
large flock of turkeys. They were very
wild and flew as soon as they saw us
coming and lit on the sideof the noun
tain and ran toward the top and we after
them. A turkey will always run up a
hill, but will never run down. The top
and east side of the mountain was COW
cred with thick coat oil sedge grass.
When we reached the top of the noun
tain we lost sight of them. Now, when
God created all the beasts of the fell,
fowls Of the air and fish of the sea, be
then created man to have dominion
over them all, and yet he gave all the
beasts of the field and fowls of the air
fear, an instinct or reason, or what
ever you may call it, to protect them
selves, to elude man. This instinct is
often wonderfully displayed in acts of
warning. Now, when we had reached
the top of the mountain there was not
a turkey to be seen. Now, watch; I
understand that kind of a game. Let
us sit down and wait while and we
will see what we'll see. My pard took
caller out of his bullet pouch and
gave one or two calls. Now, watch!
with eyes wide open. All, see your
head. Yes. about fifty yards off see
a head slowly rising in the tall grass.
AS the head comes up out of the grass
| draw down on it with my rifle. At
the crack of the gun that head sinks
down In the grass, and such f1ntteringi
Tor | have put the ball through that
turkeys head. After waiting while
my pard gives another call. Now
watch. Another call. Pretty soon Z
see my pard raise his rifle and fire.