The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-10-16
DOG AND GUN.
tlanta has some mighty hunters.

Atlanta has some mighty hunters.
1.-THE best days shooting ever did," said
Mr., Willis Vcnable, twas about ten years ago
before there were SO many hunters. 1t was in
a field where the birds were SO very gentle
and it was smooth shooting, with no woods in
the way.
''The best shot I ever made" said Mr.. It E
Block, was at a wild goose. 1t was out on
western prairie. was Kidding with q gentle
man in double buggy, and the dogs were
circling round on the prairie in front Of us. /
saw four wild geese half a mile
ahead, and 1 got my friend
70 whip up the horses SO as as
them Gway. OF course, as the buggy ap-
preached, the geese flew up and had to shoot
at n flying goose, with the horses running. l
selected my goose and brought him down.
"One OF the best shots / ever made was at a
deer in Florida last winter. l was lying be
hind log and saw seven deer. / had
twelve-shot magazine rifle with seven shots
and il l had not mistaken n tree, which was in
front of them, for deer, l would have killed
all seven. ! buried four shots in the tree be-
fore / found it out, ard then / killed three
deer with the other shots. Ono ball went
through one deer and lodged in tine shoulder Of
one just behind potted the second deer, but
the first got away, although bullet had gone
through its body
another good shot made was when shot
running deer through the heart with rifle
at Ito yards. Another time 1 split a deers
head with rifle bali at 2l2 steps"
"The best shooting i ever did," said Mr..
Henry Leonard, twas when / went hunting
with Mr.. Block several years ago. There were
three of us and in three days we killed go
birds and seventy-five doves"
1.-THE best shot / ever made" said another
man, yves when | shot lark coming toward
me and caught it in my hand as it fell"
',The best dog ever saw is the one 1 own
now which is Dan Gladstone, out ofChampion
Gladstone, out of Champion Sue. Mr.. Bryson
sold his litter sister, Lillian, to the Syracuse
kennel for 700. L have several times seen
him start to jump fence, and seeing covey
OF birds as he mounted, stop and point them
from the top rail. have seen him point
bird that was ten or fifteen feet from the
ground in u tree.
1.-THE best bird shot that know Of in Geor-
gia is Willis Venable. He will shoot against
anybody for any amount of money, and he will
agree to kill more birds in n day than any
other man when they ore put together. Mr..
McRae, of Marietta, is said to be one of the
fnost shots in Georgia, and Mr.. W W.
Thomas, of Athens, is also fine shot.
THE best dog l ever heard of, said veteran
bird hunter, twas one that belonged to Guinea
Luckie. lie and and another man were in
the field one day, talking about our dogs and
telling how staunch they were. Ono man
said that his dog stood on point two hours.
That's nothing said Lucbie, I had dog
once and lost him in broom sedge field.
ullttiy Hau 10 20 nOinei ana tle FARMERS BQrnJ
off the field that evening. The next day
went back to look for him and found him still
standing on point where the broom sedge had
burnt over him. His hair was singed off and
he was dead
"Thero was man in north Georgia" said
backwoodsman, "who had oorn-crib on the
bank of creek and a lot of shingles piled up
ON the other side, where the woods came down
to the stream. The man noticed that his corn
pile was getting lower, although he had
not f.,f tl,ot. 4efI Gf
him a long time, for the crib door was locked
and the logs of the crib were spiked down
where they were notched together at the cor
ners. Finally he concluded to watch until he
found out how that corn was being spirited
away. AT last he saw squirrel como out of
tho woods and carry shingle down to the
waters edge on the other side, where he made
q ferry boat of it, and hoisted his tail for a SAIL
BY heading little down stream and flourish
ing his tail in q certain way, he
managed to guido the shingle
across. When he had landed he went
up TO the corn crib, took an ear Of corn out be-
tween the logs and carried 1t down to the wa
tors edge, whore no put it on the single.
the other side, Having landed the shingle he
dragged the ear OF corn to o hollow tree whore
he got 1t inside This squirrel was followed by
others who went through the same maneuver,
each landing an car of corn at the foot OF the
Same tree. Amazed at what he had seen, and
hardly able TO believe his eyes, the man went
over TO examine the tree. lie had on heavy
overcoat buttoned at the top with
ono heavy button. AS he waded through the
creek his coat absorbed water and got very
heavy, and ms he came out on the other side,
the button flew of and struck q crouching
rabbit behind the ear, killing it instantly. just
at that moment the man saw what made his
overooat so heavy. The big side pockets were
full Of fish. Picking up the rabbit, he con-
cluded that 1t was hardly fit TO eat and threw
II aside. There was covey ofpartridges hud-
died with their heads together "a they some
times 30, and tho rabbits head struck In tho
centre and killed the holecoyey Having tied
the birds together with string, the man
went 10 the tree and found his corn inside.
lie called 10 his son, who came over with an
AK and felled tho tree. which proved to be q
bee tree. Besides getting all his corn back,
the man got twelve barrels Of honeycomb, tho
top OF the tree fell over into the creek, and the
MRter ran sMcet for twenty Years.H