New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-19
COMMENT AND OPINION.
DIANA IN THE NORTH WOODS.

DIANA liz ->ORiA "ONNS'
WHAT SHALL SHE HAVE THAT KILLED THE
pEER,-MIGHTY WITH PEN AND RIFLE
TO the Editor Of Tho Tribune.
+ Sir: 4 few days ago saw in a l0sl paper an ex
tract from The Tribune about the shooting OF deer IN
the Adirordacks by women which was al injustice 10
any woman WHO has ever held gun. They are not
so few as those outside imagine. and as am one OF
them. may speak. That the writer Is novice III
wo,dcaft Is evident. from the use he makes OF the
technical language Of the guides. but he claims to ave
authority saying that 1t /, the custom when woman
wishes to kill deer t. have one caught and fastened
by the guide where. either knowing or not knowing
the little Arrangement. she may shoOt the animal.
Now | have spent eleven summers In the North ""poS
five OF them in camp. and have known hnmper oi
deer shot by women. vet have never known such All
outrage to be perpctracd have killed. six deer my
self and not one of them by shot that wN anything
but fair and spoIt,lnanlike. Three were In hoatng
and three by DAYLIGHT with rife and the first OF all
was All uncOnlmpnly long and difficult shot. a. the
deer was 200 yards of and | hit him through We
heart a, he jumped from the water to the shor'.
| am telling my own exploit, simply because OF my
Indignation for women in general. What have done
every woman not Urvalid might DO. and believe
il they knew the pleasure OF camp life. aud now
saturated il Is with freedom and health. many more
would hear their OWN rifles cracking in the Wilderness
and he eating vcnison Of their own shouting As II
j. know number that have killed deer. and one
Of my f How tOwli,woE has IA record OF three. IN
every It has been done In perfectly legitimate
way. ~ one OF the best shots and OF the Oldest
hunters In the Adirondack> told me, when woman
Gaze, 10 shoot, she commonly docs II better than a
man. and ! know Of my own experience that. though
am hy no mrarls a crack shat. I IRE stri!ghcr
than most OF the that have pulled trigger
against me.
.ts far a that goes. my arc-cncny. the writer IN
The Tribune. evidently docs not know that II takes
anything bit fine shoot NJ To hill deer. deer Is a
large TARGET. and ii simply lakes little GOODNESS.
and for the lack NJ that almost every man misses
his first. killed mine and ii is Irresistible to mention
II row. and enjoy small triumph over the miserable
wretch who wrote that letter. and over men In general
] Could give li.t of the men | know who have
missed deer. and could give Il accurately ana cir
rnm>antsaiv. that wOnd be long that Tine Tribune
would not have room I" publish it, i'ut viii not
Try. for most OF them are my very c,'cf friends.
II The Tribune prints this plntcst against masculine
ignOrace and assumptions then perhaps II may some
tim" let tell other thing that bear the subject
for have Cainpcd It'll nv husband In open bark
saiity aud slept OIL the bata:n for week, at time
weeks Once-and / have " foatcd" . panther
and taken trout with Nv. aud in fact, 30 Ia
heaven for month every summer. aud any Other
woman who chose might do the same.
! hope the msn VINO wrote that article may read
this and know IN hl> Utmost soul. do. that he
Is bad tempered and grconh0rn and has been thrown
over Is woman who /, no. Only twice too good
for him. but could shoot two deer TO his II she
would but try. And wish she would W. T. s. \.
syracuse. y. V, sept. 16. 800