Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-26
HUNTING IN ARKANSAS.
The Record Of the Christian County
Hunting Club.
[BY AUSTIN PEAY.l
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CONTINUED FROM YESTERDAY


some went with Warner to try for
bear and the Others, with the captain
went down on the river road deer
hunting. Henry Irane, the chief Of
the Great Lantern, and captain Of the
goose hunters, Barker and myself de.
voted the day to fishing with the
hope of giving the camp change of
diet. We took a boat, and hitching
mule to it pulled it mile through
the lake bottom, to the upper section
of the lake, and there we put out Il
trot line, and also tishei faithfully
all day, but caught but few. These
waters are full Of fish, but they will
not bite. Two deer crossed the bot
tom in sight of us, and yet another
ran into camp, and across the same
bottom.
Bear huntersl could not rouse a
bear, but had up several deer. Capt.
White and his party had no success
either. Some of the men, late in the
evening, went away up to the Wat,
kins' place, and while driving an old
field, Pete Barker saw buck in a
few yards of him lying down, and
snapped at him, and as he jumped
up, fred his other barrel and made a
round hole through his midritf. He
ran off, Lowry firing a long hot at
him, and with dogs in full cry, but
he soon fell dead He is fine, large
four point buck and as fat as he can
well be. Pete is happy.
About night, Drane and / moved
the trot line and put it in the large
lake near the camp. We also have
one hundred and fifty feet stretched
in twenty feet water, and have al
ready caught five fine blue cat. We
are going to run it again, before bed
time, and hope to be able to feed the
camp on fish, Raining, and quite
warm tonight.
Eleven o'clock, Drane and / ran
the trot line again and caught II
twenty-five pound catfish.
Thursday morning cold and clear
Blakmore and Glover go home this
morning much to our regret. Drive
the woods south OF camp; soon had
up three deer, which ran out beyond
the stander One. of the Indiana
hunters killed doe before our dogs,
in front Of Barker's stand. They are
free lances and seem to be ubiquitous.
Squire Jones killed spike buck out
in the drive, and then the We Squire
left for home.
The Captain came to camp and got
some more dogs and made another
drive. Got up IA doe, which ran
across the lake bottom and was fired
at by Hart, long shot.
In the evening we went over be
You'd Brush Lake, but did nothing,
Near the foot of Jefferson Lake Gar
nett shot into flock OF wild geese.
He says there We're five hundred on
sand bar, and he brought one down
with a broken wing. He gave chase
but the goose beat him to the lake
and swan out into the center. The
boys were on both sides and gave
him a fusilade of more than thirty |
shots before he was killed. He drift |
ed to the shore and Garnett brought
him to camp He pulled the scales
to fourteen pounds. While Garnet
was getting his dead goose, a buck
came plunging down the bank and
into the lake One of the hounds |
came down just behind him and both
swan the lake, pursuer and pursued,
in hot haste, but too far of for shot.
Hal. Lenox went home also this
evening.
We are spreading beautiful table
-venison, fish, goose, squirrel and
duck are the SPECIAL features Of our
menu.
This evening, as we were coming
to camp through the woods beyond
Brush Lake, Burke's horse became
tangled in the vines, He was drag
ged OIL, and falling heavily his shouI.
der was dslocated, and we feared for
time that he was seriously hurt, bat
DIR. Drane skilliu ly put it in place
again, and he is all right but some
what sore.
Friday morning. Nov 10, and cold
and frosty. The Indiana hunters
strike tent and leave for home. WEI
go over to say farewell, and see a
beaver, which they trapped. They
have killed five deer, most Of them
before our days.
We have had poor day Of it,.
Drove the woods and hal deer run
ming in every direction but the right
one, and no one had a shot except
Barker, who SHIT ut a doe, which
ran in behind him. Pete also saw
a large buck, and Hart saw one also,
but too far to shoot. Lowry was ON
the lake stand and shot at doe
crossing the bottom.
As compensation for our poor sue
cess we had a splendid fat goose for
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