Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-01-29
JANUARY %. 1891.


the mountains, in the deep ravines, il
The thickets, in the open woods-an'
not an eye could we shine in all tina
nights hunt; yet we knew there wer'
any number nf them hid somewhere
| for there were all the fresh signs every
where.
well, we may as well give it up
! for the deer have hunted their hiding
places. and It's going to storm, and al
soon as it is gooi light we had better
strike out for home"
Just before day it began to cloud W
and looked like snow. | started fol
! home through the mountains, but
could not see a solitary deer OF turkey
| Before | got home it commenced
| sprink ling, then fine sleet. then it got
coarser, apd the way il did plelt down
was a caution. And those deer had
scented that storm thirty hours before
ii came, and bad hunted shelter among
the crags and rocky ledges where the
storm could not reach them.
| have started out hunting turkeys
in the night, and / knew just where tc
look for those turkeys; for turkey al.
| ways roosts on the inward side of the
| mountain out of the wind, Sometimes
you will not find them where you ex-
pected to fnd them. For instance, ope
very pleasant night, my old friend
Farnham came oyer. He said, "1t W as
so pleasant / thought 1 would like to
take hunt with you tonight"
said to him, off the weather is not
going to change before morning [ can
take you right to the turkeys for they
will be on the north side of the noun.
taius roostng in big timber"
But, hunting at those places where
knew they ought to be, we could not
find single turkey. I said to Farm
ham, Il think the weather is going to
change before morning, aud all the
| turkeys are Oh the other side of the
u mountain.n
He laughed at me and said, "Wha'
10 turkeys know about the weather.
II will show you what they know
| about what the weather is going to be-
So we crossed over to the other side
of the mountain and we found any
number down in the big timber neal
the foot of the mountains. We had moi
hunted long before the wind began tt
blow cold from the north, just like Ice
heavy clouds came rolling up cold
and, don't you think, those turkeys
were just as wild as they could be. We
could not get near enough to get {
single shot. They would fly at the leas
noise. We hunted until near morning
and not turkey did we get. Whet
we went home it was just awful. VIZ
were glad to get to good fire.
/ said to him, do you think those
turkeys didn't know what they were
about when they went to roost? They
knew just as we'll what the weather
would be before morning as we dc
now"
So. III hunting deer you need no
look for deer on the winuward side o
the mountain; look on the sunny siue
out of the wind, To be good hunter
I must study the habits of all animals
and birds; study the signs of the seas
ons; learn to forecast. There were old
hunters in the country when I frs
learned to hunt, whose word about
what tomorrow would be would take
| before any signal service mans in the
employ OF the government to-day. No
that do not appreciate the signal serv'
ice, or think it useless; bu: those ole
hunters had made a life study and
daily and hourly practice, and think
every hoy and girl should make it 6
part of their daily practice to watch
| the signs of the times and learn to fore
cast the weather. T. 2. r.