The Coconino sun., 1891-05-23
A TUSSLE WITH A DOE.
--.s---. AN EXCITING INCIDENT IN A GEORGIA DEER HUNT.
The Fine Animal Was Captured, Thrown ts the Ground and Securely Bound Without Firing Single shot.

A party of ,Savapnahians who spent week hunting on St. Catherine's Island last month are still telling a good story of very unusual and laughable incident that occurred dur ing tho hunt. Charles Grant, the colored manager of the fine pack of deer hounds which Nlr Jacob Rauers keeps or his place on St Catherine's, is the hero of the story. Grant is an enthusiastic sportsman and always keeps ose behind the hounds. One morning toward the end of the hunt the party was among the lagoons near the coast Besides the large pack of hounds Shey had number of negroes beating through the palmetto and heavy undergrowth. About11 o'clock, while driving the lagoons, the dogs reused a fine, large doe, which started full tilt down the island toward the coast and right in the direction of the hunters stand. The whole pack opened stter her with voices that made the welEu ring, and the negroes were close be,;ind them with yells that could bo heard mile. This is the music thpt sends the blood to the hunters heart with tumultous throbs that makes him tighten the nervous grasp upon his gun us the quarry ap- breaches. s...
 Several Shots were fired as the deer went pnst sbe stand, but whether from excite,nen. Or other causes that dis tracted the hunters aim, the deer went by unhurt end continued her way to the coast, followed by the dogs and the negroes.
 When Size reached the beach, how ever, Yho found herself cornered by the dogs, witt apparently no avenue of escape, but turning about, she boldly plunged into the water and swan out into the sound, followed by the dogs. As she seemed to have no intention of stopping, the dogs gave up the chase and came back to the shore.
 Grant had followed the deer to the coast and watched her swim out into the sound. He put the pack with the exception of one dog, back into the lagoon. where they reused another deer, Lut, knowing the habits of the animals, he remained watching the doe. She swan out a long distance, nearly to trading schooner, over q mile from the coast.
 Only a black spot on the water showed her whereabouts from the shore. Grant waited, and after a while the deer turned about and started slowly back for the shore, making for the very point where she had been driven in. Grant waited until her feet were almost on the land, when he put the dog in. The deer made one leap past the dog, and landed on the shore Grant had dismounted from his horse, and as the deer landed he grabbed her around the neck
 "I got you, you debbil," he ex- claimed.
 Grant and the deer had a lively wrestle up and down the beach. He struggled with her until he managed to get to his horse and got hold of his cowhido dog whip, twenty feet long. Throwing the deer he wrapped the whip around her legs until he had her completely tied up. Then he cut the buckskin string from his hunting horn and with it tied the deer to myrtle root. He then. rode back to the camp, where he found the party preparing to cook some bacon for dinner. He told them he had deer down on the beach, but they refused to believe him. As he persisted in his story the party at length took the wagon down to the beach, where they found the deer, just as Grant had said.
 The animal was four-year,old gray doe of large size. Grant was the proudest man in the party, and gave graphic description of his capture of the deer The doe was heavy with young. and was taken to Mir. Rauer's place and put in stable to secure the lawns. It is probably the first instance on record where man, single-handed and unarmed, has captured a full grown and uninjured deer.
 The hunt was very successful one. and the party killed thirteen deer.