The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-29
ABEL CAREY AND THE BUCK.
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They Foueht .. the scrus Oaks, ssa Carey
wou by the Ska OF His Teeth.

Won by the Ska OF His Teeth.
HARnrsDuna. Nov 2a-Abel Carey. we'll
known hunter OF Clinton county, has killed
thirteen deer this fall. and In killing his thir-
teenth on Wednesday he had q narrow escape
from being killed himself. This deer was an
unusually large buck. and the dogs drove 1t
| to the runway where Carey was standing. and
whore he had killed four deer within week.
As the buck came bounding along By Carey
the latter fired The deer stopped short In Its
tracks. stood a moment with its sntlers high
In the air. and then turned to run in another
direction. Carey's second barrel tumbled the
buck in the scrub oaks. and he lay
there without kick. The hunter hur-
ried forward to where the big deer
lay. and drew his knife to cut
It's throat. To his surprise the deer that he
supposed was dead sprang to its feet. as he
was about to bend down and use his knife and
furiously attacked him. Carey had his empty
gun In one hand. He jumped quickly aside as
the buck raised in the air and struck at him
with its sharp forefeet. and prevented the full
force Of the blow falling upon him; This at
Of The hoos struck carey on ths left 0 ehcude
ing him of his feet As the buck gathered
one. but it had little effect. on the deer. The
being broken from the stock by the force ofthe
time Tor Carey. The nes deer renewed its attack
tSs hSSteT: tSr i pisntsa bssS q is iSseisst
tact was more than he could withstand. and he
was thrPWn to the ground Carey quickly re-
itself again Ys upon the hunter. The knife that
pyDpctedly rose from thu ground where IL
supposed to be lying dead had been knocked
from his hand when tho buck attacked him
Sf tho deer's hoois until the wounds Of the ride
DO soon. as blood was pouring in streams from
2 bullet hole in the deer's breast ana from one
When the deer came at him the third time.
therefore: Carey dncked. and rushing in upon
the buck threw both arms around its body. its
hunters Shoulders. ''l But the Buck s Wounds
were either not as serious as Carey had
OF life. for after more than ten minutes con-
slant wrestling with the deer In the scrub
Tss %S Tbs RSfk snS dsT
pied him beneath its sharp pointed hoofs.
cutting and bruising him in u terrible manner,
down the ridge toward Careys runway.
exhausted. There were. other hunters In the |
vicinity and likewise q lumber camp not far |
daTe s shonss snf
hoping that the hunters or lumberInen, might |
hear him and come to his aid. No aid had |
reached him. however. and the hunter saw |
that he would he unable to hold out much |
longer against the deer unless be could adopt
successfully mbatting tho buck than the de-
fensive ones which We're firing him out. While
none OF the injuries he had received were
dangerous. they weIe in q measure disabling.
body, While struesline, for the third time
with his arm clAsped about the deer's body. |
Carey saw that they had wrestleS to within
lew feet uf his gun barrels. which he had
down the first time BY BY QUICK sfiSrt. which
his desperation made successful. he disen-
gagged himself from the deer, and lying forward
only time to rise upright before the buck was
he blow. and brought the heavy gun barrels
struck. SO that the blow fell ut the base Of the
inters. The deer sank to it's knees beneath
he iorce Of the blow and before it could rIse
crushed the animals skull The buck fell over
IN its side, and Carey sank to the ground. fall
ng across the deers body. He lay there half
IN hour before he recovered strength enough
yero attended to-
Turing the fight between Carey and the buck,
,r 1t would have been soon over Carey learned
owed the trail Of the other one instead Of the
'uck 8. This buck was q six-pronR buck. |
which are rare. and the largest killed In that
i9s 3 ea an Immense Rss buck
united for years. and was finally killed By a
'arty OF wh ich the late Gov. Geary was one. be-
ng the only ono which could compare in size
viii this one.