The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-09-30
CARVER ON SHOOTING.

western and southern characters, accus-
toned from Childhood to the use of
revolvers and rifles, would make remark
ably bad scores when laboring under the
slightest excitement.
"Why, said the doctor, 81 have known
men who could snuff candle at 40 PAGES
with a shooter go cut into the street
and empty q gun at some follow who
was blazing agaY at them short dis
lance off aad nayer touch their man. 1t
makes heap of difference to most mon
when they are squirting along the barrel
of 4 Winchester or over the sight of a
G-shooter whether they are cutting loose
at an inanimato target or looking into
the muzzle OF gun. | don't mean to
say that they become frightened, as l
have seen many men who didn't know
the sensation of fear and who take
pride i'll their craftsmanship get wrought
up to such frerzy by beng opposed to
any one that they get into state of
nervous excitement that renders it almost
an impossiblity to hit anything. There
was shooting match between two bad
mem at Plum Greek across a billiard
table. Neither tlinched, and both emp
tied their guns, ard both men were hit
but once, and that exactly in the same
place. They had each thrown their arm
forward over the heart to protect it, and
both were hit in the arm near the elbow,
the other shots flying wide of the mark,
causing a stampede and wrecking some
of the glassware.
The same thing applies to big game
shooting. When you take quail or
snipe shOoter-a man who rarely misses
in the field, and let him be ever so good
wing shot-lead him out into the
timber or on the prairie and show him a
moose, bear or elk, it is hundred to one
he will miss the animal altogether. Good
shots have been known to empty the
magazine of aWinchester at the first big
animal they ever fred at, and then be-
come mortified to see the animal trot off
unirju!ed. OF course this is not fear; it
is excitement. It is known to all hunters
as buck ague," and few indeed there are
who have not experienced it soma time
in their lives There arc men however
who never shooS except to kill their man
They are invariably cold blooded, iron
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their lives to hunting meu or protecting
themselves and who experience as little
excitement while being shot at and
shooting at man as the old hunter does
while pursuing his favorit5 game. These
men carry the best revolvers obtaiuable,
their pistols always being of the largest
calibre aud single action, for cowboy
or an Indian will have nothing to do with
a selfcocker: Such men wear their gurs
in such manner as to be able to drop
their hand upon them without any false
motion or awkward gestures and wear
them where it is impossible for them to
get caught in the clothing in the act of
drawing.
One of the coolest things ever saw
was man who had terrorized western
Missouri for long time after the
close of the war, and who had emptied
his six shooter at party of men
opposed to him and at his side DUR
ing one of those factional fights that
still occur il that section. After empty
ing his gun, instead of attempting to
seek shelter, he rode boldly out into the
town and sat upright in the saddle cody
reloading his pistol while under fire, and
having satisfied himself that he was
ready for battle again, he whirled around
and did some very effective work until
the opposition made it SO hot for his
party that they retreated, fighting down
a side street, and escaped across the
broad creek that ran through the edge of
the town. Il is the same with the shooter
as it is with the billiard, baseball, racquet
or tennis player; he must be in good
form to do his BEST"
DIR. Carver is an old buffalo hunter
and tells how, in the early days when
buffalo shooting, he stayed in one locality
until game got rather scarce. Then he
met some Indians who spoke of big
herd further mp the river and said that
in this herd was white buffalo.
Now" said the doctor lever since
began shooting and roping buffalo l had
heard about the white buffalo and was
pretty anxious to see one. l moved
camp and got up in the vicinity of the
big herd. located them and did one
or two days shooting without discover
ing the white buffalo. had really not
expected to see one as did not believe
there was such a thing in existence One
afternoon, however, came upon small
herd near the mouth of canyon, and to
my surprise and delight saw right in
the middle CT the bunch. feeding with
the rest, the white buffalo himself.
81 Immediately determined to have
this animal if was obliged to kill
horse to get him, and | nearly did kill
Red Dips, one OF the best horses l ever
owned, for drove up this canyon drop
ping a buffalo here and there, and after
a hard ride, when my poor horse was
nearly tagged out, | was in despair, as
the white buffalo remained right in the
middle of the herd where it was imposs.
ible for me to drop him. Then lucky
shot dropped cow in the center and
well in advance of the herd. Then
the bunch split, ne-half turning sharp
to the right, and the other half keeping
right on.
"Among those turning was the white
buffalo. AS the animal swung around |
got good look at what ! had been
spelling my best horse for and wearing
myself out to kill, and what DO you
suppose it was?-a big white Texas steer
that had evidently been brought up in
some herd and strayed away and Joined
this band of buffalo. 1t is needless to
say that l checked my horse and rode
slowly back to camp without an effort
to even get revenge for tde long ride or
to spoil the Iudiads' pes white buffalo
story by killing the closest resemblance
to one that think ever existed on the
plains.
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