Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-26
GREAT HUNTING
Tales Of the EconIOcAaIchIO by a Florida
Sportsman

oweu. Atlanta, you tie the dogs mp
under the wagon ana Wen see II VIZ Vtn
roost the turkeys tonlghl, sAl9 w ,,,,,i,,s,
ground underneath grove Of palmettoa
On the banks 81 EconlOchntchie creek
branch Of the 81. dohrs iNer.,. =, e. q,
the woods. Atr. Grtddlck and myself, VIII
several others having ridden across we
country IN wagons while the rest OF inc
party were 70 come around the river ia
You may think yourself sfpart, and I
guess You are since you write Tor the
paporsH said he. "but you've got TO BIZ
mighty peart 10 get ahead ~ q turkey.
Now you remember That, VIII your
/ promised him thtt ] wouldnt lorgtt
aud then he pointed to n long hne OF trees
aNow the turkeys win roost IN that
hammock They may come lu at that
bend over to the right or they may iiy w
down yondcr at that point on inc leII
4 Killed two down yundtr on tue leit o.e
morning, but had TO cover myself up ln
moss 10 fool 'cm, but there's lots or ways
"Guess hover told you about Uncle
Jack did ~ No. | know ! mover told you
nll around him and stuck his hat fuil oI
moss and weeds, aud run uut ehenu OF
800 much Ike % bunch Of weeds AMI moss
that be crawled right up Oh thpm ana
Knocked over hue guhblrr lie tuOk tne
MOSS on aud went back 60 the house WIN
hi4 turkey but hp forgot 90 take the weeds
AHA Tie MOSS out Of bis hat.
He put The turkey np and vent out 20
didn't Know him. Thoughts hc was ani
lniun. J reckon. Anyway, Uncle JACK
hadn't morc'u put hs head IN tho atable
strcak nnd lifted no DTS heels and the next
minute Uuclo Juck went nuying BACK
ward ont OF the door quicicnr,d he won't pa
AMI when hc picked himself up out the
sand be- had n broken collar bone for not
making Jim acquainted with HIN Tore ne
suddenly the old nan. pointed toward n
gnurlcl Old pine that lifted its head high
above q clWnp Of palmetto trees Ahla'
"Nou see that old pine over thyref
ing Tor me 10 reply. II killed twu big COB
bicrs under that one morning last spring.
] tried TO got them for Two MORNINGS ana
failed, but ! got thcm ON tec thlrd day.
Ihcy roasted on The creek bout "a quarter
over youipr The woods was burnt AMI
they'd ily down qua strut MI over them
nnd g1hhc Hike forty every morning about
suu-up. I ycppd FOR thcm two mornings,
but couldn't gCt EN- 10 como close enough.
although could sce thcm plainly. inc
third morning about daylight | got 60 That
Oh uuc There und iny down behind
log. JUST on sunrise the old Fellows new
down into the woods and begun 20 STRUT
and gobhio / yoped Tor Thorn and pretty
soon they began TO come toward me- ]
kent up for bout half nu hour uud thrn
They were I'm thirty yards OF me. ! Slipped
my OH gun over The log ana dropped Que
dead n his tracks and tumhled the other
one over ns hc ran of. ! tntcd 'om home,
lut 'tWus bout all ! could do 10 Wlgsle
Wien supper was over. scycrnl OF tho
youthful mcmhCfs VI the pnrty told huut.
Ing stories. and then. whcn q quiet Ind
fnlicn ON the group, M. Gsnlnick gave us
az account OF one OF his hunting trips
~ want to tell You about q hunt ] took
when game wns PLENTIFUL said ho. knock
ing tho ashes out of HIS pipe ana rrhlling
it with t0hncco. which be lit with u coal
rdLod FROM the cump IRE.
81 WIS out ON % general hunt win my
dog ! lad come mp tho river IN noht
ANA had three turkeys nt my camp killed
the night A arrived aud the morning after.
~ WIS on my WY 10 another place for
nrcd u load Into him. and i saw he was
Wounded ] pat my dog ON DIS tran, ana
q wasn't long before ho had bayvd him.
] hurried forward, uuooslhg my hunting
uVc as / went. Tile buck WIS badly wound
I cl. ana was backed up among some vines
/ Keeping the dog nc bay
I him With nn axe, hut II glanced from his
ntlcFS rnl kuark'l the dO9 dead. ! mt
| him ggaiu an4 hlled him nl then drag.
/ grl LIN ont into the woods and cut his
Throat The dog WIS not dead, Rs ! Thought
so ] pulled him out AMI laid him close to
81 went ON aad loft the deer and Che
! dog. That evening 1 killed two more tur-
knNs. ana was uu uly Way huck tO camp
/ with a torch when heard q terrible
! scratching on SOME pine trees about two
/ hundred yuulG ahead Of me-. / thought 10
/ WINS "a Wildcut ut lr.t hut % muuc too
! much fuss I Slipped up o. The pine ana
/ scratch scratch ns two ~ the vGrmiut'
/ went % sIlnuin' no the lig pine.
I'll saw two eyes shining, ANA ] bln2pu
/ eluJHr. AMI down taiuc q thit,GfeWn heut'
I h,cuuur Ike 10 goat. kuockyd HIN Ion
/ thc hcni with my nHc, and thcn looking
I up / saw the other one about half way
I helped him with % lond of hucEslut and
/ lllcd HIN 80 load hc never squnhed
| "Wol, SIR they were the fnttcst things
1 ever saw; ! bnilt me IRE aud butcher
/ cd them That nlght, II waa just sunrise
! when ] totcl the last load Of the mcnt 10
/ the camp went back for my deer, and
| been stunned, uud when lac recovered ll
wandered OF half dnEed ma died In th,
agnlu. / loaded up nay hoat having DIV,
turkcys two bears and one dcor, nIl
pnllca out Tor home. pretty well satisfied
~ Wish yOa could have been with IN,
oh a "trip wa made down tie kN8imct
/ river q few ycrrs ugo. We went 20 hunl
abound thcrci We Killed lots Of purpl,
caliuoOs; % small marsh bird with vCgy
| bright plnmhgr nut as we diln't ANA Amy
scarlet / concluded there were no sucl
Eve turned the trip into an alligator
hunt, however AMI IN twelve days. W,
thirajy-lookug Follows Followed our boat
They wanted to get ps Oitt hut we put
hiIiVi INTO cNrN one ana NN1u huu i've
moro big skim in our collection.
zone morning / went ont OTTER turkey
hy myself a little after day hogan q
yclp. soon hcnrl q turkey yrlplng hncl
ut me. i ygpcd f0r some time ana lic'1
uugwer but ho didn't seem to como ui'
closer. ] got up and started forward, yclp
Ing aH ] went. ! heard lhm coming closer
| Directly ] yglped ou one side OF "a blk ruv
~ scrub pnlmcttoa aud / heard him yoll
n the other slide ] started. cooked IA!
| gun ana sucaAtd forward.
~ raised Mp right easy ana pecpod owe
peoncd over the other side nt mo. lic ha
| gone hunting. not knowing where / was
we had been ypuing ut each Other
"How'd You like 10 sleep M night owe
snakes and anigatorsr ne continued, gfte
Il yopldn't like it Bit" replied Wit
/ "a shudger.
well I was Up the So. Johns once Wit
fricnd aud we got cuuvht NO night 4
the river 10 was hllgd with saw gfas
that wag rs thlck as the hairs on dog
back. Well, 60 make long story Short
we cut big arinfuls uf the grnss md pile
q up on the growing grass fur heda. al
nleht long Mp cuull henr SNAKES and nll
gators crawling underneath ua ln the wutol
| and 4 toll YOu m wasn't "a very sweet night
? rest we had. Atlanta lUnJ journal
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