The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1894-07-26
ENTII YEAR

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lost no time in firing the second sho
which penetrated his heart. Vet the in
furiatcd beast continued his screams an,
yell till he came within Eve feet of wher,
stood and dropped dead. His bod,
measured five and onehalf feet. lie wa,
the largest animal of his specie that
have ever seen or heard tell of.
After carrying my deer home and do
ing some work on the farm it was then
too late in the season for hunting. So
waited till August, when, according Ia
their custom, deer in large numbers visit
after night what we called "the lcks."
a deer lick is simply spring the water
of which is strongly imprcgnated with
iron and sulphur. At these springs the
deer come and suck, and this water
has the same salatary effect upon them
that salt has upon the domestic animal.
When the proper time came | made my
arrangements ~ go u a lick that | had
learned was we'll attended. Great care
pains and caution have to he taken in
the preparation for watching ticks
arrived in the ncighborhood, staid over
night, and early next morning built my
blind au'l scailold The blind is simply
covert The scaiTold is rude elevated
construction upon which you keep live
Goals of fire. In the meantime You have
prepared sufficient quantity of fine
splintcrs out of the richest pine YOU can
get which will ignite the moment it
touches the Goals, and will illuminate
the whole surrounding forest, Being
thus prepared | returned To my blind
about sun down, and took my stand and
remained almost motionlcss till about an
hour in the night. | heard some deer
coming down the mountain side right in
the direction of where ! was located, and
the wind being contrary they soon scent.
ed me, gave few shrill whistles and
run away
The same thing WAS repeated several
times during the night until | became
discouraged aud dropped of in II desc of
sleep, but it was only a cat nap. On
awakening could distinctly hear some
deer sucking in the lick, and | touched
my pine splintcrs TO the Goals of fire on
my scafold, and when the light shone
out there stood an old buck and two
does intently sucking away at the water,
and apparently ohliviouS to all their sur
roundings. For the first time in my lie
| became nervous aud shaky, but no time |
was to be lost. | fred away, and ut the |
report of my gun the old buck fell dead
\. the does ran up the hill ] saw that
one of them was badly wounded. put
my dog after the wounded deer which he
caught before she reached the top of the
which was about mile dis |
tant. | managed to hang and dress the
buck and by this time il was daylight |
| then went to where my dog was watch
ing the deer he bad caught and killed.
With much difficulty dragged it down
The mountain to place | could reach
with my horse. Upon examination
found that my shot had broken the bucks
neck aud passed on aud broke the Shout
Ter of the doe | visited these ticks sew
'ral times during this summer, and never
vent home without carrying II deer; but
| would remain three or four
lays, and lose as many nights sleep.
The following fall made preparations
or an extended hunt, aud pitched my
amp precisely ON the same spot | had
coupled the previous spring, The
feather was just cool enough to be pleas.
mt, gentle breeze blowing, the sky
lear, "a crystal light frost at night pur-
ed the atmosphere and made it vigorous
nd healthful. | was so much olated
18th the promising prospects of II sue.
cssful adventure that arose before day ,
ext morning, and after going through /,
he regular routine Of preparation, and
lille twilight was still lingering was .
at in the mountains. travelled on for
,veral miles but failed to zee single :,
eer. could find plenty of fresh sign,
ut nothing else in this way. And with :
ne same result | travelled until about a
so o'clock in the evening when turned :.
~ course in the direction Of my camp, :
had not proceeded far ill saw large
erd feeding on chestnuts that was fall
IN from number of trees that covered