Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-09-19
ALL WI1Ii 3NE SHOT.
COLONEL PARKER BAGGEO A DEER, A
PANTHER AND THREE BEARS.

PANTHER AND THREE BEARS.
The Deer Played the Bear Against the Pam
ther, and They Killed Each Otl,er-Then
the Colonel Shot the Deer and Captured
the Two Bear Cubs.
81 bagged a panther, a deer and three
bears once and only fired one shot,"
said Colonel Noah Parker of Gardeau,
Pa. 81 was out after deer around the
headwaters of Cowley run, in the
Potter county woods. Game was abun-
dapt in those days. A fellow didn't
have to do any hunting unless he want
ed to. ALI he needed to do was to sit
down somewhere in the woods and just
wait. He wouldn't have to wait long
before maybe drove Of deer. or fam
lily Of bears, or panther or two would
come along by him. killed nine deer
one day without getting up off the log
/ was sitting on. don't believe there's
nine deer in the whole Sinnemahone
spread of waters today.
1.-THE day I bagged the deer, the three
bears and the panther I was still hunt
ing around the headwaters of Cowley
run.
81 sat down at the roots of a big fall
en- hemlock to wait and see what would
come my way. hadn It waited long be-
fore I saw big she bear and two cubs
come slouching up out of the hollow
and tumble into clump Of bushes not
more than, 30 rods away from where l
sat. l Twas getting ready to send bullet
into the old bear when l saw deer
break out of the woods and come bound
ing along the open side hill opposite
me. Only few jumps behind it came a
big panther hot on the trail of the deer,
and as the panther was clearing more
than 80 feet at every jump saw that it
wouldn't be very long chase before he
had his claws ON that deer.
''The course the deer was taking
brought her-it was doe-along above
the bushes where the bear and her cubs
were lying 1 saw at once that the deer
either saw or smelled the bears from the
way she kind of swerved as she went
past the bush. Now, there ism t anything
q panther likes more than bear cubs,
and there is the deadhest enmity be-
tween bears apd panthers just on that
account The old she bear smelled the
panther and got to her feet just as he
was bounding by. The panther was evil
IDENTIFY too intent ON the deer to either
hear or see the threatening bear. OF
course this all took place in a few sec
onds and before I had made up my
mind just exactly what tactics to adopt
to get the most benefit out of the situa-
tiop. I hadn't fully resolved yet, when,
to my surprise, saw the deer wheel
like flash, leap clear over her savage
pursuer and take her back track. The
panther took up the chase with renewed
fury and gained rapidly ON the deer.
was ON the point of stopping him with
a rifle ball when saw by the action OF
the deer that she had discovered the
bears in the bushes, and it struck me
that she had scheme.
" There's going to be some fun
here thought 7, and lowered my rifle.
"With the passing of the panther the
first time the old bear, seeing that her
cubs were not the object of the PAN
theirs quest, had returned to the bushes
and lain down with her cubs again. The
second time he went by she got uT
again and stood ready to teclSle him il
necessary, but the panther shot by with
out noticing the bear. The deer bound
ed ON and into the woods. In less than
a minute she came out again, with the
panther dangerously close. This time
the deer was headed straight for the
bushes where the bear and her cubs
were, and she slackened her pace.
" AhaP said ]. Smart deer! She's
going to turn that panther over to the
bearr
'When she reached the bush, she leap
ed over it, and the panther was only
one easy spring behind her. He crouched
to make it, but he didn't, for right in
front of him, out of the bushes, rose the
gigantic front of the savage she bear.
The suddenness of this change in the
situation seemed to surprise the panther,
but not for long. He was out for blood,
and if he couldn't get deer blood he
would take his chances with bear. He
lashed his long tail nervously on the
ground for second or two and then
launched his big body straight at the
bear. His claws were in the bears
shoulders, and his red jaws at her throat
the next instant But the huge beal
folded the panther in her terrible EN-.
a11 l,a, CIR r,fI, fbr
hug. I could hear the panthef's bones
crack, and both bear and panther fel:
to the ground dead. AS 1 discovered lat.
er, the panther's fangs had severed the
bears jugular vein and windpipe both.
''The deer took but two leaps aftel
bringing the panther face to face with
the bear. Then she stopped and became
an excited spectator of the result Of hel
strategy. When the bear and panther
came together, her eyes blazed, she
shook her head high in the air, stamped
her feet and relieved her feelings by
reaounding snorts. She seemed to take
fiendish enjoyment in the sight of he,
deadly foe in the tolls of the equally
savage bear. When the two combatants
fell to the ground and rose no more, the
deer approached them cautiously, sniff
ing and snorting and stopping every
few steps to stamp, her feet on the
ground At last she came to where the
two big beasts lay dead together. Sbs
shifted at the carcasses. The hair on hel
neck stood erect, and she showed the
fury she felt by rising ON her hind feet
and striking with her sharp-fore feet the
body of the panther. 1 wanted that
panther's skin, and l knew that the
deer would soon rip it into worthless
ness with her hoofs, so l shot her where
she stood. She never knew what hurt
her. was always sorry that her vim
dictiveness against the panther forced
me to kill her, for she played smart
trick on him to save her life, and she
ought to have it. 1 captured the two
bear cubs alive. And that is the way
bagged all that game with only one
shot New York Sun.
The above space is reserved for two
very funny jokes that we thought OF th'
other day, but unfortunately cannot re
coll at the nresant UritinC-,JeWiSl