The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-03-20
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S about Far overoOa's-An Aged Sullivan
unnter Tells Some Experiences
,,,.+rating This Queer Fact
:. hear or a panther can'tstand the
IT. If q woIfskin or a coonskin over
W. y said an aged hunter CT Sullivan
'Y" univ land both also dislike the looks
v'', overcoat made of buffalo skin.
~r become enraged when they see a
.ntor striding through thewoods with
D1 arr coat on. They will start for him
!. instant they get sight of him, and
,.,s ba stops them with arifie ball or
,horoe Of buckshot they will invaria-
! ~ tackle him. A wolf Cr even a pack
! them will always turn tail and run
80, from q hunter that wears a wolf
' tin coat, but they will chase man
sI'o wears a coat of any other kind of
y. and will attack him if they get a
&I.rcp Tn the winters early in the for
lasT limited panthers, wolves and bears,
.IIiro q deer once in awhile for a
Ephange When the weather was bitter
Sod I wore a coonskin overcoat until a
pantbpr ruined it, and here is what is
eftOf it.
~ killed an even dozen of panthers
. ooora of wolves while wearing
hat coat 1t was in January, 1914,
|bat had to stop wearing it. One very
I'M morning / put aOn my snowshoes
nd started for the head Of Kitchen s
heck to hunt panthers and wolves. The
now was three fest deep in the woods,
nd the wolves and 7panthers were
sughtering the dger;at frightfrl rate.
a spruce ravine to the right of the
rpek I saw movement in an ever
reen tree and raised my rifle for what
thought might be a panther.
81 hadn't been standing a minute
Then | heard twig snap back of me,
Dd before | could turn half way round
mething struck my back and drove me
rward on my hands and knees. OF
purse instantly realized that panther
ad landed on my back. 1t stuck its
avs into my shoulders and began to
ok with its hind feet, snarling and
airing at the coonskiR with its teeth.
knew in a second that the only thing
J 70,
ard and this | did at once, burying
panther in the Snow beneath me.
be panther then started to scream, but
snow and my weight kept it from
liking much noise. 1t continued to
Bw great rents in the ,coonskin coat
Ill | stabbed it three times in the
e, when it stopped kicking and began
gasp | knew that the point of the
life had touched vital spot, so lay
u till the panther stretched out dead.
en- got up and pulled the beast out
the snow by the tail. I'D hardly
pped it on the surface than there was
pther movement in the evergreen tree.
This time l spied a pair of eyes on
lmb about 8 feet above the snow
blazed away at them. A panther
sn0led out began to pitch and dive in
snow, soon turning up its toes. Then
uled off the overcoat and discovered
the panther had ruined it. The
VS. hadn't touched my flesh. though,
IEore three thicknesses of deerskin
Two Of wool under the overcoat. On
np Of three days / got five pan
and four wolves.
Inc same winter I surprised q pack
'olF8S that had cornered three deer
pen up III the Mehoopany country.
On wolfskin coat, and the wolves
Vu IL cut of the pen the moment they
Slght Ct me. | pulled off the coat
putlt behind tree, and the wolves.
Chey stopped to look back, acted
'hey had been scared by~a false
u When they saw that the over
wasn't IN sight, they didn't care
llofe for me than for sapling.
immediately returned to the deer
! oold as you please, and shot the
{ I'VE as fast as / could load and
pne winter joel Wright, who used
u' and trap all the way from the
AOcK to the Mehoopany. rolled up
unshlh overcoat and placed it on
~ 'he woods till he could go over
ana look at one of his traps.
He got to the top of the knoll on
~ pack, be heard a bear below
,U"h In the hollow, as if it was
Is'ng another bear to fight with
- minute Joel caught sight of
y pear, but couldn't make out
VIC oVher one was. The challen-
Slouching toward the log on
sne coonskin overcoat lay in a
aIu Joel made up his mind that
u"u got scent of the coat and
o1ut TO tackle it.
- mad better fur coat at home,
III I'un care much what the bear
.i7 one on the log. Anyhow
eOIug TO watch tho baar aDd If