The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1895-01-26

Misses.
There is nothing lilt" an experience" ,
meeting of several old hunters ana
llappcrS to pass away an evening IN
the woods on the mountains. Nine !
out of ten Of the Old-timc wo"dsm'h /
arc chock- full of interesting tales.
and they generally know how to tell
thcm.
Sitting before u blazing fire N u
lov cabin noar Panona the other
night, in company with Tour "'o-
timers, the California correspondent
Of th" Glubc-Dcmoclnt, listened t"
stories Of some rrmarkablc shots at
rnmc The occasion for telling q
halr-dolcn queer Incidents happening
in the woods was the Remark male by
Hank Raymond. tn" <vctrran hunter
and trapprr of the San B'rnardlno
mountains, as hr dressed rabbit 'or
supper, that he had never shot one OF
the innocent things in his life without
breaking his neck and all four Of his
lcvs, no matter where be Init him.
Its q durnel queer thing" said
Hank. land cant explain it. Here's
this rabbit | shot to-day: he's bored
riyht through the body with d rifle
ball, and h. wasn't touched anywhere
else. but his legs arc broken, every
one of them. Now there's just only
one way that can explain this thing,
| reckon the critters run so fast that
when rifle ball stops them kinder
suddenly it sna ps their legs off. Any
way you shoot u rabbit on the run.
and YOU won't find a whole leg on his
body when you pick him up, nine
tim cs out Of ten. The qucercst shot J
evcr made. though. was about three
Years ago. up near Bear Valley lake.
A marty of Us went ont rabbit hunting.
and had strayed of in the brush by
myself. Rabbits were pretty timex
around there. and as was standing
on a little knoll looking around, | slw
one coming straight toward me.
| pulled on him and brought him
down. As soon as fired I saw some
thing red, like fox's tail flip up in
the brush as much as ten rods beyond
the rabbit. and | slipped in another
cartridge quick. to give the fox shot.
but he didn't show up. Well, when
went to pick up the rabbit had shot.
went u little further to see about
the fox. and what do you suppose
Q found? Instead of the fox's tracks
1 found the fox himself. deader than q
r smolt, with bullet hole in his neck
r He happened to he in range OF tn,
Q bullet that killed the rabbit. and i
d knocked him over. ! made up M!
: mind that the fox WIS chasing The
d rabbit when killed him by accident
J ANYWAY, it was an odd shot, and th'
a queerest one I ever made in my life.
It That was queer shot. said Johi
G Mitchell, after listening to Hank
y story, ''.but I would think it q grea
d deal queerer if ! had not seen two O
r. three queer shots up in these wood
e myself. remember two years ag'
3. last August T was over at Helmet lake
is in Strawberry valley, in the San ia
G. cinto range, with fellow from Frisco
g and we went out ONE might to float TO
n deer:
T. For city CHAP tnat man was tn
IT best shot | ever saw. The bow OF tn
n boat was about twenty feet from afin
N buck when that Frisco. fellow disco,
m cred the game He let off both bal
Ut rely Of his gun mighty quick, and q
ne the buck stood brosdside to him r
vs ono would have Thought OF such
". thing as his missing. Well, when |
on fired that buck bounded out OF til
II water and was off in the woods in lie:
Oh than no time. You never saw q mi,
ny more astonished in your life than thu
ids fellow from the city was just then.
nd reckon that deer has charmed Ii
ne and that no one can kill him.
It'll '.But speaking about killing IA
bit and fox at the same time remin
me Of shot made about four yea
ago, while watching runaway ov
in on Santa Anna river. A party of
ing was out hunting deer. and "
Of posted on a spruce ridge. l drew
by him and pulled the trigger, but
led kept right ahead and got out of sig
He before could try it again. A +
the seconds after fired at the deer "
AS looking in the direction ! had sh
re. when l saw something fall from
gle top of small spruce tree that stood
The range down the side Of the hill.
;ial went to see what it was, and for
ow- that while had missed the buck
n had accidentally brought down
Ind biggest hedgehog ] had ever laid C
ven on"
'sh' ssThat story about the fellow sho
rses ing at the buck on Hemet lake il
sed, good one, but it doesn't come up
hey the experience ! had few years az
no remarked Bill McDougal, who
eat, quietly listened to the yarns OF Mite
And and Raymond. II have got to
any back little, to the time when pige
the were thick up this way, to match
1t but | can beat that or any other ql
ork' shot ever made in this part OF
The ronntrv They wpra an thick in m